- Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Title:
- Southwind No. 68
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1983-05-13
- Subject:
- Farm life--Georgia
Railroads--Georgia--Atlanta
Transportation--Georgia--Atlanta
Atlanta Historical Society (Atlanta, Ga.)
Farms--Georgia--Atlanta - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- radio programs
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- This recording opens with an introduction of the program by Boyd Lewis. The first segment is a feature by reporter Scott Ferguson reporting from the grounds of the Atlanta Historical Society during the Georgia Folklife Festival. The program features audio excerpts of unidentified individuals talking about daily life on the Tullie Smith Farm. The buildings once on the grounds of the farm were moved to the Historical Society in 1972. The second segment, which begins at 9:42, is a song performed by Merle Kessler titled "Elvis' Car." The third segment, which begins at 13:05, is a feature about the last run of the Atlanta to Augusta passenger route. The program features audio excerpts from railroad engineer Bill Walden; railroad enthusiasts Carol Brantley and Gordon Magette, and Franklin Garrett, railroad historian and President of the Atlanta Historical Society, who sings railroad folk songs to the passengers on the railroad car. The program ends with a sign off by Boyd Lewis.
"Southwind" was a radio program about the issues, people, and culture of the South that aired on WABE-FM, Atlanta's public radio station. The series, which aired from 1980 to 1987, was conceived, produced, and reported by journalist Boyd Lewis. - Local Identifier:
- MSS 1118.068.001
ahc.1118.068.001 - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/p17222coll4/id/18
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright is held by Boyd Lewis. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons, Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivsCC BY-NC-ND license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Extent:
- 7 in. reel-to-reel audio tape, 3 3/4 ips
29:43 minutes - Original Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
