- Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Title:
- Southwind No. 52
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1982-10-01
- Subject:
- Cemeteries--Georgia--Atlanta
Oakland Cemetery (Atlanta, Ga.) - 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, which begins at 1:28, is a feature about the 132nd anniversary of the establishment of Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta, Georgia. The program features audio excerpts from Franklin Garrett, president of the Atlanta Historical Society; Oakland Cemetery sexton Jim Whitnel; and a recording of a performance by Atlanta storyteller Chuck Larkin. The second segment, which begins at 9:40, is a feature about the lock and dam at Demopolis, Alabama, and its addition to the Tom Bigby waterway project, and its economic potential for the area. The program features audio excerpts from Alabama Governor Fob James; Sam Green of the Army Corps of Engineers; and lock master John Joiner. The third segment, which begins at 23:35, is a recording of a performance by Minnie Black playing her fiddle at the Appalachian Fall Homecoming at the Museum of Appalachia in Clinton, Tennessee. The program ends with a sign off by Boyd Le
- Local Identifier:
- MSS 1118.052.001
ahc.1118.052.001 - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/p17222coll4/id/34
- 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
28:53 minutes - Original Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
