- Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Title:
- Southwind No. 54
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1982-10-30
- Subject:
- Authors, American
Blind
Farm life
Jews
Guide dogs - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, South Carolina, 34.00043, -81.00009
United States, Tennessee, 35.75035, -86.25027 - 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 1:21, is a feature about guide dogs for the blind, produced by Patti Just of the South Carolina Educational Network. The second segment, which begins at 6:33, is a feature about a farm instrument known as the the "hit and miss engine" used to grind corn and pump water. The program features audio excerpts from Selvin Scott of Maryville, Tennessee; The third segment, which begins at 13:44, is a feature about the response of some Atlanta Jews to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon. The program features audio excerpts from Rabbi Alvin Sugarman; Vida Goldgar of the Southern Israelite; Ted Brodak of Atlanta; Dr. Israel Shehak. The fourth segment, which begins at 20:56 is a feature about author Alex Haley, and his decision to move to East Tennessee in perpetration for his first work of fiction. The program features interview excerpts from Haley. 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 1118.054.001
ahc.1118.054.001 - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/p17222coll4/id/59
- 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
29:32 minutes - Original Collection:
- Southwind recordings
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
