- Collection:
- Warner Robins Heritage Society Oral History Project
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Herschell and Randy Toms, 2014 February 25
- Creator:
- Toms, Herschell W., 1933-
- Contributor to Resource:
- Toms, Randy, 1960-
Chalout, Mike - Date of Original:
- 2014-02-25
- Subject:
- Robins Air Force Base (Ga.)
Warner Robins (Ga.)--History
Little League baseball--Georgia--Warner Robins
Pizza Hut (Firm)
Warner Robins (Ga.)--Politics and government
Coaches (Athletics)--Georgia
Fire fighters--Georgia
Nursery rhymes - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Houston County, Warner Robins, 32.61574, -83.62664
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Description:
- Oral history interview with Warner Robins, Georgia mayor Randy Toms and his father, fire fighter Herschell Toms conducted by Mike Chalout on February 25, 2014 as part of the Warner Robins Heritage Society Oral History Project.
Grants from Warner Robins Rotary Club and Flint Energies funded the project.
Herschell and Randy Toms are introduced -- Randy discusses his origins -- Herschell discusses moving to Warner Robins and working at Robins Air Force Base -- Randy discusses growing up in Warner Robins -- Randy and Herschell discuss life in a military town -- Randy discusses local hang-out spots of his youth -- Randy discusses his coaching mentors -- Randy discusses other local influential figures in his early life -- Randy talks about his career as a firefighter -- Randy discusses his television watching habits -- Randy discusses the changing politics of his time -- Randy talks about his wife -- Herschell talks about his wife -- Randy recites his version of "The Itsy Bitsy Spider"
Warner Robins (Ga.)
Houston County (Ga.) - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:hlp_wroh_toms001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:hlp_wroh_toms001
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/hlp_wroh_toms001/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 interview ; circa 40:57 minutes
- Original Collection:
- Warner Robins Heritage Society Oral History Project, Houston County Public Library System
- Holding Institution:
- Houston County Public Library System
- Rights:
-
