- Collection:
- Georgia Folklore Collection
- Title:
- Video news segements about Mabel Cawthorn's arrest, Carnesville, Georgia, 1984
- Creator:
- Georgia Folklore Society
- Date of Original:
- 1984/1985
- Subject:
- Women folk musicians--Georgia--Carnesville
Banjo players--Georgia--Carnesville
Banjoists--Georgia--Carnesville
Older musicians--Georgia--Carnesville
Old-time musicians--Georgia--Carnesville
Georgia State Prison
Women prisoners--Georgia--Milledgeville
Marijuana--Law and legislation--Georgia--Carnesville
Georgia. Bureau of Investigation
Broadcast journalism--Georgia--Atlanta
Prisons--Georgia--Milledgeville - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Franklin County, Carnesville, 34.36983, -83.23516
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Two news segments from WXIA-TV Atlanta about Mabel Cawthorn's arrest for selling marijuana in December 1982. The video shows Georgia Bureau of Investigation officers and Franklin County Sheriff Joe Foster searching Cawthorn's home while she jokes with the men, and plays piano for the officers and the news media. A voice-over by Tom Jackson of 11 Alive News explains the details of her arrest, probotion and possible jail time. A second news segment shows Cawthorne's release from prison. It includes a brief interview with Cawthorne, who says that she made many good friends in prison. Cawthorn began her 11 month sentance in February 1984, and served it at the Georgia State Prison in Milledgeville, Georgia.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:ugabma_gfc_gfc-2118
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ugabma/gfc/do:gfc-2118
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 film : circa 4 minutes
- Original Collection:
- Georgia Folklore Collection, Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia
- Holding Institution:
- Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
- Rights:
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