- Collection:
- University of West Georgia Oral History Interviews
- Title:
- Interview with Collus O. Johnson Part 1, 1981 February 27
- Creator:
- House, Myron W.
- Contributor to Resource:
- Johnson, Collus Oliver
- Date of Original:
- 1981-02-27
- Subject:
- West Georgia College
Universities and colleges--Georgia--Carrollton
College teachers--Georgia--Carrollton
Educators--Georgia--Carrollton
United Nations
Student exchange programs--Georgia
Student exchange programs--India
Art--Study and teaching
Adult education--Georgia
Johnson, Collus Oliver--Interviews
Education, Rural--Georgia - People:
- Johnson, Collus Oliver
- Location:
- United States, Alabama, Etowah County, Anderson, 34.07121, -85.92136
United States, Georgia, Carroll County, Carrollton, 33.58011, -85.07661
United States, Georgia, Heard County, Centralhatchee, 33.369, -85.10355
United States, Georgia, Heard County, Franklin, 33.27762, -85.098 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- Oral history interview with Collus O. Johnson. Part 1 of 2. Johnson was an education professor and Associate Director of Adult Education at West Georgia College from 1951 to 1964. In 1967, he became Director of Continuing Education. He was a leader of the "College in the Country," a program to bring education to the region's remote communities through collaboration with the college's faculty and education students. He was instrumental in arranging international "studycades" that allowed local educators and students to participate in foreign exchange travel. Interview centers around photographs of "College in the Country" and Studycades. In particular he discusses art education. During the interview, he discusses College in the Country activities in Anderson, Alabama and Centralhatchee and Franklin, Georgia.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:uwg_ohi_oh0005-01
- Digital Object URL:
- https://ohms.galileo.usg.edu/viewer.php?cachefile=dlg/uwg/oh0005-01.xml
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Myron House oral history collection, Annie Belle Weaver Special Collection, University of West Georgia
- Holding Institution:
- University of West Georgia. Special Collections
- Rights:
-
