- Collection:
- University of West Georgia Oral History Interviews
- Title:
- Interview with Edith Foster Part 2, 1981 July 7
- Creator:
- House, Myron W.
- Contributor to Resource:
- Foster, Edith Lenora, 1906-1996
- Date of Original:
- 1981-07-07
- Subject:
- Libraries--Georgia--Carrollton
Public libraries--Georgia--Carrollton
African Americans and libraries--Georgia--Carrollton
Library fund raising--Georgia--Carrollton
West Georgia Regional Library
Carrollton (Ga.)--Race relations
Bookmobiles--Georgia--Carrollton
Foster, Edith Lenora, 1906-1996--Interviews - People:
- Foster, Edith Lenora, 1906-1996
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Carroll County, Carrollton, 33.58011, -85.07661
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- Oral history interview with Edith Foster. Part 2 of 3. She shares the history of the West Georgia Regional Library. She changed her chosen profession of English teacher and poet to librarian after studying at Emory and came to Carrollton to start the regional library. She discusses planning and funding the West Georgia Regional Library in the 1950s, including a branch for African Americans. She also tells the story of starting a bookmobile for the library and also being awarded a bookmobile for use by African American community members.
Foster was a pioneer librarian, writer and historian whose work in developing the West Georgia Regional Library which became a model rural library system for the nation. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:uwg_ohi_oh0009-02
- Digital Object URL:
- https://ohms.libs.uga.edu/viewer.php?cachefile=dlg/uwg/oh0009-02.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:
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