- Collection:
- Online Oral Histories
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Ralph Wilkerson, February 22, 2004
- Creator:
- Wilkerson, Ralph
- Publisher:
- Valdosta, Ga. : Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections
- Date of Original:
- 2004-02-22
- Subject:
- Georgia
Oral histories
Sound recordings
Waycross (Ga.)
Ware County (Ga.)
Hoboken (Ga.)
Turpentine
Turpentining
Turpentine industry and trade
African Americans - People:
- Wilkerson, Ralph, 1949-
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Brantley County, Hoboken, 31.18106, -82.13484
United States, Georgia, Ware County, 31.05363, -82.42368
United States, Georgia, Ware County, Waycross, 31.21368, -82.3557 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Text
Sound - Format:
- application/pdf
audio/mpeg - Description:
- Oral history interview with Ralph Wilkerson, February 22, 2004. Waycross (Ga.). Fieldworker: Timothy C. Prizer. Audio file digitized from cassette tape. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. Mr. Wilkerson speaks of his life working in the turpentine woods and stills of south Georgia. He worked from childhood to adulthood in the woods and then worked at the turpentine still in Hoboken, GA until 1982, when he left the turpentine industry for good. He now works at the sawmill at Varn Wood Products in Hoboken, GA.
- Metadata URL:
- https://hdl.handle.net/10428/5424
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- PRJ-1014
072 - Holding Institution:
- Valdosta State University. Odum Library. Archives and Special Collections
- Rights:
-
