- Collection:
- They Endure: A Chronicle of Courage Oral History Project
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Mr James Thomas
- Creator:
- Roebuck, Frank
- Contributor to Resource:
- Thomas, James
- Publisher:
- Roddenbery Memorial Library
- Date of Original:
- 1982-01-15
- Subject:
- Tobacco farms
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Grady County, Cairo, 30.87751, -84.20214
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/wav
- Description:
- During an oral history interview on January 15, 1982, Mr James Thomas provides a detailed account of shade tobacco farming in Grady County. He describes the labor intensive process for cultivating tobacco noting plant diseases, weather patterns, pesticides, and fumigation. He details tobacco processing and the decline of tobacco growth in the American South. Funding for digitization provided by the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, using Library Services and Technology Act funding through the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:zhj_tecc_rml-ohp-023
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:zhj_tecc_rml-ohp-023
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- [Interviewee's name] ([date of the interview]). Interview by Frank Roebuck/Robert Hall. They Endure: A Chronicle of Courage, Roddenbery Memorial Library, Cairo, GA.
- Extent:
- 34:14:00
- Original Collection:
- They Endure: A Chronicle of Courage Oral History Project
- Holding Institution:
- Roddenbery Memorial Library
- Rights:
-
