- Collection:
- Goochland County Rosenwald Schools Oral History Project, 2013-2015
- Title:
- Mattie Lee Harris Johnson interview (2014-03-21)
- Creator:
- Johnson, Mattie Lee Harris (interviewee)
Miller, Alyce P. (interviewer)
Daugherity, Brian J., 1972- (contributor) - Contributor to Resource:
- Daugherity, Brian J., 1972- (contributor)
Silvent, Christopher (contributor)
James Branch Cabell Library, Special Collections and Archives (contributor) - Publisher:
- Richmond, Va. : VCU Libraries
- Date of Original:
- 2014-03-21
- Subject:
- African American schools--Virginia--Goochland County
African American neighborhoods -- Virginia -- Goochland County
African Americans -- Education -- Virginia -- Goochland County
African American schools--Curricula--Virginia--Goochland County
African American teachers -- Virginia -- Goochland County
Segregation in education -- Virginia -- Goochland County
Julius Rosenwald Fund -- Buildings
Johnson, Mattie Lee Harris -- Interviews
Johnson, Mattie Lee Harris -- Childhood and youth -- AnecdotesGoochland County (Va.) -- Race relations - People:
- Johnson, Mattie Lee Harris
- Location:
- United States, Virginia, Goochland County, 37.72198, -77.91636
- Medium:
- interviews
- Type:
- Text
MovingImage - Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- In this interview, Mattie Lee Harris Johnson discusses her family background and her childhood growing up on a farm in Goochland County, Virginia. She describes her memories of attending Chapel Hill School, Second Union School, Central Elementary School, and Central High School; including details of classes, taking the bus to school, her favorite teachers, and recreational activities. She also reminisces about the physical layout of the Chapel Hill School. Mattie Lee Harris Johnson notes how she attended Smith-Madden Business College after high school, and discusses her subsequent employment at the Department of Education. She also talks about racial segregation she encountered growing up, and describes the benefits she received from having attended Goochland County schools.
An interview conducted as part of the Goochland County Rosenwald Schools Oral History Project, 2013-2015, documenting education in Goochland County, Virginia, particularly the impact of the Rosenwald Schools, and the differences between the education offered to white and black students during the period the Rosenwald Schools operated.
Includes transcription of entire interview in PDF format (23 pages).Call number: LA380.G66
Call number: LA380.G66 - Metadata URL:
- https://digital.library.vcu.edu/islandora/object/vcu%3A34014
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright, and the copyright is held by Brian J. Daugherity, Alyce Miller, and Christopher Silvent. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, this material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/). Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Original oral history: Mattie Lee Harris Johnson interview (2014-03-21), Goochland County Rosenwald Schools Oral History Project, 2013-2015, M 501, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
- Extent:
- 380 MB (1 hour, 15 minutes, 22 seconds)
- Original Collection:
- Goochland County Rosenwald Schools Oral History Project, 2013-2015
- Contributing Institution:
- James Branch Cabell Library. Special Collections and Archives
- Rights:
-
