- Collection:
- African American Oral History Collection
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Nelson Goodwin
- Creator:
- Goodwin, Nelson, 1907-1991
Chumbley, Kenneth Lawrence - Publisher:
- Audiocassette tapes number 698 and 699, African American Oral History Collection, Oral History Center, University of Louisville Archives and Records Center.
- Date of Original:
- 1979-01-10
- Subject:
- African Americans--Kentucky--Jefferson County--History
African American businesspeople--Kentucky--Louisville
African American historians--Kentucky--Louisville
African Americans--Social conditions
Race relations--Kentucky--Louisville
Louisville (Ky.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Slavery--Kentucky--Jefferson County
History--Societies, etc.
Civil rights--Kentucky--Louisville
African Americans--Civil rights--Kentucky--Louisville
Urban renewal--Kentucky--Louisville
Libraries--Kentucky--Louisville
Nurseries (Horticulture)--Kentucky--Louisville
African Americans and libraries--Kentucky--Newburg - People:
- Goodwin, Nelson, 1907-1991
- Location:
- United States, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, 38.25424, -85.75941
United States, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Newburg, 38.16007, -85.65968
United States, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Petersburg, 38.17868, -85.6594 - Medium:
- sound recordings
transcripts
oral histories (literary works) - Type:
- Sound
Text - Description:
- Oral history interview conducted with Nelson Goodwin on January 10, 1979 by Kenneth Chumbley. Mr. Goodwin, a nursery owner and local historian from Louisville, Kentucky, discusses his ancestors and other African Americans who lived in the Petersburg / Newburg area. He describes the relationships of various African Americans with white slaveowners, and the efforts blacks made to build their community following slavery. He describes his own efforts to develop his community through the location of library in Newburg and the Petersburg Historical Society's programs, as well as his fight against urban renewal. He also talks about his own career in the nursery business.
The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. - Metadata URL:
- https://ohc.library.louisville.edu/interviews/record.php?q=Goodwin%2C%20Nelson
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- To inquire about reproductions, permissions, or for information about prices see: http://library.louisville.edu/uarc/digicollorder.html; please cite the Interview Number when ordering.
- Extent:
- audio/mp3; application/pdf
01:25:27; 55 pages - Original Collection:
- African American Community Interviews Collection (William F. Ekstrom Library. University Archives and Records Center)
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Louisville. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections
- Rights:
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