- Collection:
- Fairfield High School Oral History Collection
- Title:
- Larry Irby
- Contributor to Resource:
- Austina Wolverton
- Publisher:
- Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina. Department of Oral History, University Libraries
- Date of Original:
- 2017-10-26
- Subject:
- Fairfield High School (Fairfield, S.C.)--Alumni and alumnae--Interviews
Students--South Carolina--Fairfield County (S.C.)--Social life and customs
Segregation in education--South Carolina--History - Location:
- United States, South Carolina, Fairfield County, 34.39511, -81.12123
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mp3
- Description:
- Larry Irby was born in Winnsboro, South Carolina. He and his nine brothers and sisters grew up on their parents' farm. He attended schools both pre- and post- integration attending both Fairfield High School, and Winnsboro High. He went on to start his own accounting business, and has been an accountant in Winnsboro for thirty-five years. This oral history interview with Larry Irby on October 26, 2017 includes discussion of growing up in Winnsboro, South Carolina, attending both segregated and integrated schools in Fairfield County, his personal experiences with students and teachers in both environments, race relations in the past and present day, raising his family, his career as an accountant, his children's educations, the Fairfield County school board, and Fairfield County's economics.
- Metadata URL:
- https://digital.library.sc.edu/exhibits/fairfieldhighschool/larry-irby
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- University of South Carolina. The transcript and audio are provided for individual research purposes only; for all other uses, including publication, reproduction, and quotation beyond fair use, permission must be obtained in writing from: Department of Oral History, University Libraries, University of South Carolina.
- Extent:
- 01:07:06
- Original Collection:
- Accession # EDLP 013
Fairfield High School Oral History Collection - Contributing Institution:
- South Caroliniana Library
- Rights:
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