- Collection:
- Tom Crosby’s Rosenwald School Oral History Collection, 2006-2011
- Title:
- Emma Jennings oral history interview, 2007 July 10
- Creator:
- Jennings, Emma, 1925-
- Contributor to Resource:
- Crosby, Tom, 1940-
South Caroliniana Library. Office of Oral History - Publisher:
- Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina. South Caroliniana Library
- Date of Original:
- 2007-07-10
- Subject:
- Jennings, Emma, 1925---Interviews
African Americans--Social life and customs--20th century
African American schools--South Carolina--Union County--History--20th century
African Americans--Education--South Carolina--History--20th century
African Americans--South Carolina--Interviews - Location:
- United States, South Carolina, Union County, 34.68928, -81.61942
United States, South Carolina, Union County, Union, Beaty Bridge School, 34.5868, -81.58871
United States, South Carolina, Union County, Union, Carem Elementary School
United States, South Carolina, Union County, Union, McBeth Grammar School, 34.70708, -81.6176
United States, South Carolina, Union County, Union, Poplar Grove School, 34.63125, -81.54066 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- In this oral history interview, Emma Jennings discusses her educational experiences in the 1930s at four elementary schools: McBeth Grammar, Carem Elementary, Poplar Grove and Beaty Bridge. She also describes the size of the school buildings and classes, school activities, games played at recess, community involvement, length of the school year, and the difficulties that parents, students, and faculty faced including paying for an additional (fourth) month of school, having one teacher for multiple grades, walking miles to school in the mud and cold, and students' responsibility for cleaning the schools, the teacher who took classes on field trips to learn South Carolina history, the history of the Poplar Grove School building and current attempts at preservation of Rosenwald schools. Mrs. Jennings' brother is also present at the interview and adds comments. Emma Jennings was born in 1925 in Union, South Carolina. Tom Crosby interviewed Emma Jennings at her residence in Santuck, South Carolina, on July 10, 2007. Interview covers Jenning's primary school education at McBeth Elementary, Carem Elementary, Poplar Grove, and Beaty Bridge Elementary Schools in the 1930s.
- Metadata URL:
- http://digital.tcl.sc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/tomcrosbystr/id/51
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright: 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: The South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina, 910 Sumter Street, Columbia, SC 29208
- Extent:
- 1 sound disc (39 min., 36 sec.) : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.;1 audiocassette (39 min., 36 sec.) : stereo. ; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in.
- Original Collection:
- Tom Crosby oral history collection, 2006-2011
Jennings, Emma 10Jul2007 CROS 013 - Contributing Institution:
- South Caroliniana Library
- Rights:
-
