- Collection:
- Tom Crosby’s Rosenwald School Oral History Collection, 2006-2011
- Title:
- Dill Gamble oral history interview, 2007 January 8, part 1 of 2
- Creator:
- Gamble, Dill, Jr., 1934-
- 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:
- 2007-01-08
- Subject:
- Gamble, Dill, Jr., 1934---Interviews
Negro Rural School Fund, Inc.
Julius Rosenwald Fund
African Americans--Social life and customs--20th century
African American schools--South Carolina--Clarendon County--History--20th century
African American schools--South Carolina--Newberry County--History--20th century
African Americans--Education--South Carolina--History--20th century
African Americans--South Carolina--Interviews - Location:
- United States, South Carolina, Clarendon County, 33.66581, -80.2164
United States, South Carolina, Clarendon County, Sardinia, Melina High School
United States, South Carolina, Newberry County, Newberry, Drayton Street High School - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- In this oral history interview, Dill Gamble discusses his experiences attending Melina, a Rosenwald school located in Clarendon County, South Carolina, and Drayton Street High School in Newberry County, South Carolina, commenting specifically on the activities, chores, and spelling bees at Melina School. He discusses the evolution of these schools, explaining when and where they were built and what they are called now or what stands in their place. More generally, Gamble discusses Jeanes teachers, Rosenwald schools and the educational opportunities they provided African Americans, and the differences in education between blacks and whites in Clarendon and Newberry Counties in terms of teacher salaries, school terms, facilities, and transportation. Dill Gamble was born in 1934 in Sardinia, Clarendon County, South Carolina. Tom Crosby interviewed Dill Gamble, on January 8, 2007. Interview covers Gamble's education at Melina High School (grades 1-9 in the town of Sardinia, S.C.) from 1941 to 1950 and Drayton Street High School from 1950 to 1953.
- Metadata URL:
- http://digital.tcl.sc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/tomcrosbystr/id/80
- 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 (84 min., 40 sec.) : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.;1 audiocassette (84 min., 40 sec.) : stereo. ; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in.
- Original Collection:
- Tom Crosby oral history collection, 2006-2011
Gamble, Dill 08Jan2007 CROS 003 trk 1 of 2 - Contributing Institution:
- South Caroliniana Library
- Rights:
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