- Collection:
- Tom Crosby’s Rosenwald School Oral History Collection, 2006-2011
- Title:
- Telicious Kenly Boyd oral history interview, 2008 May 16
- Creator:
- Boyd, Telicious Kenly, 1919-2009
- 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:
- 2008-05-16
- Subject:
- Boyd, Telicious Kenly, 1919-2009--Interviews
Allen University--Alumni and alumnae--Interviews
African Americans--Social life and customs--20th century
African American schools--South Carolina--Richland County--History--20th century
African Americans--Education--South Carolina--History--20th century
African Americans--South Carolina--Interviews - Location:
- United States, South Carolina, Lexington County, Irmo, Harbison Junior College
United States, South Carolina, Lexington County, Irmo, Piney Grove Elementary School
United States, South Carolina, Richland County, 34.0218, -80.90304
United States, South Carolina, Richland County, Columbia, Allen University, 34.01071, -81.02037 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- In this oral history interview, Telicious Kenly (Lowman) Boyd discusses the prominent role of education in her life, including a detailed description of Piney Grove Elementary School (Richland County, South Carolina), games played, school lunches, and the Piney Grove A.M.E. Church, which donated the land upon which the elementary school was built. She also discusses her time at Harbison Junior College and Allen University, where she graduated with a degree in home economics. She became the first African-American teacher hired by the Girls Industrial School (now known as the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice) and later taught at Richland High School (Irmo, South Carolina) and worked for the family court system. Telicious Kenly Lowman Boyd was born on September 7, 1919, to Minnie and James Lowman of Columbia, South Carolina. One of three children, she was an educator. She died on October 21, 2009. Tom Crosby interviewed Telicious Kenly Boyd at her home in Richland County, South Carolina, on May 16, 2008. Interview covers Boyd's education at Pine Grove Elementary School and Harbison Junior College (of the town of Irmo, S.C.) from the late 1920s to the 1930s and at Allen University in the 1940s.
- Metadata URL:
- http://digital.tcl.sc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/tomcrosbystr/id/81
- 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 (43 min., 03 sec.) : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.;1 audiocassette (43 min., 03 sec.) : stereo. ; 3 7/8 x 2 1/2 in.
- Original Collection:
- Tom Crosby oral history collection, 2006-2011
Boyd, Telicious 16May2008 CROS 022 - Contributing Institution:
- South Caroliniana Library
- Rights:
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