Waverly B. Crawley interview (2000-04-27)

Collection:: Carver-VCU Partnership Oral History Collection
Title:: Waverly B. Crawley interview (2000-04-27)
Contributor to Resource:: Carver-VCU Partnership
James Branch Cabell Library. Special Collections and Archives
Publisher:: Richmond, Va. : VCU Libraries
Date of Original:: 2000-04-27
Subject:: African American neighborhoods--Virginia--Richmond--History
People:: Crawley, Waverly R.
Location:: United States, Virginia, City of Richmond, 37.55376, -77.46026
Medium:: sound recordings
oral histories (literary works)
Type:: Text
Sound
Format:: audio/mpeg
application/pdf
Description:: Waverly Robert Crawley, Jr., who was raised in the Carver neighborhood of Richmond, Va., recounts his memories of growing up there in the 1930s. Mr. Crawley describes the origins of his name; places he remembers from the neighborhood; individuals he admired and Carver's early origins as Sheep Hill. He also reminisces about Carver social life and conditions; effects of desegregation; and his thoughts on the future of the Carver neighborhood.
Part of a series of interviews conducted as part of a Carver-VCU Partnership project documenting the history of the Carver neighborhood in Richmond, Virginia.
Metadata URL:: https://digital.library.vcu.edu/islandora/object/vcu%3A37145
Language:: eng
Additional Rights Information:: In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
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Extent:: Track 1: 86.1 MB (47 minutes, 2 seconds); Track 2: 3.5 MB (1 minute, 53 seconds). Note: no transcription of Track 2.
Original Collection:: Carver Living Newspaper Project
Carver Neighborhood - VCU Partnership Archives, RG 59-1
Contributing Institution:: James Branch Cabell Library. Special Collections and Archives
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