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Size | 34 interviews |
Abstract | The Southern Oral History Program conducts and collects interviews with Southerners who have made significant contributions to various fields of human endeavor. In addition, the Program undertakes special projects with the purpose of rendering historically visible those whose experience is not reflected in traditional written sources. The Southern Oral History Program Collection, Series M: Black High School Principals contains interviews conducted by Goldie Frinks Wells, with black high school principals throughout North Carolina. Interviewees discuss the influence of societal change on the perceptions that black principals have of their work roles, focusing on degree of administrative control, site assignment, and job responsibilities. The influence of desegregation on role perceptions is also discussed. |
Creator | Southern Oral History Program. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English. |
Finding aid for Series M: Black High School Principals created and encoded by Laura Hart in March 2017.
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Back to TopIn 1973, the History Department of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill established an oral history program devoted to the study of the southern region of the United States.
The Southern Oral History Program collects interviews with Southerners who have made significant contributions to various fields of human endeavor. In addition, the Program undertakes special projects with the purpose of rendering historically visible those whose experience is not reflected in traditional written sources. Interviews are conducted by Program staff, graduate students, faculty members, and consultants. The Program also serves as a collecting agency, accepting donations of tapes and transcripts of interviews conducted by other researchers.
Back to TopInterviews with black high school principals in North Carolina conducted by Goldie Frinks Wells, a doctoral candidate at UNC Chapel Hill, as part of research for her dissertation, "A Comparison of the Role Perceptions of Black High School Principals." Respondents, African Americans who held the post of principal in 1964 and African American principals in 1991, spoke on topics including job responsibilities, demands, accomplishments, and rewards; education and the black community; racism and discrimination; school administration; and personal background and character traits. The project focused on the influence of desegregation on black high school principals' perceptions on their work roles.
ONLINE INTERVIEW DATABASE
Click here for the online, sortable list of oral history interviews in this series. Each interview is cataloged in the interview database with descriptive information about the interviewee and the contents of the interview. Transcriptions and audio recordings for many of the unrestricted interviews are available in this online database.
Back to TopSeries M: Black High School Principals contains interviews conducted by Goldie Frinks Wells, with black high school principals throughout North Carolina. Interviewees discuss the influence of societal change on the perceptions that black principals have of their work roles, focusing on degree of administrative control, site assignment, and job responsibilities. The influence of desegregation on role perceptions is also discussed.
ONLINE INTERVIEW DATABASE
Click here for the online, sortable list of oral history interviews in this series. Each interview is cataloged in the interview database with descriptive information about the interviewee and the contents of the interview. Transcriptions and audio recordings for many of the unrestricted interviews are available in this online database.
Herman Carraway, African American school principal, with interviewer Goldie F. Wells. 17 January 1991
Digital Folder M-0001 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Linwood Edwards, African American school principal, with interviewer Goldie F. Wells. 11 January 1991
Digital Folder M-0002 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Bennie Higgins, African American school principal, with interviewer Goldie F. Wells. 28 December 1990
Digital Folder M-0003 |
Digitized transcript
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Ronald M. Leigh, African American school principal, with interviewer Goldie F. Wells. 19 January 1991
Digital Folder M-0004 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Gerald Patterson, African American school principal, with interviewer Goldie F. Wells. 17 February 1991
Digital Folder M-0005 |
Digitized transcript
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Julius Walker, African American school principal, with interviewer Goldie F. Wells. 20 January 1991
Digital Folder M-0006 |
Digitized transcript
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Leroy Campbell, African American school principal, with interviewer Goldie F. Wells. 4 January 1991
Digital Folder M-0007 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
W. S. Creecy, African American school principal, with interviewer Goldie F. Wells. 26 December 1990
Digital Folder M-0008 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
E.V. Dacons, African American school principal, with interviewer Goldie F. Wells. 4 March 1991
Digital Folder M-0009 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Hernam Earle, African American school principal, with interviewer Goldie F. Wells. 27 December 1990
Digital Folder M-0010 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Johnny A. Freeman, African American school principal, with interviewer Goldie F. Wells. 27 December 1990
Digital Folder M-0011 |
Digitized transcript
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William Brodus Howell, African American school principal, with interviewer Goldie F. Wells. 30 January 1991
Digital Folder M-0012 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
J. W. Mask, African American school principal, with interviewer Goldie F. Wells. 15 February 1991
Digital Folder M-0013 |
Digitized transcript
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W. M. McLean, African American school principal, with interviewer Goldie F. Wells. 12 January 1991
Digital Folder M-0014 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
George Miller, African American school principal, with interviewer Goldie F. Wells. 19 January 1991
Digital Folder M-0015 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
J. C. Watkins, African American school principal, with interviewer Goldie F. Wells. 19 January 1991
Digital Folder M-0016 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
L. M. Williams, African American school principal, with interviewer Goldie F. Wells. 21 January 1991
Digital Folder M-0017 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Hernam Bell, African American school principal, with interviewer Goldie F. Wells. 30 January 1991
Digital Folder M-0018 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Bowman Burton, African American school principal, with interviewer Goldie F. Wells. 21 January 1991
Digital Folder M-0019 |
Digitized transcript
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Willie Gillespie, African American school principal, with interviewer Goldie F. Wells. 18 February 1991
Digital Folder M-0020 |
Digitized transcript
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Leon Goolsby, African American school principal, with interviewer Goldie F. Wells. 27 December 1990
Digital Folder M-0021 |
Digitized transcript
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John A. Griffin, African American school principal, political activist, and author, with interviewer Goldie F. Wells. 15 February 1991
Digital Folder M-0022 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Richard Hicks, African American school principal, with interviewer Goldie F. Wells. 1 February 1991
Digital Folder M-0023 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
John Jessup, African American school principal, with interviewer Goldie F. Wells. 11 January 1991
Digital Folder M-0024 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Charles Johnson, African American school principal, with interviewer Goldie F. Wells. 29 December 1990
Digital Folder M-0025 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Mose Lewis, African American school principal, with interviewer Goldie F. Wells. 17 February 1991
Digital Folder M-0026 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Robert L. Logan, African American school principal, with interviewer Goldie F. Wells. 28 December 1990
Digital Folder M-0027 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Samuel Puryear, African American school principal, with interviewer Goldie F. Wells. 29 December 1990
Digital Folder M-0028 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Ray Spain, African American school principal, with interviewer Goldie F. Wells. 26 January 1990
Digital Folder M-0029 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Robert Winston, African American school principal, with interviewer Goldie F. Wells. 26 January 1991
Digital Folder M-0030 |
Digitized transcript
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Gerald Whitley, African American school principal, with interviewer Goldie F. Wells. 17 February 1991
Digital Folder M-0031 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Coleman Barbour, African American school principal, with interviewer Goldie F. Wells. 16 February 1991
Digital Folder M-0032 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Leonard Arnold, African American school principal, with interviewer Goldie F. Wells. 18 January 1991
Digital Folder M-0033 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Hernam Defreece, African American school principal, with interviewer Goldie F. Wells. 16 February 1991
Digital Folder M-0034 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |