DAT-1002.10 Interview with Patricia Brockinton, September 4, 2003
Scope and Contents
id: DAT-1002.10
item_title: Interview with Patricia Brockinton
call_number: PRJ-1002
informant_name: Patricia Wetherington Brockinton
fieldworker: Laurie Kay Sommers
recording_engineer: Laurie Kay Sommers
date: 04-Sep-03
recording_location: Woodpecker Route, Fargo
content_summary: Interview with Brockinton about life in Dayton Turpentine Camp, running the commissary with her late husband Robert Wetherington, running the business, role of a woman.
notes: Interview to get more information on life of women in turpentine camps. Pat's late husband and his family, the Wetheringtons, employed Stick Nelson, also interviewed for Faces of Piney Woods Project. Father was R.G. Kaney, mother was Emma Godwin Kaney.;
technical_summary: Good.
genre: personal experience narrative, naval stores, turpentine, natural medicine, food, occupational folklife, calendar customs
places: Fargo, Valdosta, Dayton Camp
people: Patricia Wetherington Brockinton, Robert Wetherington
groups: African American, European American
keywords: quarters, commissary, tally board, Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving
Occupation: housewife, mother, beekeeping, turpentine bus.
Dates
- September 4, 2003
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Series 8: PRJ-1010 Sounds of South Georgia
Box 19
Folder 70: VHS-1010.06 The McIntosh County Shouters may not be copied
Extent
From the Collection: 40 Boxes
From the Collection: 3 items
From the Collection: 205 Cassettes
From the Collection: 29 Reels
From the Collection: 183 DVDs
From the Collection: 31 Video cassette
From the Collection: 41 Compact Disc
Language
From the Collection: English
Source
- Sommers, Laurie Kay, 1955- (Interviewer, Person)
- Brockinton, Patricia Wetherington, 1935-2012 (Interviewee, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections Repository
Valdosta State University Archives, Odum Library
1500 N. Patterson St.
Valdosta GA 30601 United States
7063728116
229-259-5055 (Fax)
archives@valdosta.edu