Great Depression
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84737502
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Bernice Adams
Digital Record
Collection number: ua23-20-b1f-001
David Williams Oral History Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: UA-23-20-1
Scope and Contents
The David Williams Collection consists of over 100 interviews with members of the Valdosta community and surrounding areas that lived during the Great Depression. The interviews chronicle the major difficulties of life during this trying era. Topics include descriptions of the struggle for daily provisions for the family. The collection contains DVDs, VHS tapes, and audio cassettes. All the tapes in the collection have been digitized and are available on DVD for use.
Dates:
1910 - 1994; Majority of material found in 1994; Acquired: 2010-04-23
David Williams Papers
Collection
Collection number: UA-23-20
Abstract
Oral history interviews with Georgia residents during the Depression era, 1920's-40's.
Dates:
Acquired: 2011-04-29
Lloyd B. Greer, Jr., May 10, 1993
File — Box 1, Folder: 54
Collection number: Folder 54
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Lloyd B. Greer, Jr., May 10, 1993. Valdosta (Ga.). Fieldworker: Rodger D. Gregory. Audio file digitized from cassette[?] tape (B1-F-054). Part of the David Williams Oral History Collection at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. Topics include the Great Depression. Fieldworker notes: Started work at 6 years old - Father worked in Atlanta during the week in the 30s to provide for his family in Valdosta - Roosevelt's plan of action - Growing...
Dates:
May 10, 1993
Valdosta State University Alumni Association Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: UA-24
Scope and Contents
The SGSNC Alumnae Association began in May of 1918, although some publications put it in 1917. It has continued on to the present day, as the VSU Alumni Association. The VSU Alumni Association collection contains materials from 1918 to the present. The purpose of the association is to keep the school's Alumni involved personally and financially with the college. Thus, the bulk of the collection is correspondence and published newsletters. The early Alumni performed other functions, such...
Dates:
1917 - 2001; Majority of material found in 1924-1932, 1960's -1970's; Acquired: 1995-10-16