| Title: |
George Gibson
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| Local code: |
OH 90.1
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
University of North Carolina, Asheville. D. Hiden Ramsey Library. Special Collections
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| Collection: |
South Asheville Colored Cemetery, 1840-1943
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| Description: |
Mr. Gibson remembers playing in the cemetery as a child. He describes the efforts of the South Asheville Cemetery Association to reclaim and restore the abandoned cemetery. The Cemetery Association, of which Mr. Gibson is president, is working to see the cemetery designated an Historic Site.
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| Extent: |
6 pages
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| URL: |
http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/oralhistory/SACC/gibson.html
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
1900 to 1989
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| Speaker: |
Gibson, George
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker race: |
Black
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| Speaker occupation: |
President
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| Document date: |
02-Aug-1989
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| Interviewer: |
Armmond, Lewis
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| Locations discussed: |
Asheville, NC; North America; North Carolina; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
African Americans; Asheville, NC; Burial; Cemeteries--North Carolina; Community; Historic sites--North Carolina; North America; North Carolina; Oral history; United States
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Colored cemeteries
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0022521-23883
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