William R. Lawrence Oral History Interview: Museum Object and Cultural History
William R. Lawrence Oral History Interview: Date: August 16, 2013. Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009. Interview of: William R. Lawrence, American, 1922 - 2014.
The object in the museum catalogue
The oral history consists of four digital files: 2011.174.101.1a, 2011.174.101.1b, 2011.174.101.1c, and 2011.174.101.1d.
William Lawrence describes his long career with the Norfolk and Western Railway in Roanoke, Virginia. Lawrence was born in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1922 but grew up in Roanoke and worked for the railroad most of his adult life. He discusses conditions of labor, race relations at the workplace, and his experience working as a foreman.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: August 16, 2013
- Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of: William R. Lawrence, American, 1922 - 2014
- Interviewed by: David P. Cline Ph. D., American, born 1969
- Subject of: Norfolk and Western Railway, American, 1838 - 1997
- Type: video recordings
- Type: oral histories
- Type: digital media - born digital
- Medium: digital
- Dimensions: Duration: 45 min., 9 sec.
- Dimensions: Total: 118.04 GB
- Place collected: Roanoke, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted: Norfolk, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: American South
- Topic: Civil Rights
- Topic: Labor
- Topic: Race relations
- Object number: 2011.174.101.1a-d
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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