Browsing Cobb County Oral History Series by Title

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    • Interview with Alfred Jackson 

      Scott, Thomas Allan (1943- ); Cawley, Mary B. (2021-09-23)
      Oral history with Alfred Jackson. Oral history covers a variety of topics, including education during the early twentieth century, agriculture, cemeteries in Cobb County, Naval service, and work at the Dobbins Air Force Base.

    • Interview with Bernard L. "Bernie" Brown, Jr. 

      Scott, Thomas Allan (1943- ) (Kennesaw State University Archives, 2017-06-14)
      Oral history interview with Bernie Brown, retired administrator of Kennestone Hospital, author, and WellStar Foundation Board Trustee.

    • Interview with Betty A. Gray 

      Scott, Thomas Allan (1943- ) (Kennesaw State University Archives, 2017-07-24)

    • Interview with Bill F. Rohner 

      Scott, Thomas Allan (1943- ) (Kennesaw State University Archives, 2015-10-29)

    • Interview with Bishop Christopher Walker 

      Scott, Thomas Allan (1943- )
      Oral history of Bishop Christopher Walker, Walker discusses his family tree, life, and path into ministry.

    • Interview with C. Olan McCray 

      Scott, Thomas Allan (1943- )
      Oral History with Charlie "Olan" McCray

    • Interview with Cecil Frey Bullard 

      Cawley, Mary Boswell (Kennesaw State University Archives, 1987)
      Cecil Frey Bullard was employed for 47 years by the Cobb County Sheriff's Department. Bullard discusses the Bullard family as well as farming, education, law enforcement, and historic properties in Cobb County.

    • Interview with Charles Commander "Chuck" Clay 

      Scott, Thomas Allan (1943- ) (Kennesaw State University Archives, 2019-05-29)
      Oral history interview with Charles Commander "Chuck" Clay, a Marietta attorney and Georgia politician.

    • Interview with David E. Miller 

      Scott, Thomas Allan (1943- ) (Kennesaw State University Archives, 2014-08-29)

    • Interview with Dorothy Petty Odom 

      Scott, Thomas Allan (1943- ) (Kennesaw State University Archives, 2014-08-29)
      Dorothy Petty Odom worked at the Bell Aircraft plan in Marietta during World War II in the personnel department.

    • Interview with Emory Ray Sewell 

      Hames, Jean A. (Kennesaw State University, 1984-07-02)
      Emory Ray Sewell, better known as Coach Sewell, was an educator in Cobb County from 1956 until his retirement in 1984. He was a coach and teacher at Acworth High School and North Cobb High School but then worked at Awtrey ...

    • Interview with Harold S. Mintz 

      Scott, Thomas Allan (1943- ) (Kennesaw State University Archives, 2014-08-29)

    • Interview with Harvey E. Durham and Bessie H. Durham 

      Scott, Thomas, Allan (1943 -) (Kennesaw State University Archives, 1987-05-20)
      Oral history interview with Harvey E. Durham and Bessie H. Durham. The Durhams were Acworth natives and successful farmers.

    • Interview with Hugh Lewis Grogan Jr. 

      Scott, Thomas Allan (1943- ); Grable, Jeffrey, B. (Kennesaw State University Archives, 1984-10-23)
      Hugh Lewis Grogan Jr. was the first African American council member for the city of Marietta, Georgia, serving from 1978-1982, as well as president of the Cobb County Branch of the NAACP for two terms, 1976 and 1978.

    • Interview with James E. (Mack) Henderson 

      Scott, Thomas Allan (1943- ) (Kennesaw State University Archives, 2017-08-21)
      James E. “Mack” Henderson spent a 37-year career from 1952 to 1989 with BellSouth where he was a senior manager. He served as Cobb County manager from September 1989 to March 1993. He was a trustee of the KSU Foundation ...

    • Interview with Jerica Richardson 

      Scott, Thomas Allan (1943- ) (2022-02-25)
      Oral history of Jerica Richardson, Cobb County's District Two Commisioner. Richardson discusses growing up, moving to Atlanta on the heels of Hurrican Katrina, and her nontraditional track to public office.

    • Interview with Joe B. Gabriel 

      Scott, Thomas Allan (1943- ) (2017-05-23)
      Oral history interview with Joe B. Gabriel conducted by Dr. Thomas A. Scott.

    • Interview with John Steve Frey, Sr. and Sara Skelton Bozeman Frey 

      Cawley, Mary Boswell (Kennesaw State University Archives, 1988-01-28)
      John Steve Frey, Sr. was born in east Cobb County on January 4, 1898. Owner of a Marietta grocery store for 20 years, Mr. Frey later farmed and ran a cotton gin in Kennesaw. He also worked as a Cobb County deputy sheriff.

    • Interview with Martha and Mark Lemon 

      Scott, Thomas Allan (1943- ) (2022-03-02)
      Oral history of Martha Lemon and Mark Lemon, Martha's son. This oral history mostly covered the history of the Lemon House and family in Acworth, Georgia.

    • Interview with Michael W. Thomas 

      Scott, Thomas Allan (1943- ) (Kennesaw State University Archives, 2018-04-17)
      Oral history interview with third-generation Cobb Countian Michael W. Thomas.