Oral Histories: Recent submissions

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    • Felecca Wilson Taylor 

      Scott, Thomas Allan (1943- ) (2022-03-11)
      Felecca Wilson Taylor talks about her mother, Hattie Wilson, and her one experience participating in a sit-in that occurred at McLellan's.

    • Leigh Colburn 

      Scott, Thomas Allan (1943- ) (2022-03-11)
      Leigh Colburn discusses the impact of Marietta High School on the community and her transition from working in elementary schools to high school.

    • Deane Bonner 

      Scott, Thomas Allan (1943- ) (2022-03-11)
      Deane Bonner, president emeritus of the Cobb County NAACP, discusses some of the early pioneers of the Cobb County NAACP.

    • Dr. Tim and Reed Brown 

      Scott, Thomas Allan (1943- ) (2022-03-11)
      Reed and Dr. Tim Brown discuss the Marietta School System, their careers, Reed Brown with West Side School and Dr. Tim Brown as a teacher and then Assistant Principal of Marietta High School.

    • Bob Ormsby 

      Scott, Thomas Allan (1943- ) (2022-03-11)
      Bob Ormsby, former Lockheed president, discuses the C5 aircraft development and the reduction of weight they needed to do for it, the creation of the Aircraft Museum, and the impact of the aircraft industry on the city of ...

    • Bill Paden 

      Scott, Thomas Allan (1943- ) (2022-03-11)
      Bill Paden, a retired Lockheed Martin engineer, discusses the restoration and history of a prototype C-141B. He details the reason the C-141As were converted to C-141Bs which essentially stetched the plane to increase ...

    • Sherman Martin 

      Scott, Thomas Allan (1943- ) (2022-03-11)
      Sherman Martin talks about going to Pyote Air Force Base to select B-29s to refurbished by Lockheed for the Korean War.

    • Mayor Bill Dunaway 

      Scott, Thomas Allan (1943- ) (2022-03-11)
      Mayor Bill Dunaway discusses the drug stores that were around Marietta and the integration of the luncheonettes that his father ran in the 60s.

    • Louis and Josetta Walker 

      Scott, Thomas Allan (1943- ) (2022-03-11)
      Louis and Josetta Walker talk about their experiences and work with the Marietta School System. Louis also talks briefly about attending Marietta High School in 1965.

    • Jean Lindsay Galt and Jan Gault Russel 

      Scott, Thomas Allan (1943- ) (2022-03-11)
      Jean Lindsay Galt and Jan Galt Russel discuss what remains of the original building after Theatre in the Square began using it and recall

    • Fred D. Bentley, Sr 

      Scott, Thomas Allan (1943- ) (2022-03-11)
      Fred D. Bentley, Sr. discusses why he started his law practice on Washington Avenue and about the history of the Bentley Firm building which is located in the original Cobb County Courthouse from the 1800s.

    • 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 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.

    • Judy Benowitz Interview 

      Langer, Adina. (2022-01-07)
      Oral history interview with Judy Benowitz who was raised by two WWII veterans.

    • Clyde Ussery Interview 

      Newberry, James (2021-12-16)
      Oral history interview of WWII riveter Clyde Ussery

    • Interview with Reverend Steven Mints 

      Scott, Thomas Allan (1943- ) (2021-12-01)
      Oral history of Rev. Steve Mints. Rev. Mints discusses growing up in Marietta, his path into ministry and his ongoing work in the community and in government.

    • Sgt. Fred Anderson Interview, August 19, 2021 

      Newberry, James (Kennesaw State University Archives, 2021-09-28)
      Oral history of Pickens County resident Fred Anderson .

    • 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.

    • Karl Von Hagel Interview, May 12, 2021 

      Newberry, James (2021-08-20)
      Oral history with airport manager at Cobb County International Airport, Karl Von Hagel.

    • Robert Brown Interview, May 10, 2021 

      Newberry, James (2021-08-20)
      Oral history with CEO of Aero Insurance and later owner and CEO of Atlanta Northside Aviation, Robert Brown.