Rebecca Croom Fordham Oral History Interview, May 25, 1980
(Oral History #OH0077)
Descriptive Summary
| Title: | Rebecca Croom Fordham Oral History Interview |
| Creators: |
Elmore, William E.
Fordham, Rebecca Croom |
| Repository: | ECU Manuscript Collection |
| Languages: | English |
| Extent: | 0.0050 Cubic feet, 1 audiocassette, 0.5 hour, 8 pages . |
Administrative Information
General note
1910s-1920s
Access Restrictions
No restrictions
Copyright Notice
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Preferred Citation
Rebecca Croom Fordham Oral History Interview (#OH0077), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
Acquisition Information
- Gift of Rebecca Croom Fordham
Processing Information
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Processed by M. Cherry, March 1988
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Encoded by Apex Data Services
Biographical / Historical Note
Rebecca Croom was raised in Lenoir County, N.C., and taught school in the Sandy Bottom, Tull's Mill, and Bucklesberry areas of Lenoir County. She married Henry Clay Fordham on April 21, 1921. She also attended East Carolina Teachers Training School in 1917-1919. After two years of marriage, the Fordhams moved to Florida where they lived in Miami part of the time and then she managed Tahiti Beach at Coral Gables.
Description
In the interview she discusses her teaching experiences, her college years, especially during the 1918 flu epidemic, the real estate boom and subsequent bust in Florida, the 1925 hurricane in Florida, and her work at Coral Gables.
This interview was done by William Everett "Mickey" Elmore, nephew of Mrs. Fordham.
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