Dunning, John Carol Leigh Humphries oral history interview, November 28, 1980 Carol Leigh Humphries, a native of Person County, N. C., graduated from East Carolina Teachers College (E.C.U.) in 1944. She became involved in the home mission work of the Southern Baptist denomination and worked with church programs in Wilmington, N.C., Louisville, Kentucky, and Dallas, Texas. In 1951 she was appointed by the Baptist Foreign Mission Board to work in Nigeria, where she has remained since her arrival there early in 1952. In this interview, conducted during one of her furloughs home, she discusses her background in North Carolina, her work in Baptist missions in the United States, and her appointment to Africa. Topics of discussion include educational work in Nigeria, transition of Nigeria to an independent country, dress and customs of natives, attitude of Nigerians toward foreigners, work as W.M.U. director for Northern Nigeria, influence of Islam in the region, and the growth of the Baptist denomination. Interviewer: Donald R. Lennon. OH0064 49584 1847 19801128 eng sound recording oral histories 10.1cm x 6.4cm x 1cm Humphries, Carol Leigh, 1923-1992 Baptists Missions North Carolina Baptists Missions Nigeria Women missionaries Nigeria Women missionaries United States Clothing and dress Nigeria Nigeria Social life and customs 20th century Nigeria History 1900-1960 Nigeria History 1960- Nigeria Religion 20th century Nigeria United States North Carolina Humphries, Carol Leigh, 1923-1992 creator Lennon, Donald R. contributor This item has been made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Researchers are responsible for using these materials in accordance with Title 17 of the United States Code and any other applicable statutes. If you are the creator or copyright holder of this item and would like it removed, please contact us at als_digitalcollections@ecu.edu. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/ North Carolina Missionaries mission Women's History wh Special Collections Oral History Collection ohc OH0064 Carol Leigh Humphries oral history interview, November 28, 1980 Carol Leigh Humphries, a native of Person County, N. C., graduated from East Carolina Teachers College (E.C.U.) in 1944. She became involved in the home mission work of the Southern Baptist denomination and worked with church programs in Wilmington, N.C., Louisville, Kentucky, and Dallas, Texas. In 1951 she was appointed by the Baptist Foreign Mission Board to work in Nigeria, where she has remained since her arrival there early in 1952. In this interview, conducted during one of her furloughs home, she discusses her background in North Carolina, her work in Baptist missions in the United States, and her appointment to Africa. Topics of discussion include educational work in Nigeria, transition of Nigeria to an independent country, dress and customs of natives, attitude of Nigerians toward foreigners, work as W.M.U. director for Northern Nigeria, influence of Islam in the region, and the growth of the Baptist denomination. Interviewer: Donald R. Lennon. Humphries, Carol Leigh, 1923-1992 Humphries, Carol Leigh, 1923-1992 Lennon, Donald R. 19801128 Sound oral histories J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University eng 49584 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/ Baptists--Missions--North Carolina Baptists--Missions--Nigeria Women missionaries--Nigeria Women missionaries--United States Clothing and dress--Nigeria Nigeria--Social life and customs--20th century Nigeria--History--1900-1960 Nigeria--History--1960- Nigeria--Religion--20th century Nigeria United States--North Carolina audio local, filename 49584.0001 5234590 image/tiff 6.0 PRONOM PUID: fmt/10 little endian uncompressed MD5 f54501b89ee99a40770f026308d1ae27 ecu:digital_collections 1366 1114 RGB 101 mm 64 mm 20160722 Digital Collections Zeutschel OS14000 A1 Omniscan 12.4 object plane in. 300 1 300 1 8 integer 3 internal local, filename 49584.0002 6865594 image/tiff 6.0 PRONOM PUID: fmt/10 little endian uncompressed MD5 d02cdc12d3c9b05846de9aeff097fcc8 ecu:digital_collections 1366 1512 RGB 101 mm 104 mm 20160722 Digital Collections Zeutschel OS14000 A1 Omniscan 12.4 object plane in. 300 1 300 1 8 integer 3 internal 1 2018-12-11T12:00:00 md5 1 2018-12-11T12:00:00 md5