Title: Charlotte Whitford oral history interview, May 6, 2008

Identifier: UA45.05.01.13   (https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/1253)

Description: Interview with East Carolina College alumna and Craven Community College library employee Charlotte Whitford (formerly Charlotte Marie Purifoy). Ms. Whitford discusses her childhood in a tobacco farming family in Craven County, N.C., her parents' attitudes toward education, and her experience at New Bern High School. She discusses in depth her experience as a student at East Carolina College, including student registration, dorm life, studying, and finances. After graduating with a degree in Home Economics, Ms. Whitford later became a library employee at Craven Community College. Interviewer: Joanne Phipps.