Oral history interview with Charles D. Thompson, October 15, 1990
Subtitle: interview K-0810, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Contributors: Wang, Jun, 1971 March 11- interviewer; Southern Oral History Program; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: University Library, UNC-Chapel Hill
Published: 2007
Place of publication: [Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Interviews; Agricultural education; Employees; Farmers; Education; Social life and customs; Agriculture and state; Agricultural credit
Other titles: Interview K-0810, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007); Interview with Charles D. Thompson, October 15, 1990; Oral histories of the American South.
Description: Charles D. Thompson made a career in the agricultural economy before earning a Ph.D. He began as an agricultural educator but soon learned that farmers knew more than enough about their profession. He educated himself enough to start a farm of his own in 1984, doing so after considerable research (determining that a small farm would be most profitable) and effort (navigating a good old boys network to get a loan). He sold his farm after nearly a decade to earn a Ph.D., and at the time of this interview he was looking for rewarding work. The bulk of this interview finds Thompson searching to recreate the farming community of his youth. But while he found financial success, he did not find the spiritual succor he sought.
Notes: Title from menu page (viewed on Feb. 29, 2008).

Interview participants: Charles D. Thompson, interviewee; Jun Wang, interviewer.

Duration: 01:02:19.

This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digital library, Documenting the American South.  It is a part of the collection Oral histories of the American South.

Text encoded by Jennifer Joyner.  Sound recordings digitized by Aaron Smithers.

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Original version: Southern Oral History Program Collection, (#4007), Series K, Southern communities, interview K-0810, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Original transcript: 18 p.

Funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services supported the electronic publication of this interview.

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