Abstract:
Oral history interview with Ralph Wilkerson, February 22, 2004. Waycross (Ga.). Fieldworker: Timothy C. Prizer. Audio file digitized from cassette tape. Part of the South Georgia Folklife Project at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections.
Mr. Wilkerson speaks of his life working in the turpentine woods and stills of south Georgia. He worked from childhood to adulthood in the woods and then worked at the turpentine still in Hoboken, GA until 1982, when he left the turpentine industry for good. He now works at the sawmill at Varn Wood Products in Hoboken, GA.
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1 electronic record(s) and derivatives. 2 audio file (wav, mp3) 865470588 bytes. 01:21:25. 4 PDF documents (3 scans, jp2). 961 MB (1,007,966,659 bytes).