Name/Title
Interview with Elizabeth Lanneau Cox [DVD]Entry/Object ID
2019.002.04Description
Interview of Elizabeth Lanneau Cox, who was born in Charleston in 1943 and was raised and lived in Summerville, SC for most of her life. Her parents were also Summervillians but her family had connections to downtown Charleston through family ties and various family businesses on King Street (like Siegling's Music House). Mrs. Cox talks about her childhood in Summerville, various houses, families and business. Summerville landmarks that she touches on include: Town (Hutchinson) Square and the train station, Timrod Library, Bethany Church, Summerville Presbyterian Church, Guerin's Pharmacy, Summerville Theatre (Playhouse), Summerville Elementary, Rollings (Old High School), Azalea Park. Old Town Hall and the Pine Forest Hotel. She also discusses various aspects of town life, like the gradual paving of sand roads, the construction of the historic houses in town, going to the movies, etc., and talks about going with her father and step mother to Indian Fields church campground in the summers. In high school, Mrs. Cox worked as a school bus driver and was the drum majorette for the Summerville High School Marching Band. She married Edmund Knight and they restored a Victorian House at 620 Richardson Avenue. She goes on to talk about the house, the surrounding neighborhood and neighbors like the Cox Family who lived in the old Prettyman House on Oak Street. (Ironically, in 2018 Elizabeth married Dr. Joel Cox her old neighbor.)
Recorded as part of HCF's "Changing Neighborhoods" series, made possible by a grant from the Employees Community Fund of The Boeing Company.
Date of interview: December 27, 2018. Interviewed and recorded by Katherine Pemberton (HCF) at Mrs. Cox's home in Summerville.
1 DVD: 1:06:30
Digital files (MP3/audio and MP4/video) on MyPassport-OralHistory (external hard drive)Collection
HCF Oral History CollectionAcquisition
Accession
2019.002Source or Donor
New Library Catalog Records (2019)Acquisition Method
Found in CollectionLexicon
Search Terms
Lowcountry Digital Library, Changing Neighborhoods, Cox, Elizabeth Lanneau--Interviews, Neighborhoods--South Carolina--Summerville, Summerville (S.C.)--Social life and customsPublication Details
Author
Cox, Elizabeth LanneauSeries
Historic Charleston Foundation Oral History ProjectDate Published
2018Notes
Copy No.: 1Location
Location
Container
DVD (Videos) Box 1Shelf
AV MaterialsRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023General Notes
Note
Notes: Consent Form and transcript on Media link.
MP3 (audio) and MP4 (video) files on MyPassport hard drive.Created By
admin@catalogit.appCreate Date
December 20, 2018Updated By
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February 17, 2023