Unified Committee for Afro-American Contributions Oral History Documentation Project--Joseph Lee Somerville's oral history; Unified Committee for Afro-American Contributions Oral History Documentation Project--Joseph Lee Somerville's oral history
Unified Committee for Afro-American Contributions Oral History Documentation Project--Joseph Lee Somerville's oral history; Unified Committee for Afro-American Contributions Oral History Documentation Project--Joseph Lee Somerville's oral history
Entry/Object ID
2009.002.0073
Scope and Content
1 compact disk ; 4 11/16" in diameter
Joseph Lee Somerville's oral history interview on November 16, 1996. He discussed his childhood and discipline in the family. He had detailed memories of his time at St. Joseph's School in Morganza. As a young man, he worked on a farm, worked construction with an uncle, and as a sheriff's deputy. He was appointed sheriff in the late 1970s. When he lost the election, he went to work at Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Plant. He was married during a tropical storm. He had a good relationship with his sons. He had a lot to say about parenting and the behavior of teenagers. The interview is on two disks and in a black plastic container with a cream label on the spine.
This object contains:
2009.002.0073.0001--Transcript of Joseph Lee Somerville's oral history
Collection
Unified Committee for Afro-American Contributions Oral History Collection