NewsHistory Harvest – Anita Faye Dillard
On May 2, 2015 at the History United and Regional Libraries event “Find Your Roots” in Yanceyville, NC, Danvillian Anita Faye Dillard recollected her time working in the textile industry …
NewsHistory Harvest – Sandra Apple Aldridge
On May 2, 2015 at the History United and Regional Libraries event “Find Your Roots” in Yanceyville, North Carolina, Sandra Aldridge discusses the Apple side of her family from the …
NewsLinwood Wright Oral History
Linwood Wright was a research chemist for the Dan River Mills. A longtime resident of the area, Mr. Wright began working at Dan River Mills when he graduated college and …
NewsBill Yates Oral History
Danville native Bill Yates, who worked at the tobacco company Dibrell Brothers in the 1960s, discusses his childhood fascination with tobacco auctioneers, his time at Dibrell, and how he would …
NewsEvelyn Reynolds Oral History
Evelyn Reynolds, a native of Danville and Pittsylvania County, remembers her favorite childhood memories, the pleasures of drinking milk straight from the cow and her Sunday school teacher, Ms. Rosa. …
NewsDouglas Davis Oral History
Douglas Davis highlights the importance of community and talks about growing up in a family of ten children in Liberty Hill of Danville, Virginia. Watch the video to hear him …
NewsDoris Wilson Oral History
Danville resident Doris Wilson was a history teacher at Langston High School, a school for African Americans. She started teaching at George Washington High School when the school was integrated. …
