04099cidaa22007697i 4500 21399213 20250607100755.3 cr n|a|||||||| 200123s2017 ncunnn t eng 21399213 0 ibc orignew u ncip 20 y-folklife kere 2020-01-23 2020655358 DLC eng dacs DLC n-us-nc AFC 2016/037: 03940 Wright, George W., 1940- interviewee. George W. Wright interview conducted by Sarah Bryan, 2017-06-22. 2017-06-22 1 sound file (wav) (01:03:01) : digital, sound. 1 photograph : digital, tif, color. 1 manuscript : doc, pdf, text file. spoken word spw rdacontent still image sti rdacontent audio s rdamedia computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Collection is open for research. To request materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.contact Recorded at the Wright Funeral Home, Oxford, North Carolina, June 22, 2017. Funeral home owner, funeral director, and embalmer George W. Wright, Jr., discusses his career serving the African American community in and around Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina. Additional topics include his father's farming and bootlegging, and a nightclub, the Golden Wheel, owned and operated by Mr. Wright, Jr. in the late 1960s, near Oxford, North Carolina. Funeral services workers in the Carolinas, Archie Green Fellows Project, 2016-2017 (AFC 2016/037: 03940) Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Duplication of collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions. To honor the memory of Archie Green (1917-2009), a fellowship program was established at the American Folklife Center in 2010. Archie Green Fellowships support new research in the contemporary culture and traditions of American workers. In English. Wright, George W., 1940- Interviews. Age and employment. Family-owned business enterprises. Folklore. Hours of labor. Humor in the workplace. Job satisfaction. Job stress. Occupational training. Quality of work life. Self-employed. Work ethic. Work-life balance. African Americans Employment. African American businesspeople Interviews. Funeral rites and ceremonies South Atlantic States. Undertakers and undertaking South Atlantic States Interviews. Oxford (N.C.), event place. Sound recordings. lcgft Digital photographs Color 2010-2020. gmgpc Interviews. lcgft Oral histories. lcgft Personal narratives. lcgft Bryan, Sarah, interviewer. Occupational Folklife Project, sponsor. Funeral services workers in the Carolinas, Archie Green Fellows Project, 2016-2017 AFC 2016/037: 03940 (DLC) 2017655428 Library of Congress Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home afc2016037_03940_sr01 afc2016037 Interview with funeral director George W. Wright, Jr., of Oxford, NC. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc2016037.afc2016037_03940_sr01 afc2016037_03940_ph01 afc2016037 Scanned image of George W. Wright's business card. afc2016037_03940_ms01 afc2016037 Transcript of interview with funeral director George W. Wright, Jr., of Oxford, NC. afc/agf afc/ofp afc/2016037