Francis Foster interview 3 (2006-02-27)

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Interviewees

Foster, Francis M.

Interviewer

Hill, Kathryn Colwell

Description

Dr. Francis Merrill Foster, Sr. is known as the historian of Jackson Ward, the historically African-American Richmond neighborhood where he had a successful dental practice over 40 years. A graduate of Virginia Union University and Howard University, his relationship with VCU began as a post-retirement volunteer with VCU's dental clinic and he became an assistant professor and admissions advisor. In this interview, Dr. Francis M. Foster, Sr. discusses dentistry in Jackson Ward, his dental education, influences on his career, his dental practice, African-American dental pioneers in Richmond and Virginia, and African American dental organizations.

Personal Name Subject

Foster, Francis M. -- Interviews; Foster, Francis M. -- Anecdotes; Foster, Francis M. -- Knowledge and learning

Topical Subject

Dentistry -- Practice -- Virginia -- Richmond; African American dentists -- Virginia -- Richmond -- History; African American dentists -- Societies, etc. -- Virginia -- Richmond -- History

City/Location

Richmond (Va.)

Genre

oral histories (literary genre)

Local Genre

oral history; sound recording; text

Type

Sound; Text

Digital Format

audio/mp3

Language

eng

Rights

This material is protected by copyright, and copyright is held by VCU. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, this material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.

Collection

VCU Oral History Archive

Source

Oral history interview with Dr. Francis M. Foster conducted by Kathryn E. Colwell January through May of 2006. (Acc: 2007-01-01), Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.

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ohi_fosterfrancis_part03.mp3

Francis Foster interview 3 (2006-02-27)

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