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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 his involvement with the Richmond Dental Society and the Virginia Board of Dentistry, Black dental associations, teaching at the VCU College of Dentistry, medical and social changes in the dental profession, professional support for dental students, and community service work by members of the dental profession.
Personal Name Subject
Foster, Francis M. -- Interviews; Foster, Francis M. -- Anecdotes
Corporate Name Subject
Virginia Commonwealth University. School of Dentistry -- History; Richmond Dental Society -- History; Virginia. Board of Dentistry
Topical Subject
Dentistry -- Practice -- Virginia – Richmond; African American dentists -- Virginia -- Richmond -- History; African American dentists -- Societies, etc. -- Virginia -- Richmond -- History; African American dentists -- Political activity
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 Statement URL
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.
File Name
ohi_fosterfrancis_part04.mp3