The collection consists entirely of the following items: an oral history (on its second page, a handwritten title is given: “Memories of Frederick Charles Dilard”) conducted by Michelle Commeyras and Al Hester, on November 21, 2014, both an audio recording of the interview and a transcript. The recording is more than two hours long, whereas the typewritten document is about 25 pages, suggesting that the interview was not completely transcribed. Second, an article that developed out of this oral history, written by Commeyras and entitled “Back Street (Athens) as Remembered by Mr. Frederick Dillard.” A third document, entitled “Memories—From Fred Dillard,” and dated August 1, 2014, as its title indicates was written by Dillard himself. Fourth, printed and digital versions of a self-published book, The Way We Were at 1498 East Broad Street, written by Ellestine Dillard Beatty, one of Frederick Dillard’s sisters. And finally, a digital-only copy of the interview of Bennie Dillard, a former slave, from the Federal Writers’ Project’s Slave Narratives project. Bennie Dillard was William Dillard’s father and lived with the family in his later years.

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