Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections Oral History Collection
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Summary of Interview
Joseph D. Purvis interviewed by Marvin Goss, September 18, 2002. Find this collection in the University Libraries' catalog!
Creation Date
2022-02-16
Length of Transcript
16 pages
Publisher
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections
Keywords
Oral History, Statesboro, Bulloch County
Disciplines
History | Oral History | Social History | United States History
Recommended Citation
Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections, "Interview with Joseph D. Purvis" (2022). Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections Oral History Collection. 81.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/specolleoralhistory/81
Language
English
Document Type
Transcript
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Notes
Interviewer: Marvin Goss (MG) Also present: Rosemary Carter (RM), Georgia Southern Marketing and Communications Associate Director Frank Fortune (FF), photographer.
Notes: Joseph David Purvis was born in Willacoochee, Atkinson County, Georgia, in 1916. Graduate of South Georgia Teachers College, 1936. Thirty-two-year career with the FBI (1941-1973). His books are: Savannah Bits and Pieces (1976), The Era of J. Edgar (1998), and Growing Up in Willacoochee (2002).
