July 17, 2007
Foster interviews document the past
The VCU Oral History Archive spotlights a series of 5 interviews with Dr. Francis Merrill Foster, Sr. from 2006. Foster, a neighborhood dentist from 1948-1989 and known as the historian of Jackson Ward, discusses his early background in Jackson Ward, local associations and clubs, and dentistry in the neighborhood.
[...] Francis Merrill Foster, a neighborhood dentist from 1948-1989 and known as the historian of Jackson Ward, former chairman of the Richmond Public Library Board and Richmond School Board member, died of [...]