Interviewer
Ron Chepesiuk
Files
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Abstract
Frances Patton Statham (1931-2020) was born in Catawba, South Carolina to Ernest Boyd & Kathleen Patton. She attended Winthrop College and graduated with a B.S. degree in 1951. The next year on June 28 Frances married Dr. George Wilkes Statham. Continuing her education, Mrs. Statham attended the University of Georgia and received a M.F.A in 1970. Frances also studied at the Royal Conservatory in Canada and with tenor Ralph Errolle. In November of 1976, France Patton Statham divorced her husband and moved to Atlanta, Georgia. Mrs. Statham has written several historical romances set in the south. In this interview, Mrs. Statham discusses the Winthrop College sextet, the changes in Winthrop since her time there, her work on the Winthrop College Foundation Board, her research in Europe for some of her novels (including Wings of Fire), “creative listening/looking” within her research process, her process for completing her novels, her latest novel To Face the Sun, the key to being a successful historical author, and the success of Wings of Fire.
Publication Date
4-19-1985
Unique Identifier
OH 647
Format
1 Cassette; MP3; WAV;
Length
00:12:52
Restrictions
This interview is open for use.
Disciplines
Law
Recommended Citation
Statham, Frances Patton, "Interview with Frances Patton Statham - OH 647" (1985). Winthrop University Oral History Program. OH 647.
https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/oralhistoryprogram/704
