Robert Hampton Williams oral history interview 2, 2017 February 6
Description
In this second interview, Robert Hampton Williams discusses his life's achievements and his future as an aging gay man living in Charlotte, North Carolina. After retiring from his teaching career at Charlotte Country Day School, Mr. Williams opened Well Designed Objects (WDO), a fine craft gallery in Charlotte.. While operating WDO, as well as throughout his curating career, Mr. Williams maintained an interest in international art, specifically Japanese crafts. After WDO closed, Mr. Williams spent more time in his home in Gingercake Mountain, located in Burke County, North Carolina. Mr. Williams and his lifelong partner Warren Womble shared the company of other gay men, lesbians, and intellectuals in their Gingercake neighborhood. Mr. Williams explains how this community flourished under the kind and understanding guidance of Gingercake's "fairy god-mother," Stroupie, a librarian who also owned a house on the mountain.
