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Collection Number: 03709

Collection Title: Federal Writers' Project Papers, 1936-1940

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Size 15.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 12000 items)
Abstract W. T. Couch (b. 1901), while director of the University of North Carolina Press, was also a part-time official of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration, as assistant and associate director for North Carolina, 1936-1937, and as director for the southern region, 1938-1939. These papers include his correspondence relating to the project, and the life histories of about 1,200 individuals, written by about 60 members of the project after one or more interviews with the subjects. Persons interviewed, many of them African Americans, described life in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. There is a partial index to the many occupations of those interviewed. Also included, on microfilm, are ghost stories, local legends, etc., gathered in the project.
Creator Federal Writers' Project.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Federal Writers' Project papers #3709, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Alternate Form of Material
Microfilm copy available.
Acquisitions Information
Transferred from the office of William T. Couch at the University of North Carolina Press in 1946.
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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William Terry Couch (b. 1901), director of the University of North Carolina Press, 1932-1945; director of the University of Chicago Press, 1945-1950; since 1950, editor and publisher with encyclopedias and commercial publishers; lived in Palo Alto, California; returned to live in Chapel Hill.

Couch was associated with the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration on a part-time basis, 1936-1939, as associate and assistant state director for North Carolina, 1936-1937, and as regional director, 1938-1939. Boxes 1-8 of these papers contain his correspondence and other papers related to his work with the project. Boxes 9-33 of the papers contain life histories written by members of the Federal Writers' Project after interviews with selected individuals. Selections from these life histories were published in These Are Our Lives, as told by the people and written by members of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia. (Chapel Hill, The University of North Carolina Press, 1939. xx, 421 pp. Preface by W. T. Couch.) Box 34 contains a card index of the life histories, compiled by Couch.

Later publication: Such as Us, Southern Voices of the Thirties. Edited by Tom E. Terrill and Jerrold Hirsch. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1978.

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Folder 1-14

1936-March 1937 #03709, Series: "Correspondence." Folder 1-14

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Folder 15-30

April 1937-July 1938 #03709, Series: "Correspondence." Folder 15-30

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Folder 31-44

August-15 November 1938 #03709, Series: "Correspondence." Folder 31-44

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Folder 45-59

16 November 1938-17 January 1939 #03709, Series: "Correspondence." Folder 45-59

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Folder 60-71

18 January-29 March 1939 #03709, Series: "Correspondence." Folder 60-71

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Folder 72-82

30 March-20 May 1939 #03709, Series: "Correspondence." Folder 72-82

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Folder 83-92

21 May-31 August 1939 #03709, Series: "Correspondence." Folder 83-92

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Folder 93-105

September 1939-1940 #03709, Series: "Correspondence." Folder 93-105

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Folder 1

Barnard, George S. A Negro Cook's Day (Rosa Lee Johnson, circa 1908, Waycross, Ga., black cook, Ozark, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 1

Folder 2

Bowman, Annie L. The Hines (Mary Hines, no date given, Monroe County, black teacher, Atmore, 2 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 2

Folder 3

Bowman, Annie L. Another version of the same interview #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 3

Folder 4

Cain, Maude. Julia Rhodes (Julia Rhodes, circa 1904, Tallapoosa County, white mill worker, Alexander City, 11 October 1938) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 4

Folder 5

Cain, Maude. Bertie Turner (Bertie Turner, no date given, no place given, white boarding-house operator, Alexander City, 30 December 1938) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 5

Folder 6

Clark, Luther. Looking Around with a Hay Farmer (Leonidas Cockrell, circa 1867, no place given, white farm owner, McCainville, 14 September 1938) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 6

Folder 7

Coleman, Victoria. Soil Pipe Worker (William Smith, circa 1870, Ohio, white soil pipe worker, Anniston, 31 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 7

Folder 8

Couric, Gertha. Sam Lynn, Fisherman and River Rat [Famous for Fish] (Sam Lynn, circa 1879, no place given, black fisherman, Eufaula, 11 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 8

Folder 9

Couric, Gertha. Mid-Wives are Called "Grannies" (Aunt Granny [Lula] Rousseau, 1861, Eufaula, black midwife, Eufaula, 15 December 1938) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 9

Folder 10

Couric, Gertha. Three Workers of Cowickee Cotton Mill (Mrs. Lee Snipes, no date given, no place given, white textile weaver; B. T. Clements, no date given, no place given, white textile fireman; Mrs. Champion, no date given, no place given, white textile weaver, Eufaula, 13 October 1938) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 10

Folder 11

Couric, Gertha. The Hughes Family (James C. [Doc] Hughes, no date given, no place given, white mill worker, Eufaula, 20 October 1938) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 11

Folder 12

Couric, Gertha. The Sam Andersons-Cotton Mill Workers (Sam Anderson, no date given, no place given, white mill worker, Eufaula, 20 October 1938) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 12

Folder 13

Couric, Gertha. Mill Workers (Nancy Nolan, no date given, no place given, white mill worker, Barbour County, 20 October 1938) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 13

Folder 14

Couric, Gertha. Hand, Woodrow. "Ed West-Installment Collector" (Ed West, no date given, no place given, white installment collector, Eufaula, 14 February 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 14

Folder 15

Couric, Gertha. My Time is Mighty Nigh Out (Mrs. Lucy Thomas, 1859?, no place given, black washwoman, 14 February 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 15

Folder 16

Couric, Gertha. A Day on the Farm (Mrs. Ola Titus, circa 1867, no place given, white farmer, Barbour County, 20 January 1939; Mrs. Annie Blair, circa 1869, no place given, white farmer, Barbour County, 20 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 16

Folder 17

Couric, Gertha. Another version of the same interview #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 17

Folder 18

Couric, Gertha. Fifty-Two Years in the Cotton Mill (Tom Asobrook, circa 1867, no place given, white mill worker, Eufaula, 13 October 1938) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 18

Folder 19

Diard, Francois L. Sharon Cousins, Knight of the Road (Sharon Cousins, 1914, Ellenburg, WS, white hobo, Mobile, 3 February 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 19

Folder 20

Dobson, Noma. Veteran Newspaperman (Charles H. Geer, 1860, Troupe County, GA, newspaperman, Sylacauga, 19 December 1938) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 20

Folder 21

Donigan, Charles M. C. F. Gerber, Farmer (C. F. Gerber, Barton county, KA, white farmer, Sheffield, 16 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 21

Folder 22

Evans, Lawrence. Story of a Minister's Family and Life (Dr. W. H. Evans, circa 1873, MS, white Baptist pastor, Fairhope, 18 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 22

Folder 23

Evans, Lawrence. Master Cain, of the Grover Cleveland, of Bayou la Batre (E. J. Cain, no date given, Bayou la Batre, white shrimp boat operator, 14 October 1938) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 23

Folder 24

Evans, Lawrence. "A Small Town Doctor" (Floyd L. Abernathy, no date given, Prattville, white doctor, Foley, 1 February 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 24

Evans, Lawrence. Another version, "A Plain Country Doctor," in folder 91 #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 24

Folder 25

Evans, Lawrence. The Potter (Ed Grace, no date given, no place given, white potter, Daphen, 7 October 1938) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 25

Folder 26

Evans, Lawrence. An Oysterman (Lawrence Nelson, no date given, [Foley?], white oysterman, Foley, 5 October 1938) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 26

Folder 27

Evans, Lawrence. Sam, the Turpentine Chopper (Sam Jackson, circa 1916, no place given, black turpentiner, Stapleton, 21 September 1938) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 27

Folder 28

Hall, Covington. The "Andrew Jackson of Southern Labor" (Arthur Lee Emerson, circa 1881, Tennessee, white union organizer, farmer, Mentone, 15 December 1938) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 28

Folder 29

Hall, Covington. Mountain Thinker and Experimenter (George Smith, circa 1900, no place given, white experimenter, Mentone, 5 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 29

Folder 30

Hall, Covington. Mountain Merchant-Farmer (Dan Smith, no date given, no place given, white merchant and farmer, Mentone, 7 December 1938) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 30

Folder 31

Hall, Covington. Sam Cash, Farmer-Miner (Sam Cash, circa 1871, near Mentone, white farmer-miner, Mentone, 7 December 1938) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 31

Folder 32

Hand, Woodrow. Johnnie Gates-Truck-Miner (John H. Gates, no date given, no place given, white truck-miner, Helena, 15 September 1938) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 32

Folder 33

Hand, Woodrow. Gertha Couric-Hotel Hostess-WPA Worker (Gertha Couric, circa 1896, Eufaula, white hotel hostess, WPA worker, Eufaula, 31 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 33

Folder 34

Harper, Edward F. Hobbies, Pets, and Children (Lloyd Wesley Lewis, 1912, Elmore county, AL, white industrial blacksmith, Ensley, 30 November 1938) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 34

Folder 35

Hartley, Helen S. Shrimping on the Schooner Berney Geneva (L. W. Robbie, circa 1900, no place given, white shrimp fisherman, Bayou la Batre, 30 November 1938) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 35

Folder 36

Heflin, Wilson L. I Wouldn't Be a Farmer (James McDaniel, circa 1919, [Winfield?], white college student, Winfield, 10 August 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 36

Folder 37

Heflin, Wilson L. People Call Me a Loan Shark (A. B. Way, Jr., no date given, no place given, white loan shark, Birmingham, 18 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 37

Folder 38

Klein, Preston. The Truitt Family-Tenant Farmers (M. B. Truitt, no date given, no place given, white tenant farmer, Opelika, 10 October 1938) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 38

Folder 39

Kytle, Jack. A Woman's Like a Dumb Animal (George Carter, circa 1877, no place given, white, logger, Talledega Springs, 25 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 39

Folder 40

Kytle, Jack. River Drifter and #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 40

Folder 41

Bob Curtis: River Drifter (Bob Curtis, no date given, no place given, [white?], fisherman, Talledega Springs, 17 July 1939, 23 September 1938) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 41

Folder 42

Kytle, Jack. I'm Allus Hungry (Orrie Robinson, 1891, Talledega Springs, white, fisherman, Talledega Springs, 4 August 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 42

Kytle, Jack. Another version, "Pattern of Ignorance," is in Folder 48. #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 42

Folder 43

Kytle, Jack. Isaac Johnson: Cajun Turpentiner (Isaac Johnson, no date given, Happy Hill Community near Chaton, Cajun, turpentiner, Happy Hill Community near Chatom, 29 November 1938) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 43

Folder 44

Kytle, Jack Jim Lauderdale: River Wreck (Jim Lauderdale, 1880, no place given, white river rat, Talledega Springs, 22 September 1938) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 44

Kytle, Jack Another version, "A Dead Convict Don't Cost Nothing," is in Folder 50. #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 44

Folder 45

Kytle, Jack Dead Man of Coosa River (Henry Kelly, circa 1870, Sylaucauga, white river rat, Talledega Springs, 21 September 1938) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 45

Folder 46

Kytle, Jack "Uncle Bud" Ryland the Coosa Fisherman (Charley "Uncle Bud" Ryland, circa 1870, no place given, white fisherman, Talledega Springs, 21 September 1938) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 46

Folder 47

Kytle, Jack. River Widow: Portrait of Poverty (Neely "The Widow" Williams, no date given, no place given, white widow, Fayetteville, 21 September 1938) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 47

Folder 48

Kytle, Jack Pattern of Ignorance (Orrie Robinson, 1898, Talledega Springs, white fisherman, Talledega Springs, 23 September 1938) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 48

Kytle, Jack Another version, "I'm Allus Hungry," is in Folder 42. #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 48

Folder 49

Kytle, Jack. By the Glory of God (Harrison Waters, circa 1881, Talledega Springs, black farmer, Talledega Springs, 21 October 1938) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 49

Folder 50

Kytle, Jack. A Dead Convict Don't Cost Nothing (Jim Lauderdale, 1880, no place given, white river rat, Talledega Springs, 8 August 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 50

Kytle, Jack. Another version, "Jim Lauderdale: River Wreck," is in Folder 44. #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 50

Folder 51

McDonald, Nettie S. The Poseys (Gayle Posey, no date given, no place given, white, weatherstrips houses; Idella Posey, no date given, no place given, white housewife, Birmingham, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 51

Folder 52

McDonald, Nettie S. Coal Miner (Sam Brakefield, 1873, [Lamar county?], white miner, [Lamar county?], no date given #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 52

Folder 53

McDonald, Nettie S. Green Fields Far Away (Joseph Davis, no date given, no place given, white miner and farmer; Dera Davis, no date given, Tennessee, white teacher, North Birmingham, 30 November 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 53

Folder 54

McDonald, Nettie S. Mary Worked in the Mines in Belgium (Mary De Roy, no date given, Belgium, white housewife; August De Roy, no date given, Belgium, white miner, Republic, 14 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 54

Folder 55

McDonald, Nettie S. Kytle, Jack. I'm Crazy about Rats. (Bennie Amerson, no date given, no place given, white miner; Mary Amerson, no date given, no place given, white housewife, Republic) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 55

Folder 56

Marshall, Bennett. Some Grow Old. (Mrs. S. M. Davis, circa 1875, Texas, white boarding house operator, Birmingham, 7 October 1938) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 56

Folder 57

O'Brien, Susie R. Ellawhite Mill Village (Description of California Cotton Mill, Uniontown, 28 September 1938) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 57

Folder 58

O'Brien, Susie R. The Alexanders (E. J. Alexander, no date given, no place given, white tenant farmer, Marion, 20 October 1938) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 58

Folder 59

Perry, Rhussus L. A Day with Lula Wright (Lula Wright, 1868, Cotton Valley, black tenant farmer, Tuskeegee, 18 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 59

Folder 60

Perry, Rhussus L. Isaac Hathaway, Sculptor (Isaac Hathaway, no date given, Cincinnati [Ohio?], black sculptor, Tuskeegee, 2 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 60

Folder 61

Perry, Rhussus L. At Father Baker's Home (Mother Baker, circa 1855, [Macon county?], black, ex-slave, farmer, Macon county; Father Baker, circa 1855, [Macon county?], Tuskeegee, 22 November 1938) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 61

Folder 62

Petterson, Josephine. Life Story of a Swedish-American (Josephine Petterson, circa 1871, Skogsby, Sweden, Swedish-American, FWP worker, Mobile, 2 February 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 62

Folder 63

Prine, Ida B. Life in a Shrimping and Oyster Shucking Camp (Joe Vaughn, circa 1861, Canada, white shrimp factory worker, Bayou La Batre, 29 November 1938) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 63

Folder 64

Prine, Ida B. Mandy Johnson, Midwife (Mandy Johnson, 1867, Cottage Hall, black midwife, Cottage Hall, 30 November 1938) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 64

Folder 65

Prine, Ida B. Story of Auguste Mollie (Auguste Mollie, circa 1858, Dauphine, France, white farm laborer, Navcco, 21 December 1938) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 65

Folder 66

Prine, Ida B. Kosaku Sawada, Nurseryman (Kosaka Sawada, no date given, Osaka, Japan, Japanese nurseryman, Mobile, 20 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 66

Folder 67

Prine, Ida B. It Ruins Oysters to Wash Them (Raymond Barbour, 1869, Dauphine Island, AL, white fisherman, Bayou La Batre, 15 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 67

Folder 68

Prine, Ida B. Lena Cash, Octogenarian (Lena Cash, 1850, New Orleans, LA, white elderly woman, Crichton, 5 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 68

Folder 69

Reese, Marie. "Holly House" ("Bull" Elliott, no date given, no place given, white tenant farmer, Loundesboro, 10 October 1938) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 69

Folder 70

Rogers, Adelaide. Never No More (Allen Turpin, circa 1868, Creek-stand, AL, black janitor, Montgomery, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 70

Folder 71

Rogers, Adelaide. Mrs. Blanchard, Professional Mother (Ellen R. Blanchard, no date given, [Montgomery?], white housekeeper, Montgomery, 31 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 71

Folder 72

Rogers, Adelaide. "Gab'ul Chime Dat Harp!" (Henry Raymore, no date given, no place given, black fortune-teller, Montgomery, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 72

Folder 73

Tartt, Ruby Pickens. Carry Dykes, Midwife (Carrie Dykes, circa 1870, Belmont, black midwife, Belmont, 4 October 1938) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 73

Folder 74

Tartt, Ruby Pickens. No Lawd, I Ain't Ready (Hester Frye, no date given, Tishabee, AL, black maid, Livingston, 17 February 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 74

Folder 75

Tartt, Ruby Pickens. Another version of the same interview #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 75

Tartt, Ruby Pickens. Another version, "Hester Frye," is in Folder 93 #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 75

Folder 76

Tartt, Ruby Pickens. Seeking Salvation ("Little Bit," Hattie Amason, circa 1885, Livingston, 17 August 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 76

Folder 77

Waldrep, R. V. I Wanted to Keep a Good Horse (Dr. Archie Waldrep, 1869, Red Bay, white doctor, Red Bay, 20 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 77

Folder 78

Waldrep, R. V. Lord Loafer (Liege Massey, no date given, no place given, white-occupation given, Red Bay, 17 August 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 78

Folder 79

Waldrep, R. V. Bony Winchester (Bony Winchester, 1870, Red Bay, white farmer, Red Bay, 17 August 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 79

Folder 80

Waldrep, R. V. It's Hell to Be Popular (Roberta Park, circa 1921, no place given, white high-school student, Red Bay, 20 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 80

Folder 81

Waldrep, R. V. Pink Petree (Pink Petree, circa 1874, [Pleasant Site?], white postman/owner country store, Pleasant Site, 20 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 81

Folder 82

Waldrep, R. V. John F. Davis (John F. Davis, [1880?], no place given, white postman/farmer, Red Bay, 18 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 82

Folder 83

Waldrep, R. V. I'll Be an Old Man Tomorrow (W. W. Skeleton, circa 1872, Texas, white surveyor, Red Bay, 18 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 83

Folder 84

Waldrep, R. V. J. P. Epps and Son (J. P. Epps, [1885], Golden, white storekeeper, Red Bay, 21 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 84

Folder 85

Waldrep, R. V. Luke Warn: He Ain't Talkin (Luke Warn, [1870?], Red Bay, black, occupation not given, Red Bay, 14 August 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 85

Folder 86

Waldrep, R. V. My Boys An' Me Died in the War (Oscar Falkes, 1869, Village Springs, whit country-store operator, Birmingham, 15 August 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 86

Folder 87

Waldrep, R. V. Jack Hodge (Jack Hodge, no date given, no place given, white farmer, Red Bay, 14 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 87

Folder 88

Williams, Jennie Sue. Frank Coffee (Frank Coffee, 1866, Fackler, black odd job man, Bridgeport, 30 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 88

Folder 89

Williams, Jennie Sue. Isaac Slaughter (Isaac Slaughter, Greensboro, GA, black, ex-slave, Bridgeport, 17 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 89

Folder 90

Williamson, Keane. Emancipation (a fictional piece, Pine Apple, AL, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 90

Folder 91

Evans, Lawrence F. A Plain Country Doctor (Floyd Abernathy, Prattville, no place given, white doctor, Foley, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 91

Folder 92

No author. Midwife and Farmer (Josie Fleming, circa 1876, Aswell, black midwife, no place given, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 92

Folder 93

Tartt, Ruby Pickens. Hester Frye (Hester Frye, no date given, Tishabee, black maid, Livingston, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 93

Tartt, Ruby Pickens. Two other versions, both entitled, "No Lawd I Ain't Ready," are in Folders 74 and 75. #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 93

Folder 94

Rowland, Walter. "Ain't Got No Screens" (no name, no date given, no place given, black tenant farmer, Arkansas, 6 June 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 94

Folder 95

Rowland, Walter. A North Little Rock Hostess (no name, no date given, no place given, white thief, North Little Rock, 12 May 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 95

Folder 96

No author. Honkytonk Hostess (no name, no date given, no place given, white waitress, no place given, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "Alabama." Folder 96

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Florida

Browder, N. C. See Darsey, folder 102 #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 96

Folder 97

Bryan, Lindsay M. "Jaydy" Abbin, Florida Adventurer (J. B. Atkins, 1903, Dade City, white mechanic, Tampa, 15 February 1939) #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 97

Folder 98

Back, Gladys. The Burns Family (W. W. Woods, no date given, Grand Cayman Islands, white housewife, Princeton, 30 December 1938) #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 98

Folder 99

Burnell, Elvira. The Stembler Family (Tom Blake, no date given, no place given, white debt collector, Miami, 30 January 1939) #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 99

Folder 100

Burnell, Elvira. Anna Alden (Annie Alden, [1880?], no place given, white WPA sewing room worker, Miami, 16 February 1939) #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 100

Cornwall, Robert. See Darsey, folder 102 #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 100

Folder 101

Darsey, Barbara B. Lolly Bleu, Florida Squatter (Mrs. Robert Eures, [1889?], Texas, white squatter, Venus, 29 November 1938) #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 101

Darsey, Barbara B. Another version, "Lolly Bleu," is in folder 1013. #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 101

Folder 102

Darsey, Barbara B., Veronica E. Huss, Robert Cornwall, and N. C. Browder. "We Do Victims," (Horace Thompson, no date given, on the Georgia line near Blonts Ferry; black citrus worker Cellie Thompson, no date given, on the Georgia line near Blonts Ferry; black citrus worker, Avon Park, 8 February 1939) #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 102

Folder 103

Darsey, Huss, and Cornwall. Life History of the Thomas Family, another version of the above interview. #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 103

Darsey, Huss, and Cornwall. A third version, "Topics and Observations Relative to Life History, Harris Thomas," is in folder 1013. #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 103

Folder 104

Darsey and Huss. Albert and Anne Denman. (Bob Franklin, circa 1894, Geneva county AL, white country store proprietor, farmer, Hicoria, 7 February 1939) #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 104

Darsey and Huss. Another version, "Albert Denman and Family, Proprietor Country Store," is in folder 1013. #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 104

Folder 105

Darsey and Huss. Virginia Suffolk (Madge Wetherbee, 1881, Bradford, England, white poultry farmer, Avon Park, 14 February 1939) #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 105

Folder 106

Darsey and Huss. Mary Windsor (Mrs. Senie Williams, circa 1915, Hardee county, white wife of sharecropper, Venus, no date given) #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 106

Folder 107

Darsey, Barbara B. Frank and Ella Merryvale (Cornelia Mitchell, circa 1913, Lakeland, white citrus worker; Willard Mitchell, circa 1915, Oakland, GA, white citrus worker, Sebring, 8 February 1939) #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 107

Folder 108

Darsey, Barbara B. Maria Gonzales, Florida Squatter (Mrs. Texas Morgan, circa 1896, [Hardee county?], white squatter-farmer, Venus, 7 February 1939) #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 108

Darsey, Barbara B. Another version, with the same title, is in folder 1013. #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 108

Folder 109

Darsey and Stetson Kennedy Henry and Rosa Maddox (Ed Moore, no date given, no place given, white squatter farmer, Venus, 22 November 1938) #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 109

Folder 110

Darsey and Kennedy A Florida Squatter Family-Jason and Lily Iby (W. B. Lundy, circa 1898, Pasco county, white squatter-farmer, Venus, 8 December 1938) #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 110

Darsey and Kennedy Another version, "Jason and Lily Iby, Squatter Farmers," is in folder 1013. #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 110

Folder 111

Darsey and Kennedy. Florida Squatters (Sectional descriptions of Florida squatters, December 1938) #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 111

Folder 112

Diggs, Paul, Veronica Huss, and Evelyn Werner. E. J. and Mattie Marshall, Overseer of Tenants (E. J. Marshall, 1869, Edgefield, SC, black overseer of tenants; Mattie Marshall, 1872, Tampa, black housewife, Plant City, 15 February 1939) #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 112

Folder 113

Diggs and Huss. I Don't Do No Votin' (Lula Gray, circa 1902, Manna, SC, black housewife; Rich Gray, 1888, Robertsville, SC, black turpentine foreman, Carters, no date given) #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 113

Diggs and Huss. Another version, "Rich and Lula Gray," is in folder 116 #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 113

Folder 114

Diggs and Werner. George and Bessie Derrick (George Derrick, 1886, Kingston, Jamaica, black tenant farmer; Bessie Derrick, no date given, no place given, black tenant farmer, Plant City, 10 February 1939) #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 114

Folder 115

Diggs and Huss. William and Corneal Jackson (William Jackson, Ocala, 1903, black, phosphate miner; Corneal Jackson, 1908, Key West, black, housewife, Lakeland, 20 January 1939) #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 115

Folder 116

Diggs and Huss. Rich and Lula Gray (Rich Gray, 1888, Robertsville, SC, black, turpentine foreman; Lula Gray, 1902, Manna, SC, black, housewife, Carters, 27 January 1939) #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 116

Diggs and Huss. Another version, "I Don't Do No Votin'," is in folder 113 #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 116

Folder 117

Dowda, Bill, and Evelyn Werner. Earl Guenther (Earl Guenther, 1897, Dayton, OH, white, barber, Palatka, no date given) #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 117

Edward, Robert. See Lillian Stedman, folder 127 #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 117

Folder 118

Huss, Veronica E. Izzelly Haines (Izzelly Harding, no date given, Bahamas, Conch, midwife, Riviera, October 1938) #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 118

Folder 119

Huss, Veronica E. Wilbur Edwards Roberts, A Riviera "Conch" (Wilbur Edwards Roberts, circa 1855, Bahamas, Conch, fisherman, sponger, turtler, Riviera, 14 November 1938) #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 119

Folder 120

Huss, Veronica E., and S. Kennedy The Riviera Conchs (sectional description) Immigrants from Bahamas of White-Negro ancestry, fishermen, Riviera, November 1938) #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 120

Huss, Veronica E. See also Darsey, folders 102-117; Diggs, folders 112-113; and Stedman, folder 127 #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 120

Folder 121

Kennedy, Stetson. All He's Living For, [Enrique and Amanda] (Adelpha Pollato, no date given, [Key West?], Cuban, cigar-maker, Ybor City, 3 January 1939) #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 121

Folder 122-123

Two versions of the same interview #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 122-123

Folder 122

Folder 123

Folder 124

Kennedy, Stetson. Pedro and Estrella (Evelio Andur, no date given, no place given, Cuban cigar-box maker, Ybor City, 1 January 1939) #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 124

Folder 125

Kennedy, Stetson. Mister Homer (Homer Jordan, no date given, Dinsmore, white salesman and installment collector, Jacksonville, 3 February 1939) #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 125

Kennedy, Stetson See also Darsey, folder 109; and Stedman, folder 134 #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 125

Folder 126

Sheperd, Rose. Martin Cross, Wood and Fuel Dealer (Montgomery Corse, [1865?], [VA?], white, wood and fuel dealer, Jacksonville, 2 February 1939) #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 126

Folder 127

Stedman, Lillian, Veronica Huss, and Robert Edwards. Reverend W. C. Sale (Reverend W. C. Sale, no date given, AL, white, clergyman, Jacksonville, no date given) #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 127

Folder 128

Stedman and Evelyn Werner. George Harmon Kirby (James Kerby Ward, no date given, Togo, white, bus driver, Jacksonville, no date given) #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 128

Stedman and Evelyn Werner. Another version, "James Kirby Ward," is in folder 131 #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 128

Folder 129

Stedman and Werner. A Greek Restauranteur (James Kivelos, no date given, no place given, Greek, Restauranteur, Jacksonville, 20 May 1939) #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 129

Folder 130

Stedman and Werner. Ceceilia Patrourtsa (Cecelia Janes Lazos Poulos, no date given, Greece, Greek, wife of a restaurateur, Jacksonville, 21 April 1939) #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 130

Folder 131

Stedman and Werner. James Kerby Ward (James Kerby Ward, no date given, Togo, white, bus driver, Jacksonville, 17 February 1939) #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 131

Stedman and Werner. Another version, "George Harmon Kirby," is in folder 128 #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 131

Folder 132

Stedman and Werner. Mayselle Sweat Green (Mayselle Sweat Green, circa 1917, no place given, white, cigar factory worker, Jacksonville, 20 February 1939) #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 132

Folder 133

Stedman and Werner. Another version of the same interview #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 133

Folder 134

Stedman and Stetson Kennedy. Robert Smith (David Smith, circa 1901, no place given, white, sharecropper, elevator operator in a pulp mill, Jacksonville, 22 December 1938). #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 134

Folder 135

Valdes, F. Pedro Barios (Pedro Barrios, 1881, Cerro, Havana, Cuba, Cuban, cigar-maker, cigar factory reader, Ybor City, 1935) Note: Material from the Federal Emergency Relief Administration Sociological Survey, Ybor City, 1935. #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 135

Folder 136

Valdes, F. Dr. M. Santos (Dr. M Santos, 1888, Sagua la Grande, Cuba, Cuban, cigar-maker, optometrist, Ybor City, 1935). Note: Material from the Federal Emergency Relief Administration Sociological Survey, Ybor City, 1935. #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 136

Folder 137

Valdes, F. Enrique Pendas, Introduction (Enrique Pendas, 1865, Asturias, Spain, Spanish, owner cigar factory and chairman of Manufacturers' Association, Ybor City, 1935). Note: Material from the Federal Emergency Relief Administration Sociological Survey, Ybor City, 1935. #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 137

Folder 138

Valdes, F. Enrique Pendas (same as above). Note: Material from the Federal Emergency Relief Administration Sociological Survey, Ybor City, 1935. #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 138

Werner, Evelyn. See Diggs, folders 108-112, and 114; Dowda, folder 117; and Stedman, folders 130-132. Note: Material from the Federal Emergency Relief Administration Sociological Survey, Ybor City, 1935. #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 138

Folder 139

Wood, Dorothy. The Miller Family (Bob Lapham, circa 1907, no place given, white, artist, Miami Beach, 15 February 1939) #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 139

Folder 140

No Author. John Cacciatore (John Cacciatore, 1860, Sicily, Italian, cigar-maker, Ybor City, 1935). Note: Material from the Federal Emergency Relief Administration Sociological Survey, Ybor City, 1935. #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 140

Folder 141

No Author. Fernando Lemos (Fernando Lemos, 1870, Havana, Cuba, Cuban, cigar-maker, Ybor City, 1935). Note: Material from the Federal Emergency Relief Administration Sociological Survey, Ybor City, 1935. #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 141

Folder 142

No Author. Domingo Ginesta (Domingo Ginesta, 1865, Havana, Cuba, Cuban, cigar-maker, Ybor City, 1935). Note: Material from the Federal Emergency Relief Administration Sociological Survey, Ybor City, 1935. #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 142

Folder 143

No Author. Fermin Souto (Fermin Souto, 1858, Ferrol de Galicia, Spain, Spanish, cigar-maker and secretary Spanish Club, Ybor City, 1935). Note: Material from the Federal Emergency Relief Administration Sociological Survey, Ybor City, 1935. #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 143

Folder 144

No Author. Note on autobiography of Gerardo Cortina (Gerardo Cortina Pinera, 1912, Havana, Cuba, Cuban, unemployed cigar-factory reader, Ybor City, 1935). Note: Material from the Federal Emergency Relief Administration Sociological Survey, Ybor City, 1935. #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 144

Folder 145

No Author. Gerardo Cortina Pinera (same as above). Note: Material from the Federal Emergency Relief Administration Sociological Survey, Ybor City, 1935. #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 145

Folder 146

No Author. Jose Ramon Sanfeliz (Jose Ramon Sanfeliz, 1870, Havana, Cuba, Cuban, cigar-maker and bartender, Ybor City, 1935). Note: Material from the Federal Emergency Relief Administration Sociological Survey, Ybor City, 1935. #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 146

Folder 147

No Author. B. M. Balbontin (B. M. Balbontin, 1863, Rumorose, Spain, Spanish, bartender, Ybor City, 1935). Note: Material from the Federal Emergency Relief Administration Sociological Survey, Ybor City, 1935. #03709, Series: "Florida" Folder 147

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Folder 148

Adams, Morris. Turnips Today, Turnips Tomorrow (George Carter, 1842, VA, black, ex-slave, Savannah, 17 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 148

Folder 149

Barie, A. G. Guess We Had Moving Fever (David Melvin, no date given, [Pickens county, NC?], white, tenant farmer, Powder Springs, 12 December 1938) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 149

Folder 150

Barie, A. G. Another version of the same interview #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 150

Barie, A. G. A third version, with the same title is in folder 241 #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 150

Folder 151

Barie A. G. From around the World to a Georgia Farm (Ernest Gerber, circa 1883, Langnou, Switzerland, white farmer, Marietta, 25 February and 25 May 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 151

Folder 152

Barie, A. G. Another version of the same interview #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 152

Folder 153

Bonner, Bessie. The Relief Lady (Nell Pentecost, no date given, no place given, white, county relief director, Carrolton, 1 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 153

Booth. See Bradley, folder 158; Hornsby, folders 164, 168-171, 173, 177-182, 185-191, 193-195, and 200-201; McCune, folders 205-209, 213-214, 216-217, 219, 221-222, 224-225, 227, 232, 234-235, and 237 #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 153

Folder 154

Bradley, Leola T., and Maggie B. Freeman. Right Livin' (Evie Louvenia Robinson, circa 1881, Oglethorpe county, white, practical nurse WPA Housekeepers Project, Athens, 1 November and 22 November 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 154

Folder 155

Bradley and Freeman. Reverses (Hazel Hoff, no date given, Chattanooga, TN, white, district manager Avon products, Athens, 11, 16, and 24 November 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 155

Folder 156

Bradley and Freeman. Julia Nickerson (Mattie Julia Nichols, no date given, Gum Springs, white, WPA librarian, Athens, 16 October, and 9 November 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 156

Folder 157

Bradley and Rudene Hix. A Self Made Man (L. L. Jordan, no date given, Mecklenburg county, N.C., white, painter, Athens, 13 and 29 September 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 157

Folder 158

Bradley and John N. Booth. "De Luck is in De Lawd" (Minnie Davis, circa 1861, [Greene county?], black, teacher, Athens, 23 and 28 August, and 29 November 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 158

Browder, N. C. See Hornsby, folders 198-199; McCune, folder 239; and Rice, folder 241) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 158

Folder 159

Conway, George. Captain X (Captain Allan F. Leigh, no date given, Hull, England, English, sea captain, Athens, 17 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 159

Folder 160

Fowler, Carrie. The Piano Salesman (Fred Trammel, no date given, no place given, white, salesman, Athens, 4 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 160

Fowler, Carrie. Another version, "Just a Traveling, Rambling Man That Settled Down in a Athens Town," is in folder 1018. #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 160

Freeman, Maggie B. See Bradley, folders 154-156 #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 160

Folder 161

Ginsberg, Freda. Papa (Nathan Wild, [1897?], Yvey, Poland, Jewish, grocer, Savannah, 16 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 161

Hall, Sarah H. See Hornsby, folders 164-171, 173, 177-190, 192-197, and 200-201; McCune, folders 204-209, 211, 213-214, 216-217, 219, 221-222, 224-227, 231-235, and 237-238 #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 161

Harris, Leila T. See Hornsby, folders 177, 188, and 192; McCune, 204, 227, and 238 #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 161

Folder 162

Hawkes, Ina B. It Wasn't So Easy (Mrs. Jake Bower, no date given, no place given, white, hotel operator, Savannah, 24 September 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 162

Folder 163

Hawkes, Ina B., and Grace McCune. A Visit to the Country (Fannie Busbin, circa 1849, no place given, white, farmer, Winterville, 9, 14 September 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 163

Hix, Rudene. See Bradley, folder 157 #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 163

Folder 164

Hornsby, Sadie B., Sarah Hall, and John Booth "I've Took in Sewing Fifty Years" (Sarah Frances Fellows, [1863?], no place given, white, seamstress, Athens, 7, 11, and 26 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 164

Folder 165

Hornsby, Sadie B. Life of a Retired Mill Worker (James Herring, 1871, no place given, white, retired mill operator, Athens, 10 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 165

Folder 166

Hornsby, Hall, Booth. I Ain't No Midwife (Mary Willingham, 1880, Clarke county, black, practical nurse, Athens, 14 and 24 March , 29 May, and 9 June 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 166

Folder 167

Hornsby, Hall, Booth. Another version of the same interview #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 167

Folder 168

Hornsby, Hall, Booth. A third version of the same interview #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 168

Folder 169

Hornsby, Hall, Booth. "I Maids for Co-Eds" (Odelia Lester Anderson, 1902, Eatonton, Black, maid, Athens, 14, 16, and 27 March 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 169

Folder 170

Hornsby, Hall, Booth. I Don't Know What's the Matter (Edward J. Bacon, no date given, Athens, black, brick mason, Athens, 31 May and 14 June 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 170

Folder 171

Hornsby, Hall, Booth. The Wandering Beautician (R. W. Welch, 1896, Maxeys, white, beautician, Athens, 17 May and 6 June 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 171

Folder 172

Hornsby, Sadie B. Life History of Mrs. Ann Waldrop (Ann Waldrop, 1861, Athens, white, retired mill worker, Athens, 3 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 172

Folder 173

Hornsby, Hall, Booth. A visit to the Jail (Mrs. George Nash, no date given, no place given, white, wife of jailer, Athens, 26 April and 4 May 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 173

Folder 174

Hornsby, Sadie B. Life on Happy Top (Leila Bramblett, 1878, Princeton factory, white, textile worker, Athens, 17 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 174

Folder 175

Hornsby, Sadie B. Principal of Grammar School Thirty-Three Years (Mary Wright Hill, 1881, Greenville, NC, black, school principal, Athens, 27 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 175

Folder 176

Hornsby, Sadie B. Carpenter of Lickskillet (Emmett Johnson, circa 1880, Sparta, black, carpenter; Maggie Johnson, 1880, no place given, black, wash woman, Athens, 12 May 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 176

Folder 177

Hornsby, Hall, Booth, and Leila Harris. The Washwoman (Sarah Hill, [1874?], Elberton, black, wash woman, Athens, 1, 27 February, 13 March 1939). #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 177

Folder 178

Hornsby, Hall, Booth. A Visit to a Laundry and Dry Cleaning Plant (L. S. Whitehead, no date given, no place given, white, laundry operator; Mrs. L. S. Whitehead, no date given, Clarke county, white, laundry operator, Athens, 9, 10, and 24 March 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 178

Folder 179

Hornsby, Hall, Booth. From Farm to Filling Station (Robert Leo Smith, 1912, Banks county, white gas station operator, Athens, 22 March, 4 April 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 179

Folder 180

Hornsby, Hall, Booth. Kay's Shop (Kathryn Jiles, no date given, Carrollton, white, milliner, Athens, 9 March, 4 April 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 180

Folder 181

Hornsby, Hall, Booth. The Poppy Lady (Moina Michael, 1869, Walton county, white, teacher, Athens, 8 and 9 February 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 181

Folder 182

Hornsby, Hall, Booth. The Three Sisters (Jane Campbell Buggs, 1867, Maxeys, black, wash woman; Mary Campbell, 1875, Maxeys, black, wash woman; Delah Campbell, 1885, Maxeys, black wash woman, Athens, 8 and 9 February, and 1 March 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 182

Folder 183

Hornsby, Hall, Booth. Edward Walcott (George Shaw Crane, [1870?], Athens, white, landlord, Athens, 23 and 26 January, 1 February, 8 March, and 25 May 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 183

Folder 184

Hornsby, Hall, Booth. Another version of the same interview #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 184

Folder 185

Hornsby, Hall, Booth. "I Cater to Colored People" (Lorenzo W. Reed, 1863, Athens, black, barber, Athens, 19 and 20 June 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 185

Folder 186

Hornsby, Hall, Booth. I've Been Drifting (Roy Clinton Hale, circa 1897, Athens, white, shoe salesman, Athens, 21 July, and 4 August 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 186

Folder 187

Hornsby, Hall, Booth. "I've Been Preaching Ever Since I Could Talk" (Harold Irving Bearden, 1910, Atlanta, black, preacher; Mrs. Bearden, no date given, Austell, black, preacher's wife, Athens, 17 July, and 1 August 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 187

Folder 188

Hornsby, Hall, Booth, and Harris. The Wrighton Sisters (Mattie Creighton, circa 1860, [Athens?], white, elderly woman; Ida Creighton, circa 1870, [Athens?], white, quilt maker, Athens, 28 and 29 June, and 15 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 188

Folder 189

Hornsby, Hall, Booth. "How Many Days Have I Regretted" (Mildred Lattrell McKinney, 1911, Madison county, white, boarding house operator, Athens, 23 June 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 189

Folder 190

Hornsby, Hall, Booth. "..Maybe We'll Save a Little Money" (Nicholas Chivilis, 1885, Arvanlokerasser, Greece, Greek, candy kitchen operator; Pete Nicholas Chivilis, no date given, Jackson county, white, candy kitchen operator, Athens, 8 February, 11 and 25 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 190

Folder 191

Hornsby and Grace McCune Grocery Store (O. J. Coffer, 1899, Jefferson, white, grocer, Athens, 3 August 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 191

Folder 192

Hornsby, Hall, Harris. A W.P.A. Worker (Janie B. Harris, 1900, Clarke county, white, WPA worker, Athens, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 192

Folder 193

Hornsby, Hall, Booth. The Barbecue Stand (Robert Walker, no date given, Warrenton, black, barbecue stand operator; Gladys Walker, Bogart, black, barbecue stand operator, Athens, 10 and 19 April 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 193

Folder 194

Hornsby, Hall, Booth. The Poro Beauty Shop (Mrs. L. A. Crane, circa 1903, Watkinsville, black, beauty shop operator, Athens, 4 and 5 April 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 194

Folder 195

Hornsby, Hall, Booth. The Red, White, and Blue Barber Shop (Henry T. Brunblett, 1875, Gwinnet county, white, barber, Athens, 30 March 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 195

Folder 196

Hornsby and Hall. An Air Minded Family (Omie Williams, Neese, white, widow, Athens, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 196

Folder 197

Hornsby and Hall. Mildred Lawson (Sue S. White, circa 1897, South Georgia, white, beautician, Athens, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 197

Folder 198

Hornsby and Browder. A Negro Insurance Executive (A. W. Parker, 1900, Georgetown, black, insurance executive, 13 April 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 198

Folder 199

Hornsby and Browder. Another version of the same interview #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 199

Folder 200

Hornsby, Hall, Booth. The Life of a Lawyer (Joseph Eliot Web, 1907, middle Georgia, white, lawyer, Athens, 16 and 23 February, and 6 March 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 200

Folder 201

Hornsby, Hall, Booth. I Got My Education the Hard Way (James W. Davis, 1871, Athens, black, mail carrier, school teacher, music teacher, bandmaster, Athens, 16 May, and 28 June 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 201

Folder 202

Jenkins, William. ..And Hopes 'At Somebody Will Come Along To Talk To (Archie George, circa 1889, Lithonia, black, cripple, Atlanta, 17 November 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 202

Folder 203

McCune, Grace. Day in a Department Store (Abe Link, proprietor, and various salespersons: Maud Elliott, B. F. McEntire, Mell McCurrdy, Athens, 24 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 203

Folder 204

McCune, Hall, Harris. A Farming Preacher-Prophet (Nick Waller, circa 1874, no place given, black, farmer-preacher, Athens, 6, 7, and 17 March 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 204

Folder 205

McCune, Hall, Booth. Mammy (Annie Grady Emerick, [1880?], no place given, white, Athens, 20 December 1938, and 6 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 205

Folder 206

McCune, Hall, Booth. A Visit with Aunt Jerry (Josephine Wood, 1861, Barnett Shoals, white, housewife, Athens, 13 January and 16 February 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 206

Folder 207

McCune, Hall, Booth. A Session of the City Court (Vincent Mathews, [1880?], Athens, white, judge, Athens, 10, and 17 April 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 207

Folder 208

McCune, Hall, Booth. Negro Fraternal Insurance (R.B. Harris, no date given, no place given, insurance executive, Athens, 13 and 24 April 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 208

Folder 209

McCune, Hall, Booth. Bus Drivers (F.A. Taylor, no date given, no place given, white, manager city bus-line, Athens, 10 and 13 April 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 209

Folder 210

McCune, Grace. A Versatile Craftswoman (Margaret Davis, 1887, Princeton, white, tailor, Athens, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 210

McCune, Grace. Another version of this interview, "The Tale of a Tailoress" is in folder 212. #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 210

Folder 211

McCune and Hall . Coffins and Caskets (W. P. Hopson, no date given, no place given, black, undertaker, Athens, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 211

Folder 212

McCune, Grace. The Tale of a Tailoress (Margaret Davis, 1887, Princeton, white, tailor, Athens, 9 December 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 212

McCune, Grace. Another version of this interview, entitled "A Versatile Craftswoman" is in folder 210. #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 212

Folder 213

McCune, Hall, Booth. Maid of All Work (Julia Hicks, 1887, Athens, black, housemaid, laundress, nurse, Athens, 16 and 23 March 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 213

Folder 214

McCune, Hall, Booth. A Negro Dentist (Dr. S. S. Jackson, no date given, Athens, black, dentist, Athens, 14 March 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 214

Folder 215

McCune, Grace. I Lak's a Good Livin (Cornelia Peterson, no date given, Morgan county, black, sewing room, Athens, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 215

Folder 216

McCune, Hall, Booth. All I Do is Just Heads (Daisy M. Johnson, no date given, no place given, black, beautician, Athens, 26 April and 4 May 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 216

Folder 217

McCune, Hall, Booth. Oldest Barber in Town (R. M. Davis, 1893, [Athens?], white barber, Athens, 28 March and 4 April 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 217

Folder 218

McCune and Hall. The Woman Dentist (Dr. Ida Mae Hiram, [1895?], Athens, black, dentist, Athens, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 218

Folder 219

McCune, Hall, Booth. Waiting Room in a Bus Station (W. T. Sullivan, no date given, no place given, white, bus-station manager; Mrs. W. T. Sullivan, white, bus-station manager, Athens, 27, 29 March, and 6 April 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 219

Folder 220

McCune, Grace. The City Blacksmith (John Henry Middlebrooks, [1880?], Oconee county, black, blacksmith, Athens, 8 June 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 220

Folder 221

McCune, Hall, Booth. The Bargain House (J. Buford Dudley, 1887, Combs, white, merchant, Athens, 16 February, and 2 March 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 221

Folder 222

McCune, Hall, Booth. The Lilac Beauty Shop (Farrie Emerick, no date given, no place given, white, beautician; Edna Seagraves, no date given, no place given, white beautician, Athens, 1 and 18 February 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 222

Folder 223

McCune and Hall. The Boarding House Operator (Texie Gordon, no date given, no place given, white, boarding house operator, Athens, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 223

Folder 224

McCune, Hall, Booth. The Capital City Insurance Company (J. H. Robertson, 1905, South Georgia, black, insurance company manager, Athens, 14 and 27 April, 6 June, 7 and 10 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 224

Folder 225

McCune, Hall, Booth. Another version of the same interview #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 225

Folder 226

McCune, Hall, Booth. You Have To Get It While They're Cryin' (Lamar J. Johnson, [1922?], no place given, black, embalmer; Tom Johnson, no date given, no place given, black, undertaker, Athens, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 226

Folder 227

McCune, Hall, Harris, and Booth. A Patent Medicine Vendor (Grace Crowder, no date given, no place given, white, patent medicine vendor, Athens, 28 February and 14 March 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 227

Folder 228

McCune, Grace. Cindy Wright (Mariah Jackson, 1861, Notasluga, black, midwife, Athens, 13 December 1938) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 228

McCune, Grace. Another version, "A Funeral Service By Brother Gresham," is in folder 1020. #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 228

Folder 229

McCune, Grace. A Visit to A Flower Shop (Willow Jones, no date given, no place given, white, flower shop proprietor, Athens, 12 March 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 229

McCune, Grace. Another version, "Woman Florist," is in folder 239 #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 229

Folder 230

McCune, Hall, Booth. A Negro Funeral Home Director (James Mack, no date given, no place given, black, undertaker, Athens, 9 and 23 March 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 230

Folder 231

McCune, Hall, Booth. "Yes, Lord, I'se Done Tried to Serve You Faithful" (Isaiah Hunter, 1868, White Hall, black, preacher, Athens, 12 and 27 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 231

Folder 232

McCune, Hall, Booth. Old Shoe Comfort in New Shoe Appearance (Luther Holcomb, no date given, Athens, white, shoemaker, Athens, 5, 19 June, and 15 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 232

Folder 233

McCune, Hall, Harris. "A Customer is Always Right" (Samuel August Sheats, 1912, Athens, black, grocery store and barbershop proprietor, Athens, 7 July and 3 August 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 233

Folder 234

McCune, Hall, Booth. Veterinarian, Poet, and Politician (Dr. W. M. Burson, 1874, Ohio, white, veterinarian, Athens, 29 June and 18 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 234

Folder 235

McCune, Hall, Booth. "I Like America" (Mamie Lewis, 1896, Beirut, Syria, Syrian, part owner dry goods store, Athens, 10 and 25 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 235

Folder 236

McCune and Hall. Madame Lucy (Annie Mains, no date given, between Watkinsville and Athens, black, beautician, Athens, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 236

Folder 237

McCune, Hall, Booth. Susie Ray (Jannie Favors, 1892, Rayle, black, restaurant proprietor, Athens, 23 June 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 237

Folder 238

McCune, Hall, Harris. The Fishermen (J. H. Emerick, circa 1864, no place given, white, fisherman, Athens, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 238

Folder 239

McCune and N. C. Browder. Woman Florist (Willie Jones, no date given, no place given, white, flower shop proprietor, Athens, 21 February 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 239

McCune and N. C. Browder. Another version, "A Visit to a Flower Shop," is in folder 229 #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 239

McCune, Grace. See Hawkes, folder 163; Hornsby, folder 191 #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 239

Folder 240

Phillips, W. B. Wood Engraver in Paradise (C. W. Stambaugh, no date given, no place given, white, wood engraver, Demorest, 1 February 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 240

Folder 241

Rice, M. D., A. G. Barie, and N. C. Browder. Guess We Had Moving Fever (David Melvin, [Pickens county?], white, tenant farmer, Power Springs, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 241

Rice, M. D., A. G. Barie, and N. C. Browder. Two other versions with the same title are in folders 149 and 150 #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 241

Folder 242

Rose, Annie A. Clairvoyant (Prof. W. L. Harris, 1907, Birmingham, Ala., white, clairvoyant, Macon, 20 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 242

Folder 243

Rose, Annie A. Untitled (W. L. Keenan, [1898?], Georgia, white, saleslady, Macon, 20 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 243

Folder 244

Rose, Annie A. Janice (Carolyn Ball, no date given, Moultrie, white, WPA typist, Macon, 19 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 244

Folder 245

Rose, Annie A. Untitled (Lizzie Mercer, no date given, no place given, black, unemployed, Macon, 1 May 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 245

Folder 246

Rose, Annie A. So We Can Have Things Like Other Folks (Sarah Myers, [1900?], Macon, white, textile worker, Macon, 5 May 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 246

Folder 247

Rose, Annie A. Untitled (Sarah Howard, no date given, no place given, black, housemaid, Macon, 28 February 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 247

Folder 248

Russell, Maurice. Homer L. Pike (Homer L. Pike, 1901, Fort Moultrie, Ala., white, textile worker, Atlanta, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 248

Folder 249

Russell, Maurice. Night Watchman (no name given, circa 1873, no place given, white, night watchman, Atlanta, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 249

Folder 250

Russell, Maurice. Life History (Mrs. Same E. Whelchel, circa 1905, Banks county, white, housewife, Atlanta, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 250

Russell, Maurice. Another version, "The Family of an Automobile Worker," is in folder 262. #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 250

Folder 251

Russell, Maurice. Untitled (Mrs. Joe P. Stroh, circa 1914, Cobb county, white, housewife, Atlanta, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 251

Folder 252

Sieg, Gerald Chan. Laundryman (Chung Tai-pan, [1870?], China, Chinese, laundry operator, Atlanta, 20 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 252

Folder 253

Thorpe, Virginia. Root Doctor ("Ma" [Liza] Williams, circa 1836, no place given, black, root doctor, Atlanta, 13 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 253

Folder 254

Tonsill, Geneva. I Managed To Carry On (Eugenia Martin, no date given, no place given, black, WPA worker, housekeeping aide, Atlanta, November 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 254

Folder 255

Tonsill, Geneva. I's Still Traveling 'Cause I got Faith in God (Benjamin Johnson, circa 1843, Troupe county, black, ex-slave, Atlanta, September 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 255

Folder 256

Tonsill, Geneva. Untitled (Lucy Reeves, no date given, Clarke county, black, teacher, Atlanta, 21 June 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 256

Folder 257

Tonsill, Geneva. Unable to Stage a Comeback (F. Hodge, no date given, no place given, black, WPA worker, librarian government housing project, Atlanta, 27 October 1939)\ #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 257

Folder 258

Tonsill, Geneva. The Voice of God Spoke to Me (Jibson Littlejohn, 1855, Union county, SC, black, preacher, Atlanta, November 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 258

Folder 259

Tonsill, Geneva. The 'Lil Black Girl (Annie Jackson, 1904, Thomson, black, maid, Atlanta, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 259

Folder 260

Tonsill, Geneva. The Lord was with Me (G. L. Beasley, circa 1897, Tennessee, black, preacher, Atlanta, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 260

Folder 261

Tonsill, Geneva. I'se Always Had a Hard Time (Julia Brown [Aunt Sally], circa 1852, Commerce, black, ex-slave, Atlanta, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 261

Folder 262

Upshaw, Jacques. The Family of an Automobile Worker (Mrs. Same E. Whelchel, circa 1905, Cobb county, white, housewife, Atlanta, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 262

Upshaw, Jacques. Another version, "Life History," is in folder 250 #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 262

Folder 263

Upshaw, Jacques. The Man Who Lives in the House By the Side of the Road (E. J. Tull, circa 1839, [Georgia?], white, teacher, Ellgay, December 1938) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 263

Folder 264

Vining, Mary. The Story of Selina W. (Sara Wolf, 1885, Rocky Ford, white, housewife, Savannah, 19 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 264

Folder 265

Deleted #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 265

Folder 266

No Author. "Let Me Live" (Carlmon Hamilton, 1913, Norwood, Alabama, black, student, Macon, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 266

Folder 267

No Author. Nannie Hawkins (Nannie Hawkins, circa 1914, Macon, black, cook, Pine Mountain Valley, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 267

Folder 268

No Author. Untitled (various individuals at WPA experimental farm community, Pine Mountain Valley, Georgia, July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 268

Folder 269

No Author. Not a Life Story (Mr. Antipodes, no date given, Mllst, Greece, Greek, operator Ice Cream plant, Atlanta, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "Georgia." Folder 269

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Folder 274

Abbitt, Louise L., and Claude V. Dunnagan. Reckin' I'll Be Washin' an Ironin' Till I Drop Daid (Matt Wall, [1869?), Middleton, black, washwoman, Walnut Cove, 4 April 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 274

Folder 275

Abbitt and Dunnagan. Life History of Mrs. Jim Shelton (Mrs. McCabe, no date given, Peters Creek near Danbury, Virginia, white, widow, Walnut Cove, 23 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 275

Folder 276

Abbitt, Louise L. Holiness Preacher (Robah Bowden, no date given, no place given, white, janitor, holiness preacher; Lola Bowden, no date given, no place given, white, housewife, Pine Hill, 3 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 276

Folder 277

Abner, John H., and George L. Andrews. Cotton in the Blood (Wade Hampton Taylor, 1883, Memphis, Tennessee, white, hotel manager and cotton man, Gastonia, 23 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 277

Folder 278

Abner, John H. and Edwin Massengill. The Photographer. (Hubert W. Johnson, 1905, no place given, white, photographer, Gastonia, 5 March 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 278

Folder 279

Abner, Massengill, and W. J. Sadler. A Quiz Kit? A Casket? (Samuel Barnwell, 1875, Alamance County, white, casket finisher and interior decorator, Gastonia 27 February 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 279

Folder 280

Abner, Massengill, and Sadler. The Knitter (Ed Rutledge, 1912, Fort Worth Texas, white, knitter, Burlington, 18 December 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 280

Folder 281

Abner, John H. Three Bibles (Joseph A. Michaels, 1868, Burke county, white, cotton mill worker, Burlington, 2 December 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 281

Folder 282

Abner, John H. Up and Down (Walter Corbett, 1876, Alamance county, black, tobacco farmer, Burlington, 2 December 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 282

Folder 283

Abner and Massengill. Tom Levine, Tailor (Sam Slatkin, 1892, Russia, Jewish, tailor, Gastonia, 10 February 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 283

Folder 284

Abner and Massengill. A Gambler's Philosophy (no name given, white, gambler, no place given, 5 May 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 284

Folder 285

Anderson, George, and Massengill. Through A Glass Darkly (Henry Brandon, no date given, no place given, white, vagrant, Yanceyville, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 285

Andrews, George L. See Abner, folder 277; Hatch folder 510; Vaughan, folders 772 and 774. #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 285

Folder 286

Bailey, Loretto C. "We Have No Slums" (Description of Greensboro slums, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 286

Folder 287

Beaman, James S., and Massengill. A Life at Sea (Captain Otto Olsen, circa 1883, Norway, Norwegian, dredge boat operator, New Bern, 4 May 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 287

Folder 288

Beaman and Massengill Turkey Raising (Pearl Arnold, circa 1875, Benter, white, poultry farmer, New Bern, 15 May 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 288

Folder 289

Beaman and Massengill The Cabinet Maker (Otis Griffin, 1880, Leesport, white, cabinet-maker, New Bern, 17 May 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 289

Folder 290

Beaman, James S. The Family Hickman Colored (Needham Hickman, circa 1885, no place given, black, farmer, Croatan, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 290

Folder 291

Bennett, Cora. Ups and Downs (Arthur Moore, no date given, no place given, black, pressing club operator, Charlotte, 14 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 291

Folder 292

Bennett, Cora, and Mary R. Northrop. "I've Seen These States" (John Lowery, no date given, SC, black, Pullman porter, Charlotte, 20 June 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 292

Folder 293

Bennett and Northrop. "A Race Man Th'ough and Th'ough" (Ned Davis, 1897, Hartsville, SC, black, beauty shop owner, Charlotte, 3 May 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 293

Folder 294

Bennett and Northrop. Batchelor Mother (Odessa Polk, 1898, Charlotte, black, cook, Charlotte, 9 May 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 294

Folder 295

Bennett, Cora. Untitled (James Adams, no date given, no place given, black, "Odd-Job" Negro, Charlotte, 8 August 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 295

Folder 296

Bennett, Cora. "We Never Did Git Nowhere" (John Benton, no date given, Union county, black, disabled laborer, Charlotte, 5 June 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 296

Folder 297

Bennett and Northrop. "We'll Git Along Somehow" (Leathy Lightsey, no date given, no place given, black, WPA Project worker, Charlotte, 6 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 297

Folder 298

Bennett and Dudley W. Crawford. Untitled (J. R. Glenn, no date given, no place given, black, minister, Charlotte, 26 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 298

Folder 299

Bjorkman, Edwin. Hugh McCrae, Builder of Human Happiness, A Study in Agricultural Engineering (Hugh McCrae, circa 1874, Carrbonton, white, manager farm colonies, no place given, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 299

Bjorkman, Edwin. See also Mabry, folder 602, and Stevens, folder 761. #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 299

Browder, N. C. See Hicks, folder 535, and Vaughan, folder 770. #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 299

Folder 300

Brown, Emmett R., and E. Massengill. The McClennys (June A. McClenny, no date given, no place given, white, automobile painter, Goldsboro, 27 December 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 300

Folder 301

Brown, Mary Pearl. Anybody Not in Debt Ain't Worth Nothing (Nora J. Oates, no date given, no place given, white, tourist house operator, Charlotte, 23 June 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 301

Folder 302

Brown and Northrop. "Praise the Lord!" (Estell Stancill, no date given, [Anderson, SC?], white, WPA worker, Charlotte, 16 May 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 302

Folder 303

Brown, Mary Pearl. Untitled (George Burris, 1905, SC, black, servant, Charlotte, August 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 303

Folder 304

Brown, Mary Pearl. Untitled (Ollie Farrington, no date given, no place given, white, textile worker, Charlotte, 27 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 304

Folder 305

Brown, Mary Pearl. Untitled (J. H. Reynolds, no date given, no place given, white, textile worker, Charlotte, 25 May 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 305

Folder 306

Brown and Northrop. "Labor Can't Fight Capital" (Betty McCoy, 1902, Charlotte, white, textile worker, Charlotte, 25 May 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 306

Folder 307

Brown and Northrop. "I Used To Be a Bad Nigger" (Mattie Johnson, no date given, no place given, black wash woman, Charlotte, 23 May 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 307

Folder 308

Brown and Northrop. Glad to Work (Mrs. M. C. Campbell, circa 1880, no place given, white, textile worker, Charlotte, 19 May 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 308

Folder 309

Cannady, Beth. John Fleming: A Southern Gentleman (John Fleming, 1864, Wake county, white, businessman, Milton, 9 December 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 309

Folder 310

Cannady, Beth, and E. Massengill. Old Josh Dover (Ed Currin, circa 1857, Granville county, white, retired farmer, Oxford, 14 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 310

Folder 311

Cannady, Massengill, and W. J. Sadler. Another version of the same interview #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 311

Folder 312

Carter, Douglas. Perrenial Contestant (W. D. Long, circa 1889, NC, white, accountant, Asheville, 10 March 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 312

Folder 313

Carter, Douglas. Ex-Soldier (J. D. Mashburn, 1893, NC, owner of tire shop, Asheville, 16 February 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 313

Folder 314

Carter, Douglas. Hellos in America (A. G. Alexander, circa 1894, Turkey, Turkish, cafe owner, Asheville, 16 March 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 314

Folder 315

Carter, Douglas. Mushroom Grower (Caleb Carter, 1893, Montvale, white, mushroom grower, Asheville, 18 April 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 315

Folder 316

Carter, Douglas. Craftsman Born (Hal H. Nerbovig, 1876, Winona, MN, Norwegian, watchmaker, Asheville, 13 February 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 316

Folder 317

Carter, Douglas. The Clubhouse (Mary Miller, 1874, Asheville, black, bootlegger, Asheville, 9 February 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 317

Folder 318

Carter, Douglas. Neurotic (Lola Roberts, circa 1896, GA, white, widow, Asheville, 21 February 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 318

Folder 319

Carter, Douglas. The Inventor (J. H. Marshall, 1905, no place given, white, inventor, Cashiers, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 319

Folder 320

Carter, Douglas. A Good Time in the Army (John M. Thomason, circa 1889, NC, white, lumberman, Hendersonville, 23 February 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 320

Folder 321

Cobb, Pitts. James Joseph Florian (William Oscar Torain, no date given, no place given, black, janitor, Greensboro, 21 December 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 321

Folder 322

Cobb, Pitts. Second Hand Merchant (Norman T. Banks, [1875?], [New Orleans?], white, proprietor second hand store, Greensboro, 12 March 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 322

Folder 323

Combs, Stanley, and Massengill. Education is the Thing (William Edward Bardin, no date given, white, mechanic, Wilson, 5 April 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 323

Folder 324

Combs and Massengill. Women Are Best (Georgia Crockett Aiken, 1872, no place given, white, housekeeper, ex-school teacher, Wilson, 25 April 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 324

Folder 325

Combs and Massengill. Liquor Will Ruin You (Zelda Williamson, no date given, no place given, white, plumber, Wilson, 1 June 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 325

Folder 326

Combs and Massengill. An Old Farmer (S. P. Boykin, circa 1863, Wilson, white, farmer, Wilson, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 326

Folder 327

Combs and Massengill. A Blind Mattress Maker (W. Mose Holleman, 1897, no place given, white, mattress maker, Wilson, 15 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 327

Folder 328

Combs and Massengill. One of Them Might Be President (W. H. Etheridge, no date given, no place given, white, tobacco stemery worker, Wilson, 20 May 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 328

Folder 329

Combs and Massengill. Some People Are Never Destined to Have Anything (F. B. Brewer, no date given, no place given, white, tenant farmer, Wilson, 28 June 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 329

Folder 330

Combs and Massengill. A Citizen of Misfortune (S. A. Lamm, 1892, no place given, white, merchant, Wilson, 1 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 330

Folder 331

Corley, Harriet W. The Family of Isaac Bobbitt (Newton Owen, no date given, no place given, white, farmer, steel worker, Greensboro, January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 331

Folder 332

Corley, Harriet W. The Davis Family (Carl Davis, no date given, no place given, white, farmer, upper Moore county, 30 November 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 332

Folder 333

Crawford, Dudley W. Untitled (Rose Martin, [1892?], [Rutherford county?], white, textile worker, Spindale, 28 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 333

Crawford, Dudley W. See also Bennett, folders 294-295 and 298; Deal, folders 343-345, 349-351, and 353-354; Merrick, folders 642 and 647-648; Wilson, folders 786-787 #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 333

Folder 334

Crowell, Henry L., Massengill, and W. J. Sadler. Spinster By Choice (Clara Raynor, no date given, Guilford county, white, bank clerk, Roxboro, 10 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 334

Folder 335

Darrow, Omar and Massengill. It's a Family Affair ("Aunt Hassie" Fletcher, 1870, no place given, white, housewife, Durham, 16 May 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 335

Folder 336

Darrow and Massengill. I Live My Own Life (Fred Tatum, no date given, no place given, white, landlord, Durham, 12 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 336

Folder 337

Darrow and Massengill. Sim Parsons (Sim Parsons, no date given, Redwood Community, Durham county, [white?], lumber truck driver, Durham, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 337

Folder 338

Darrow and Massengill. Trusting to God (John Lee White, 1879, no place given, black, pastor, Durham, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 338

Folder 339

Darrow and Massengill. I Love My Home (Omar Darrow, 1893, no place given, white, Federal Writers' Project interviewer, Durham, 1 and 11 May 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 339

Folder 340

Darrow and Massengill. Another version of the same interview #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 340

Folder 341

Darrow and Massengill. We'll Get Along Some Way (Marada Wiggins, no date given, no place given, white, unemployed knitter, Durham, 29 June 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 341

Folder 342

Darrow and Massengill. Free Advice (Beulah Parson Davis, no date given, no place given, white, fortuneteller, Durham, 5 June 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 342

Folder 343

Deal, Ethel, and Dudley W. Crawford. Untitled (Fannie Icord, [1889?], Caldwell county, black, washwoman, Newton, 14 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 343

Folder 344

Deal and Crawford. Untitled (Charlise Pope, circa 1910, Hickory, white, textile mill worker, Hickory, 5 August 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 344

Folder 345

Deal and Crawford. Untitled (John Lancaster, circa 1890, Rutherford county, white, tenant farmer, Newton, 22 August 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 345

Folder 346

Deal and Crawford. Untitled (Mrs. Robert Deal, circa 1899, Catawba county, white housewife, Newton, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 346

Folder 347

Deal, Ethel, and Mary R. Northrop. "Maybe Some Day I Can Read To Myself" (Mrs. Walter Rowe, no date given, McDowell county, white, mill worker, Newton,19 June 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 347

Folder 348

Deal, Ethel. Untitled (Rosa Kanipe, 1887, Newton, white, housewife, Newton, 29 June 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 348

Folder 349

Deal and Crawford. Untitled (Bertie Williams, no date given, no place given, white, farm girl, Newton, 9 August 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 349

Folder 350

Deal and Crawford. Untitled (Violet Freeze, circa 1912, no place given, white, textile worker, Kannapolis, 7 August 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 350

Folder 351

Deal and Crawford. Untitled (Herbert Crow, circa 1914, no place given, white, prison guard, [Burke county?], 25 August 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 351

Folder 352

Deal and Crawford. From Post to Pillar (Lulu Spencer, 1873, [Alexander county?], white, on relief, Newton, 16 June 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 352

Folder 353

Deal and Crawford. Untitled (Mrs. M. A. Matheson, 1873, Henderson county, white, invalid, Newton, 26 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 353

Folder 354

Deal and Crawford. Untitled (Wilma Cline, circa 1899, Gaffney county, white, textile worker, Henry River, 19 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 354

Folder 355

Deal and Northrop. "I'm a Good Nurse" (Earl M. Lasker, 1899, no place given, white, nurse and weaver, Newton, 14 June 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 355

Folder 356

Deal, Ethel. Untitled (Della Benfield, circa 1882, no place given, white, on relief, Newton, 12 June 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 356

Folder 357

Deal, Ethel. Untitled (Jennie Chambers, no date given, no place given, white, housewife, Newton, 10 June 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 357

Folder 358

Deal, Ethel. Untitled (Merton Rhodes, no date given, no place given, white, farmer, Startown, 10 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 358

Folder 359

Dunnagan, Clalee, and Claude. "Ole in Broke" (Mandy Long Roberson, [1855?], Yadkin county, black, ex-slave, housekeeper, landowner, county home inmate, Yadkinville, 6 April 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 359

Folder 360

Dunnagan, Clalee, and Claude. "People Can't Get Nowhere" (Early Dull, no date given, no place given, white, tenant farmer; Mrs. Early Dull, no date given, no place given, white, tenant farmer, Yadkinville, 27 February 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 360

Folder 361

Dunnagan, Clalee, and Esther S. Pinnix. The Old Mill (Laura Kimball, 1858, Yadkin county, black, ex-slave, housekeeper, Booneville, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 361

Folder 362

Dunnagan, Clalee, and Claude. Horse and Buggy Doctor (Dr. Solucious Lycurgus Russell, no date given, no place given, white, doctor, 11 February 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 362

Folder 363

Dunnagan, Clalee, and Claude. Free Lance Preacher [Luther Comer and Wife] (Luther Comer, no date given, no place given, white, self-styled preacher; Sally Comer, 1904, no place given, housewife, Yadkinville, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 363

Folder 364

Dunnagan, Clalee, Hoke and Lu Coy (Lillian Holbrook, no date given, no place given, white, tenant and Claude. farmer; Early Holbrook, no date given, no place given, white, tenant farmer, mill worker, laborer, Jonesville, 28 November 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 364

Folder 365

Dunnagan, Claude. Life Story of Mr. and Mrs. Exie Hardin, Tenant Farmers of Yadkin County (Exie Hardin, no date given, no place given, white, tenant farmer; Mrs. Exie Hardin, no date given, no place given, white, tobacco basket maker, Yadkinville, 10 November 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 365

Dunnagan, Claude. Another version, "Mr. and Mrs. Truman Barger, Beachtown, N. C.," is in folder 371 #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 365

Folder 366

Dunnagan, Claude and Massengill. A Lot of Punishin (Delia Underwood, no date given, no place given, white, farmer, Yadkinville, 29 March 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 366

Folder 367

Dunnagan, Claude. The Story of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Childress, Farm Tenants in Yadkin County (Joe Childress, no date given, no place given, white, farm tenant; Mrs. Joe Childress, no date given, no place given, white, farm tenant, Yadkin county, 3 November 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 367

Folder 368

Dunnagan, Claude. Life Story of Lula and Allison Sizemore (Lula Sizemore, no date given, no place given, white, tenant farmer; Allison Sizemore, no date given, no place given, white, tenant farmer, Longtown, 8 November 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 368

Folder 369

Dunnagan, Claude. Totalitarian Jetsom (Mike Solokopis, 1885, no place given, Greek, restaurateur, no place given, 14 February 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 369

Folder 370

Dunnagan, Claude. The Wandering Magician (Frank Hageman, no date given, no place given, white, magician, New York, 28 February 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 370

Folder 371

Dunnagan, Claude. Mr. and Mrs. Truman Barger, Beachtown, N.C. (Exie Hardin, no date given, no place given, white, tenant farmer; Mrs. Exie Hardin, no date given, no place given, white, tenant farmer, Yadkinville, 10 November 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 371

Dunnagan, Claude. Another version, "Life Story of Mr. and Mrs. Exie Hardin, Tenant Farmers of Yadkin County," is in folder 365 #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 371

Folder 372

Dunnagan, Claude. When Spring Comes (No name given, no date given, no place given, [white?], prostitute, no place given, 13 June 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 372

Dunnagan, Claude. See also Abbitt, folders 274-275; Clalee Dunnagan, folders 359-360, and 362-364; Mabry, folder 604; and Pearson, folder 690 #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 372

Edwards, Lucille B. See Harris, folders 508-509 #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 372

Folder 373

Fain, Harry. Eliza Grant, Midwife (Eliza Grant, circa 1881, no place given, black, midwife, Raleigh, 20 March 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 373

Folder 374

Fain, Harry. Saturday's Pay Day (No names given, no date given, no place given, black, day laborers, Raleigh, 1 May 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 374

Folder 375

Fain, Harry. Hobart Boswell, Editor (Robert Gray, no date given, no place given, white, editor, former lawyer, Raleigh, 20 February 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 375

Folder 376

Fain, Harry. Horse Trader (Kemp P. Hill, 1867, no place given, white, horse and mule trader, Raleigh, 20 March 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 376

Folder 377

Fain, Harry. Bonnie, the Hairdresser (Bonnie Baste, 1899, [Louisburg?], white, manager of a beauty parlor, Raleigh, 2 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 377

Folder 378

Fain, Harry. A Day with the Galloways (W. J. Galloway, ca, 1864, no place given, white, farm tenant; Mrs. W. J. Galloway, circa 1874, [Stanley county?], white, farm tenant, Raleigh, 12 November 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 378

Folder 379

Forster, William O. Thomas Mason Forrest (Thomas Mason Forrest, 1884, [Chapel Hill?], white, farmer, Durham, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 379

Folder 380

Forster, W. O. Ellis Stone (Ellis Stone, circa 1898, Four Oaks, white, tenant farmer, Durham, 29 October 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 380

Folder 381

Forster, W. O. Jim Long (Jim Long, circa 1876, no date given, no place given, tenant farmer, Chapel Hill, 6 December 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 381

Folder 382

Forster, W. O. Joe Beck (Joe Beck, no date given, Durham County, tenant farmer, Chapel Hill, 6 December 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 382

Folder 383

Forster, W. O. John Elliott (John Elliott, 1876, no date given, no place given, white, tenant farmer, Orange county, 11 February 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 383

Folder 384

Forster, W. O. Sycamore Hill (Mrs. Brown, circa 1893, no place given, white, tenant farmer, Durham, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 384

Folder 385

Forster, W. O. Willie Roberts, A Negro Laborer-Mechanic (Willie Roberts, no date given, no place given, black, farmer-mechanic, Durham, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 385

Folder 386

Forster, W. O. Five Year Lease [Jack Milligan] (Jack Milligan, no date given, no place given, white, tenant farmer, Durham, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 386

Folder 387

Forster, W. O. Amos Mitchell (Durham county, Durham, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 387

Folder 388

Forster, W. O. James Terrill, Man of All Work (James Terrill, circa 1884, Danville, VA, white, barber, Carrboro, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 388

Folder 389

Forster, W. O. John Shaw (John Shaw, circa 1879, no place given, black, tenant farmer, Durham, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 389

Folder 390

Forster, W. O. Mrs. John Cates (Mrs. John Cates, circa 1885, no place given, white, tenant farmer, Durham, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 390

Folder 391

Forster, W. O. Tom Hearst (Tom Hearst, no date given, no place given, white, farmer, Durham, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 391

Folder 392

Forster, W. O. John Gauss (John Gauss, no date given, no place given, black, tenant farmer; Mrs. John Gauss, black, tenant farmer, Durham, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 392

Folder 393

Forster, W. O. David Stephens, Colored Tenant (Dave Stephens, no date given, no place given, white, tenant farmer, New ton Grove, 22 October 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 393

Folder 394

Forster, W. O. Watkins Abernathy (Watkins Abernathy, 1873, no place given, white, tenant farmer, Newton Grove, 22 October 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 394

Folder 395

Forster, W. O. John and Sarah Autrey (John Autrey, circa 1914, no place given, white, tenant farmer; Sarah Autrey, circa 1914, no place given, white tenant farmer, Clinton, 20 September 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 395

Folder 396

Forster, W. O. Sallie Johnson (Sallie Johnson, no date given, no place given, black, tenant farmer, Clinton, 1 November 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 396

Folder 397

Forster, W. O. Dick Striker, Farm Laborer (Dick Striker, circa 1876, Goldsboro, white, farm laborer, Clinton, 12 October 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 397

Forster, W. O. Another version with the same title is in folder 1028. #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 397

Folder 398

Anonymous I Am A Country Editor (W. O. Saunders, Country Editor, Elizabeth City, N.C.) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 398

Folder 399

Forster, W. O. Mary Allen (Mary Allen, [1879?], no place given, white, farmer; John Allen, [1879?], no place given, white, farmer, Clinton, 16 September 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 399

Folder 400

Forster, W. O. Facing Ahead (Anthony Gibbs, 1875, Carrboro, white, mechanic, Carrboro, 29 August 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 400

Folder 401

Forster, W. O. Hubert Smith (Hubert Smith, no date given, no place given, white, tenant farmer; Mrs. Hubert Smith, circa 1889, no place given, white, tenant farmer, Chatham county, 24 September 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 401

Folder 402

Forster, W. O. B. F. Cates (B. F. Cates, circa 1872, Swepsonville, white, farmer, textile worker, Carrboro, 14 November 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 402

Folder 403

Forster, W. O. Henry Howard (Henry Howard, circa 1885, no place given, white farmer, Elizabeth Howard, circa 1889, no place given, white, farmer, Chapel Hill, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 403

Folder 404

Forster, W. O. Henry Wicker (Henry Wicker, no date given, no place given, Sanford, white, tenant farmer, Chapel Hill, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 404

Folder 405

Forster, W. O. Ed and Margaret O'Neal (Ed O'Neal, 1870, Chatham county, white, farmer; Margaret O'Neal, 1885, no place given, white, farmer, Chapel Hill, 4 October 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 405

Forster, W. O. Another version, "Ed and Margaret O'Neal," is in folder 1028. #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 405

Folder 406

Forster, W. O. Ed Jones, A Farmer Who Tries a Comeback (Ed Jones, no date given, no place given, white, tenant farmer, Chapel Hill, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 406

Folder 407

Forster, W. O. Virgil Johnson, An Old School Colored Farmer (Virgil Johnson, 1871, no place given, black, tenant farmer, Chapel Hill, 22 November 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 407

Folder 408

Forster, W. O. Jim Jeffrey (Jim Jeffrey, no date given, Oconee county, GA, white, tenant farmer, Durham, 10 June 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 408

Folder 409

Forster, W. O. Parish and Judith Lassiter (Parrish Lassiter, circa 1899, no place given, white, tenant farmer; Judith Lassiter, no date given, Clayton Township, white, tenant farmer, Four Oaks, 18 September 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 409

Folder 410

Forster, W. O. Cisco Mayes (Cisco Mayes, no date given, no place given, white, tenant farmer, Durham, April 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 410

Forster, W. O. Another version, with the same title, is in folder 1028. #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 410

Folder 411

Forster, W. O. Catherine and Will Jones (Catherine Jones, circa 1894, no place given, white, tenant farmer; Will Jones, circa 1894, no place given, white, tenant farmer, Chatham county, 14 September 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 411

Folder 412

Forster, W. O. Saunders Johnson (Saunders Johnson, circa 1884, no place given, black, sawmill worker, Smithfield, 10 October 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 412

Folder 413

Forster, W. O. Ed and Mary Johnson (Ed Jackson, circa 1893, no place given, white, tenant farmer, Chapel Hill, 27 September 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 413

Folder 414

Forster, W. O. Mary Miller (Mary Miller, no place given, OH, white, tenant farmer, Durham, 4 October 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 414

Folder 415

Forster, W. O. The Bill Barbees (Bill Barbee, no date given, NC, white, tenant farmer, Durham, 10 November 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 415

Folder 416

Harris, Bernice Kelly. Jim Parker Hopes Ahead (Jim Parker, circa 1877, VA, black, tenant farmer, Seaboard, 7 June 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 416

Folder 417

Harris, Bernice K. The Algae Jordans (Algie Jordan, circa 1880, Seaboard, white, on relief; May Jordan, circa 1880, Seaboard, white, on relief, Seaboard, 13 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 417

Folder 418

Harris, Bernice K. Cloud By Day (An adult education class, Seaboard, 9 November 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 418

Folder 419

Harris, Bernice K. Sharecropping's the Best (Roland Maddrey, circa 1889, no place given, white, farmer, Seaboard, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 419

Folder 420

Harris, Bernice K. Rosa Irving (Rosa Irving, 1865, no place given, white, widow, Seaboard, 3 November 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 420

Folder 421

Harris, Bernice K. One Jump Ahead Every Time (No name given, no date given, Seaboard, black, tenant farmer, Seaboard, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 421

Folder 422

Harris, Bernice K. Circle Number III Meets (Meeting church circle, Seaboard, 12 June 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 422

Folder 423

Harris, Bernice K. A Southern Gentleman (No name given, no date given, [Seaboard?], white, landlord, Seaboard, 31 March 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 423

Folder 424

Harris, Bernice K. A. K. Harris, Undertaker (A. K. Harris, circa 1874, Seaboard, black, undertaker, Seaboard, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 424

Folder 425

Harris, Bernice K. Molly Harding, Negro (Molly Harding, circa 1887, no place given, black, tenant farmer, Pleasant Hill, 6 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 425

Folder 426

Harris, Bernice K. Mariah and Berle Barnes, Ex-Slaves (Mariah Barnes, circa 1856, [Gaysburg?], black, ex-slave; Berle Barnes, no date given, no place given, black, ex-slave, Seaboard, 9 March 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 426

Folder 427

Harris, Bernice K. Minnie Moody, Negro Farmer (Minnie Moody, circa 1884, [the Neck?], black, farmer, Seaboard, 25 November 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 427

Folder 428

Harris, Bernice K. Will There Be Any Stars (Lucy James Railey Britt, 1844, Gates county, white, elderly woman, Seaboard, 28 March 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 428

Folder 429

Harris, Bernice K. To This End (Miss Pat, circa 1859, no date given, no place given, white, elderly lady, Seaboard, 27 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 429

Folder 430

Harris, Bernice K. No Stick Leg (Lettice Joyner, circa 1829, Bryant Plantation, the Neck, black, ex-slave, Seaboard, 3 May 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 430

Folder 431

Harris, Bernice K. Sisters in the Lord (Lucy Ivory, circa 1861, Woodland, black, ex-slave, Seaboard, 27 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 431

Folder 432

Harris, Bernice K. Joe Fielding (Joe Fielding, circa 1879, Concord, white, tenant farmer, Seaboard, 21 October 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 432

Folder 433

Harris, Bernice K. Lewis Little: Sharecropper (Lewis Little, no date given, no place given, white, tenant farmer, Seaboard, 29 October 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 433

Folder 434

Harris, Bernice K. Richard Lloyd, Minister (Richard Lloyd, 1889, Newton, Wales, Welsh, minister, Jackson, 17 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 434

Folder 435

Harris, Bernice K. John Wesley Parker, MD (John Wesley Parker, no date given, no place given, doctor, white, Seaboard, 28 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 435

Folder 436

Harris, Bernice K. I Am Sick O'Farming ([?] Little, circa 1889, Seaboard, white, farmer, Seaboard, 21 June 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 436

Folder 437

Harris, Bernice K. Hart Thomas, Negro (Hart Thomas, 1859, no place given, black, tenant farmer, Seaboard, 30 November 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 437

Folder 438

Harris, Bernice K. The Hattie Duggers, Negroes (Hattie Dugger, no date given, no place given, black, tenant farmer, Pleasant Hill, 28 December 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 438

Folder 439

Harris, Bernice K. You Can't Take the Country Out of a Man (Charlie Hart, no date given, no place given, white, tenant farmer, Seaboard, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 439

Folder 440

Harris, Bernice K. The Lees (Josie Taylor Lee, circa 1886, no place given, white, tenant farmer; Steve Lee, circa 1883, Severn, white, tenant farmer, Seaboard, 10 December 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 440

Folder 441

Harris, Bernice K. Dona Balmer Male (Dona Balmer Male, circa 1896, no place given, white, tenant farmer, Pleasant Hill, 10 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 441

Folder 442

Harris, Bernice K. Molly Jordan: Mulatto Farm Woman (Molly Jordan, 1867, Southampton county, VA, black, tenant farmer, Pleasant Hill, 1 November 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 442

Folder 443

Harris, Bernice K. Aaron and Mary Montgomery, Negroes (Aaron Montgomery, [1866?], Vaughan, black, tenant farmer; Mary Montgomery, circa 1881, black, tenant farmer, Pleasant Hill, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 443

Folder 444

Harris, Bernice K. The 'Portugese,' Fannie Wiggins (Fannie Wiggins, circa 1880, no place given, 'Portugese,' tenant farmer; Charles Wiggins, circa 1879, no place given, 'Portugese,' tenant farmer, Northampton county, 22 March 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 444

Folder 445

Harris, Bernice K. "I've Kept Rentin'" (Paula Parks, no date given, [Gunberry?], white, tenant farmer, Seaboard, 17 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 445

Folder 446

Harris, Bernice K. Christine Poole, Speaking (Christine Poole, no date given, no place given, white, teacher, Seaboard, 13 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 446

Folder 447

Harris, Bernice K. The Drapers, White Sharecroppers (Bob Draper, circa 1878, no place given, white, tenant farmer, Seaboard, 2 August 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 447

Folder 448

Harris, Bernice K. W. A. Suiter, Part-time Employee (S. A. Suiter, circa 1892, no place given, black, part-time employee, Seaboard, 31 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 448

Folder 449

Harris, Bernice K. Rosa Faison, Negro (Rosa Faison, [1860?], Margaretsville, black, farmer, Margaretsville, 10 December 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 449

Folder 450

Harris, Bernice K. Fanny Bowers Maddrey and Her Husband (Fanny Bowers Maddrey, 1892, Gumberry, black, tenant farmer, 8 August 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 450

Folder 451

Harris, Bernice K. "I'd Like to Have a Coca Cola" (Pattie Debrow, circa 1878, [Merrytops on the Neck], black, elderly woman, Gumberry, 1 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 451

Folder 452

Harris, Bernice K. Never Weary on the Way (Sallie Jordan, no date given, [Seaboard?], black, chore woman, Seaboard, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 452

Folder 453

Harris, Bernice K. "I've Had Good Landlords" (Ernest Flythe, circa 1893, Conway, white, tenant farmer, 19 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 453

Folder 454

Harris, Bernice K. The Clipping Goes to Mrs. Jordan (Mrs. Peter Jordan, circa 1867, no place given, white, elderly woman, Pleasant Hill, 17 November 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 454

Folder 455

Harris, Bernice K. "If It Wa'nt For the Sewing Room" (Mrs. Hargraves, circa 1897, no place given, white, WPA worker, Seaboard, 5 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 455

Folder 456

Harris, Bernice K. Jennings and Merriam, Cotton Ginners (Jennings, circa 1866, Six Springs, white, cotton ginner; Merriam, no date given, no place given, white, cotton ginner, Seaboard, 27 February 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 456

Folder 457

Harris, Bernice K. Roger T. Stevenson, Justice of the Peace (Roger T. Stevenson, circa 1869, Midvale, white, justice of the peace, Seaboard, 10 February 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 457

Folder 458

Harris, Bernice K. Eric Norfleet, Judge of Recorder's Court (Eric Norfleet, no date given, Roxebel, white, lawyer, Seaboard, 11 February 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 458

Folder 459

Harris, Bernice K. Mrs. Jennie Wheeler (Jennie Wheeler, circa 1883, no place given, white, tenant farmer, Margaretsville, 2 December 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 459

Folder 460

Harris, Bernice K. I'm Mighty Lucky (Eddie Davis, circa 1900, no place given, white, basket-maker, Seaboard, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 460

Folder 461

Harris, Bernice K. Hard Luck Harry (Harry Allen, no date given, no place given, white, WPA worker, Seaboard, 5 April 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 461

Folder 462

Harris, Bernice K. The Drapers 'Set' Till Bed Time (Ada Draper, no date given, no place given, white, tenant farmer; Ada Balmer, no date given, no place given, white, tenant farmer, Seaboard, 12 November 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 462

Harris, Bernice K. Another version, untitled, is in folder 447. #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 462

Folder 463

Harris, Bernice K. Amos Long, Ex-Slave (Amos Long, circa 1839, [Northampton?], black, ex-slave, Seaboard, 22 February 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 463

Folder 464

Harris, Bernice K. I's Laughed Some ([Nellie Blythe?], [1847?], Gayersburg, black, ex-slave, Seaboard, 28 June 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 464

Folder 465

Harris, Bernice K. The Grizzards (Mr. Grizzard, 1861, Greensville county, white, elderly man; Corrie Grizzard, no date given, Homersville, white, elderly lady, Seaboard, 11 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 465

Folder 466

Harris, Bernice K. The Mack Faisons (Mack Faison, circa 1891, Pleasant Hill, white, tenant farmer, Pleasant Hill, 31 December 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 466

Folder 467

Harris, Bernice K. Preacher Goode, Negro (Preacher Henry Goode, circa 1865, no place given, black, preacher, Seaboard, 6 December 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 467

Folder 468

Harris, Bernice K. The Willie McLongs (Willie McLong, circa 1861, no place given, white, truck farmer, Seaboard, 13 December 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 468

Folder 469

Harris, Bernice K. Tank Valentine Daughtry (Tank Valentine Daughtry, circa 1865, no place given, Mecklenburg county, VA, black, farmer, Seaboard, 22 December 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 469

Folder 470

Harris, Bernice K. No Scrap Pile Yet (Alice Kee, 1867, Cedar Rock, black, farm laborer, Pleasant Hill, 6 May 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 470

Folder 471

Harris, Bernice K. Nelly Hargraves (Nelly Hargraves, no date given, Seaboard, black, Margaretsville, 14 August 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 471

Folder 472

Harris, Bernice K. Precinct Chairman (Name not given, 1898, Martin county, white, railroad agent, Gumberry, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 472

Folder 473

Harris, Bernice K. Just A Plain Two-Horse Farmer (James Hillyer, 1873, [Pleasant Hill?], white, farmer, Pleasant Hill, 15 March 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 473

Folder 474

Harris, Bernice K. The Landlord Has His Troubles (Name not given, no date given, no place given, white, landlord, Seaboard, 5 March 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 474

Folder 475

Harris, Bernice K. Ethel Vassar, Cook (Ethel Vasser, no date given, no place given, black, cook, Seaboard, 23 February 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 475

Folder 476

Harris, Bernice K. The Boones (Mrs. Boone, no date given, [Charlotte?], white, tenant farmer, Seaboard, 25 October 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 476

Folder 477

Harris, Bernice K. Rosa Warwick, Farmer (Rosa Warwick, no date given, Pleasant Hill, white, tenant farmer, Pleasant Hill, 21 March 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 477

Folder 478

Harris, Bernice K. Henry Calhoun Weathers (Henry Calhoun Weathers, 1889, Wake county, white, landlord, Seaboard, 1 March 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 478

Folder 479

Harris, Bernice K. The Ethel Whiteheads (Ethel Whitehead, [1893?], Seaboard, white, farmer, Seaboard, 17 December 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 479

Folder 480

Harris, Bernice K. "I Ain't Lost Heart" (Richard Branch, 1875, Enfield, black, tenant farmer, Seaboard, 14 June 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 480

Folder 481

Harris, Bernice K. The Misses Hodges (Aunt Sue Hodges, circa 1861, [Lesker?], farmer, elderly woman; Tommie Hodges, circa 1883, no place given, farmer, Pleasant Hill, 17 March 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 481

Folder 482

Harris, Bernice K. The John Basses (John Bass, circa 1873, no place given, white, tenant farmer, Seaboard, 20 October 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 482

Folder 483

Harris, Bernice K. The B. D. Bass Household (B. D. [Boss] Bass, no date given, no place given, white, farmer, Seaboard, 18 October 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 483

Folder 484

Harris, Bernice K. Mrs. Wright Jordan (Mrs. Wright Jordan, circa 1882, no place given, white, on relief, Seaboard, 26 October 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 484

Folder 485

Harris, Bernice K. Jackson Bullitt, Small Landlord (Jackson Bullitt, no date given, Juniper, VA, white, landlord, Seaboard, 11 March 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 485

Folder 486

Harris, Bernice K. Forty-Six Years A Merchant (No name given, circa 1867, Creeksville, white, merchant, Seaboard, 4 February 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 486

Folder 487

Harris, Bernice K. A Sharecropper's Saturday Night ([?] Harris, circa 1870, Edgecombe, SC, white, tenant farmer, Seaboard, 23 November 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 487

Folder 488

Harris, Bernice K. Red Steer's A Great Career ([?] Howell, 1913, Seaboard, white, fertilizer salesman, Seaboard, 1 May 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 488

Folder 489

Harris, Bernice K. A Cross-Roads Store (Grover C. White, no date given, no place given, white, country store operator, Seaboard, 1 February 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 489

Folder 490

Harris, Bernice K. Sam Sets It Down (Sam T. Vassar, 1890, no place given, black, unemployed, Seaboard, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 490

Folder 491

Harris, Bernice K. Plow Beans for Pills (Walter Raleigh Parker, no date given, Beoman county, white, doctor, Woodland, 24 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 491

Folder 492

Harris, Bernice K. Saturday Afternoon Street Scene (street scene, Seaboard, 3 April 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 492

Folder 493

Harris, Bernice K. The Miller and the Fourth (No name given, 1867, no date given, no place given, white, miller, Seaboard, 7 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 493

Folder 494

Harris, Bernice K. Rev. C. Herman Trueblood (C. Herman Trueblood, no date given, Elizabeth City, white, preacher, Seaboard, 16 February 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 494

Folder 495

Harris, Bernice K. Ruth Vick Everett Speaking (Ruth Vick Everett, no date given, no place given, white, teacher, Seaboard, 8 February 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 495

Folder 496

Harris, Bernice K. "I Can't Sing Like I Used To" (Uncle John Pebbles, [1848?], Creeksville, black, ex-slave, Creeksbille, 26 May 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 496

Folder 497

Harris, Bernice K. "Not To Be Trampled On" ([Miss Pat?], 1859, no place given, white, elderly woman, Pleasant Hill) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 497

Harris, Bernice K. See also, "To This End," folder 430 #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 497

Folder 498

Harris, Bernice K. Sharecropping's All Right (Mrs. Will Comer, circa 1884, Bertie, white, day laborer, tenant farmer; Will Comer, 1879, Bertie, white, day laborer, tenant farmer, Emporia, VA, 22 May 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 498

Folder 499

Harrison, Willis S. Red Thomas Sawmill Worker (William Thomas, circa 1897, Coropeake, white, sawmill worker, Windsor, 8 November 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 499

Folder 500

Harrison, Willis S. Marsh Taylor, Landlord (J. B. Fearing, no date given, no place given, white, landlord, Windsor, 19 November 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 500

Folder 501

Harrison, Willis S. Tom Pugh, Tenant Farmer (Tom Pugh, 1889, no place given, black, tenant farmer, Windsor, 11 November 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 501

Folder 502

Harrison, Willis S. William Carter, Negro Merchant and Farmer (William Carter, 1863, no place given, black, merchant, farmer, Windsor, 9 November 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 502

Folder 503

Harrison, Willis S. Arthur Roberson of Doodle Hill (W. A. Roberson, circa 1889, Bear Grass, white, country store operator, Williamston, 7 November 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 503

Folder 504

Harriss, Frances L. Ann Page Millworker (Ann Williamson, circa 1867, no place given, white, mill worker, Williamson, 14 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 504

Folder 505

Harriss, Frances L. Another version of the same interview #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 505

Folder 506

Harriss, F. L., Sadler, and Massengill Fisherman's Widow (Mrs. Richard Farrow, circa 1893, [Masonboro Sound?], white, WPA worker, Masonboro Sound, 27 December 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 506

Folder 507

Harriss, Frances L. Martha Turner, The Half-breed (Martha Turner, circa 1843, Bladen county, Indian, cotton mill worker, Wilmington, 20 December 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 507

Folder 508

Harriss, Frances L., Lucille B. Edwards, and Massengill A Family of Dry Dock (John Solomon Hales, circa1882, white, dredge boat operator, Wilmington, 23 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 508

Folder 509

Harriss, Edwards, and Massengill "Granny of Elvidor" (Warren Edwards, 1877, Wilmington, white, carpenter; Harriet Edwards, 1882, SC, white, housewife, Wilmington, 16 February 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 509

Folder 510

Hatch, Henry D., and George L. Andrews Red Cap (Doc Mormon, 1878, Philadelphia, black, station porter, Hamlet, 10 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 510

Folder 511

Hatch and Massengill "Front, Johnnie!" (William Hitt, circa 1911, [GA?], white, gas station operator, Hamlet, 27 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 511

Folder 512

Hennessee, Wm. E. The Magistrate (Clarence Fesperman, 1872, Hamerton, white, justice of the peace, Salisbury, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 512

Folder 513

Hennessee, Wm. E. The Doctor (Camilius Lanier, [1850?], [Mecklenburg county, VA?], white, doctor, Davie county, March 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 513

Folder 514

Hennessee, Wm. E. Counsellor at Law (Robert Lee Wright, no date given, no place given, white, lawyer, Salisbury, February 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 514

Folder 515

Hennessee, Wm. E. A Day in Court (Judge T. G. Farr, no date given, no place given, white, judge, Salisbury, 5 April 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 515

Folder 516

Hicks, Mary A., and Massengill Crazed by Fear (Ernest Foster, circa 1880, no place given, white, farmer, Selma, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 516

Folder 517

Hicks and Massengill The Turning Point (Mrs. Odell McNeil, no date given, no place given, white, bag maker, Salisbury, 2 May 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 517

Folder 518

Hicks and Massengill If I Had More Education (William Bagwell, no date given, no place given, white, mechanic, Apex, 9 May 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 518

Folder 519

Hicks, Massengill, and Sadler The Hunter Family (Valentine Hunter, circa 1906, no place given, white, housewife; Delbert Hunter, circa 1896, Tampa, FL, white, carpenter, Raleigh, 28 December 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 519

Folder 520

Hicks and Massengill War Minded (Mabry Shaw, no date given, no place given, black, sawmill worker, Raleigh, 29 March 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 520

Folder 521

Hicks and Massengill Head of a Family (N. G. Blake, no date given, Raleigh, white, bus driver, Raleigh, 9 March 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 521

Folder 522

Hicks and Massengill Just a Mormon at Heart (N. E. Ward, circa 1876, no place given, white, farmer and lawyer, Spring Hope, 23 March 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 522

Folder 523

Hicks and Massengill A Full Life is Best (Mary Whitley, no date given, no place given, white, seamstress, Rocky Mount, 24 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 523

Folder 524

Hicks and Massengill Air Castles of Young Love (Barney J. Medlin, circa 1915, no place given, white, Civilian Conservation Corps, Durham, 14 February 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 524

Folder 525

Hicks, Massengill, and Sadler The New Generation (Vernon Moore, circa 1919, no place given, white, farmer, Selma, 19 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 525

Folder 526

Hicks and Massengill The Happy Farmhand (John Blunt, [1884?], no place given, black, farm hand, Raleigh, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 526

Folder 527

Hicks, Mary A. The Thompson Family (Mary Thompson, 1902, no place given, white, housewife, Raleigh, 13 December 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 527

Folder 528

Hicks, Mary A. Carpentering Am a Job (Andrew King, no date given, Barton, white, carpenter, Cary, 3 February 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 528

Folder 529

Hicks and Massengill The Artis Simpson Family (Lonnie Williams, 1902, Raleigh, white, printer, Cary, 5 February 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 529

Folder 530

Hicks, Massengill, and Sadler A Waitress (Eva Truelove, circa 1912, Hartnell county, white, waitress, Raleigh, 1 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 530

Folder 531

Hicks and Massengill Everything is Intended (Mrs. Highsmith, circa 1915, no place given, white, seamstress, Raleigh, 14 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 531

Folder 532

Hicks and Massengill Self-Denial (Peter B. Bowers, circa 1888, white, farmer and teacher, Raleigh, 2 February 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 532

Folder 533

Hicks and Massengill A Rough Route (Leroy Hicks, circa 1872, Johnston county, white, farmer, Cary, 26 November 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 533

Hicks and Massengill Another version, "The Hicks Family," is in folder 544 #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 533

Folder 534

Hicks, Mary A. The Charles Medlin Family (Mattie Medlin, no date given, no place given, white, occupation not indicated; Mary Medlin, no date given, no place given, white, occupation not indicated; Charles Medlin, no date given, no place given, white, engineer, Raleigh, 1 December 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 534

Folder 535

Hicks and Browder Another version of the same interview. #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 535

Folder 536

Hicks and Massengill Righteous and Ready to Go (Ida Maynard, circa 1880, no place given, white, flower agent, Raleigh, 9 February 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 536

Folder 537

Hicks and Massengill Story of a Washwoman (Valley Perry, 1901, no place given, black, laundress, Cary, 28 February 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 537

Folder 538

Hicks and Massengill My Mistakes (Ida Fleming, no date given, no place given, white, WPA clerical worker, Raleigh, 21 March 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 538

Folder 539

Hicks and Massengill Bad Bargains Are Sometimes Good (Lily Brewer, no date given, no place given, white, teacher and seamstress, Justice, 20 March 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 539

Folder 540

Hicks, Mary A., and Willis P. Harrison The Owens Family (William J. Owen, circa 1885, white, tenant farmer, Wilson, 25 November 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 540

Folder 541

Hicks and Massengill The "It" Man (E. L. Thomas, no date given, no place given, white, bus driver, Raleigh, 16 March 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 541

Folder 542

Hicks and Massengill He Knows It Doesn't Pay (Charlie Mitchell, circa 1899, Lenoir, white, railroad fireman, Raleigh, 23 March 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 542

Folder 543

Hicks, Mary A. The Medlin Family (Richard Medlin, circa 1862, Crabtree Creek, white, farmer, Raleigh, 15 November 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 543

Folder 544

Hicks, Mary A. The Hicks Family (Leroy Hicks, circa 1872, Johnston county, white, farmer, Cary, 26 December 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 544

Hicks, Mary A. Another version, "A Rough Route," is in folder 533 #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 544

Folder 545

Hicks and Massengill Facing a Tough Future (Ed Roland, no date given, no place given, white, mechanic, Raleigh, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 545

Folder 546

Hicks and Massengill From Farmer to Merchant (William R. Hobby, no date given, no place given, white, merchant, Raleigh, 7 February 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 546

Folder 547

Hicks and Massengill Bread Alone (Wiley Rogers, no date given, no place given, black, steel worker, state highway commission employee, Method, 7 April 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 547

Folder 548

Hicks, Massengill, and Sadler "Don't You Envy Me?" (Dora Hardy, no date given, Wake county, white, clerk, Raleigh, 13 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 548

Folder 549

Hicks, Mary A. The Hamilton Family (Zebulon Hawkins Hamilton, circa 1862, Wake county, blacksmith, state highway commission employee, Raleigh, 25 November 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 549

Folder 550

Hicks and Massengill The Stake of Life (William Batts, no date given, no place given, black, tobacco packer, Wilson, 1 June 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 550

Folder 551

Hicks, Mary A., Ed Massengill, and Frank McDonald The Thurman Hamiltons (Mrs. Thurman Hamilton, no date given, no place given, white, wife of a truck driver, Cary, 14 December 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 551

Folder 552

Hicks, Mary A. The Stultz Family (Carey Stultz, circa 1893, Moore county, white, day laborer, Cary, 5 December 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 552

Folder 553

Hicks, Mary A. The House Family (William House, no date given, no place given, white, driver city street sweeper, Raleigh, 22 December 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 553

Folder 554

Hicks, Massengill, and Sadler The Cally Reaves Family (Lela Reaves, circa 1903, Wake county, white, wife of a driver for a transfer company, 2 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 554

Folder 555

Hicks and Massengill The Boss of the Rolling Squad (Henry Garner, no date given, no place given, white, WPA foreman, Cary, 18 May 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 555

Folder 556

Hicks and Massengill Easier Ways (Leonard Warwick, no date given, no place given, white, farmer, Selma, 10 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 556

Folder 557

Hicks and Massengill 'Backer Barning (Ransome Jackson, no date given, no place given, white, tobacco farmer, Smithfield, 19 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 557

Folder 558

Hicks, Mary A. The Emmett Allen Family (Mrs. Allen, no date given, no place given, white, wife of a carpenter, Raleigh, 3 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 558

Folder 559

Jordan, Travis Life in Erwin Mill Village (Group of textile workers, Durham, 21 December 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 559

Folder 560

Jordan, Travis Martha Hinton, A Good Woman (Martha Hinton, circa 1859, Pearson county, white, rooming house keeper, Durham, 9 December 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 560

Folder 561

Jordan, Travis Hazel Wicker (Hazel Wicker, circa 1914, Angier, white, occupation not indicated, Durham, 9 November 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 561

Folder 562

Jordan, Massengill, and Sadler John Lincoln (No name given, circa 1894, [SC?], white, insurance salesman, Durham, 9 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 562

Folder 563

Jordan and Massengill I'll Have Something Yet (Pearl Phillips, circa 1916, Eastern NC, white, WPA worker, Durham, 20 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 563

Folder 564

Jordan, Travis Bud Taylor, Tenant Farmer (Bud Taylor, no date given, no place given, white, tenant farmer, Bahama, 14 December 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 564

Folder 565

Jordan, Travis Bill Saunders, Landowner (Bill Saunders, no date given, no place given, white, landowner, Bahama, 21 December 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 565

Folder 566

King, Robert O. Lee Anderson Stanley (Lee Anderson Stanley, Raleigh, N.C., 13-16 June 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 566

Folder 567

King, Robert O. Sherwood Upchurch (J. Sherwood Upchurch, 1870, Raleigh, white, retired politician, Raleigh, 6-8 March 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 567

Folder 568

King, Robert O. Frank Goldie Moore (Frank G. Moore, 1879, Rocky Mount, white, shoemaker, Raleigh, 7, 12, and 13 August 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 568

Folder 569

King, Robert O. The Moore Family (John Moore, circa 1892, Franklin county, black, barber, Raleigh, 14 November 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 569

Folder 570

King, Robert O. Miss Lettie Mason (Lettie Mason, 1885, Fuquay Springs, white, beautician, Raleigh, 1-4 February 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 570

Folder 571

King, Robert O. Laurence M. Waring (Laurence M. Waring, 1878, Raleigh, white, justice of the peace, Raleigh, 10, 13, and 14 March 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 571

Folder 572

King, Robert O. Mrs. Mattie Gill Olive Mial (Hattie G. Olive Mial, 1878, no place given, white, widow, Raleigh, 20-24 March 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 572

Folder 573

King, Robert O. Moses Thompson (Moses Thompson, 1880, Raleigh, black, jockey, Raleigh, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 573

Folder 574

King, Robert O. Roy Woods and Family (Roy Woods, no date given, Raleigh, black, farm laborer, Raleigh, 28 December 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 574

Folder 575

King, Robert O. Clarence E. Mitchell (Clarence E. Mitchell, 1886, Raleigh, white, printer, 9-13 February 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 575

Folder 576

King, Robert O. Guy L. Bunch (Guy L. Bunch, 1866, Raleigh, white, mechanic, Raleigh, 3-6 April 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 576

Folder 577

King, Robert O. John Wesley Wynne (John Wynne, 1864, Raleigh, white, circus, Raleigh, 11-14 April 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 577

Folder 578

King, Robert O. Mrs. Nancy Gill's Lodging House (Nancy Gill, circa 1854, Wake county, white, boarding house operator, Raleigh, 20-24 November 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 578

Folder 579

King, Robert O. William Peterson and Family (Bill Peterson, no date given, no place given, black, bell-hop, Raleigh, 28 November 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 579

Folder 580

King, Robert O. Mrs. Ruth Jordan Williamson (Ruth Jordan Williamson, white, housewife, Raleigh, 29 April-3 May 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 580

Folder 581

King, Robert O. Reverend James Wynetorte Smith (James Wynetorte Smith, 1893, Cherokee county, SC, black, minister, Raleigh, 19, 22, 24 May 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 581

Folder 582

King, Robert O. The Pace Family (Lucy Pace, circa 1892, Chatham county, white, textile worker, Raleigh, 8 November 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 582

Folder 583

King, Robert O. "Aunt" Della McCullers' Boarding House (Della McCullers, Raleigh, 1874, black, boarding house operator, Raleigh, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 583

Folder 584

King, Robert O. The Cheeks (Margaret Bradburn Cheek, no date given, Madison county, white, waitress, Raleigh, 15 November 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 584

Folder 585

King, Robert O. The Johnsons (William "Red" Johnson, circa 1917, Raleigh, white, elevator operator, Raleigh, 9 November 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 585

Folder 586

Long, A. W. If I Couldn't Talk I'd Bust (Ophelia Mull, circa 1908, Connestee, white, houseworker, Brevard, 26 June 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 586

Folder 587

Long, A. W. Judge Sidney Taylor (William F. Harding, white, eastern NC, white, judge, Charlotte, 22 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 587

Folder 588

Long, A. W. Jack Gallup: Meat Clerk (Spencer Mull, [1906?], Brevard, white, meat clerk, Brevard, 14 May 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 588

Folder 589

Long, A. W. Schoolmaster and Explorer (Samuel P. Verner, no date given, no place given, white, schoolmaster, Brevard, 14 May 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 589

Folder 590

Long, A. W. Life in a Small Mountain Town (Life in a small mountain town, Brevard, 12 April 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 590

Folder 591

Long, A. W. Up Hominy Creek (Morrison Baynard, no date given, Brevard, white, farmer and huntsman, Brevard, 12 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 591

Folder 592

Long, A. W. Janitor and Odd Job Man (Ossie Bailey, [1879?], Brevard, black, janitor and odd job man, Brevard, 15 February 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 592

Folder 593

Mabry, Luline L. Mrs. Foster Ricks (Mrs. Earl Marshall, no date given, Dana, white, farmer, Dana, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 593

Folder 594

Mabry, Luline, and Frank Massimino Desolate Breed (Mrs. Walter Steadman, no date given, no place given, white, dressmaker, Hendersonville, 14 and 26 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 594

Folder 595

Mabry, Luline, and Douglas Carter "Washin' Foh White Fo'ks" (Josephine Johnson, 1870, Gifford Station, SC, black, washwoman, Laura Summey, [1863?], SC, black, washwoman, Hendersonville, 14 April 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 595

Folder 596

Mabry, Luline L. The Satterfields (Mrs. Fred L. Satterfield, no date given, SC, white, wife of a mill worker, Hendersonville, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 596

Folder 597

Mabry & Massimino Bees in Her Bonnet (Mrs. Raymond Pace, circa 1908, Heightsville, white, florist, Hendersonville, 20 December 1938, and 19 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 597

Folder 598

Mabry & Carter "Every Penny Counts" (Mrs. D. E. Greer, circa 1882, Hendersonville, white, domestic servant, Hendersonville, 10 April 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 598

Folder 599

Mabry, Luline L. The Rosses (Mrs. Ross, no date given, SC, white, seamstress, Hendersonville, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 599

Folder 600

Mabry & Massimino "Orphans Two" Robert H. Delvechio, no date given, no place given, white, stone mason, bricklayer, Hendersonville, 18 August 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 600

Folder 601

Mabry & Massimino Her Ungodly Grandson (Mrs. J. W. Thompson, no date given, no place given, white, housewife, Hendersonville, 4 August 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 601

Folder 602

Mabry, Massimino, and Ed Bjorkman Laughing at Poverty (L. C. Pearson, circa 1899, no place given, white, preacher, Hendersonville, 1 February 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 602

Folder 603

Mabry & Massimino A Negro in Business (Robert Quinn, no date given, Greenville, SC, black, electrical contractor, Hendersonville, 5 April 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 603

Folder 604

Mabry, Massimino, and Claude Dunnagan James T. Dunlap, Ex-Industrialist (J. T. Whitlock, circa 1883, Union, SC, white, salesman, Hendersonville, 27 February 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 604

Folder 605

Mabry & Massimino Stella Dean: Waitress (Mrs. Albert Gresham, no date given, KA, white, waitress, Hendersonville, 21 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 605

Folder 606

Massengill, Edwin An Evening at Buster Sparks' (Archie Johnson, no date given, no place given, white, farmer, Angier, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 606

Massengill, Edwin See also Abner, folders 278, 280, 283-284; Anderson, folder 285; Beaman, folders 287-289; Brown, folder 300; Cannady, folders 310-311; Combs, folder 323; Crowell, folder 334; Darrow, folders 335-342; Claude Dunnagan, folder 366; Harriss, folders 506, 508-509; Hatch, folder 511; Hicks, folders 516-526, 529-533, 536-539, 541-542, 545-548, 550-551, 554-557; Jordan, folders 562-563; Matthews, folders 616-617, 619-623, 626, 652; Phillips, folders 693-697; Rogerson, folder 719; Sedberry, folders 742-746; Summey, folder 765; Taylor, folders 766-767, 769; Vaughan, folders 770-771, 773. #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 606

Folder 607

Massimino, Frank. The Deever Taylors, Balfour, North Carolina (Deever Taylor, no date given, no place given, white, textile worker, Hendersonville, 10 October 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 607

Folder 608

Massimino, Frank. Two Sides to a Story (Oscar Vaughan, no date given, no place given, white, bootlegger, Hendersonville, 9 December 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 608

Folder 609

Massimino, Frank. An Irascible Negro (Jim Mitchum, 1894c., Outman S.C., black, chauffeur-mechanic, Hendersonville, 1 May 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 609

Folder 610

Massimino, Frank. John Leard: Ploughman. (Quay Corn, no date given, no place given, white, farmer, Hendersonville, 19 June 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 610

Folder 611

Massimino, Frank. Claude J. Davidson. (Claude J. Davidson, 1908, no place given, white, chainstore employee, Hendersonville, 12 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 611

Folder 612

Massimino, Frank Doctor Gray. (Dr. James Stevens Brown, no date given, no place given, white, doctor, Hendersonville, 11 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 612

Folder 613

Massimino, Frank. The Elmer Rays (Elmer Ray, no date given, no place given, white, odd jobs, Hendersonville, 17 November 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 613

Folder 614

Masssimino, Frank Uncle Ulysses: Relief Client. (Winslow Mills, no date given, no place given, black, laborer, Hendersonville, 11 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 614

Folder 615

Massimino, Frank. Roy Corn, Blockade. (Roy Corn, no date given, no place given, white, blockader, Hendersonville, 19 December 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 615

Massimino, Frank. See also Mabry, 7866-7875, 7891-7906, 7925-8012 #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 615

Folder 616

Matthews, T. Pat, and Edwin Massengill. From Farm Tenant to Plumber. (Robert Matthews, no date given, no place given, white, plumber, Raleigh, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 616

Folder 617

Matthews and Massengill. I Was Born That Way. (Noah Abraham Peterson, 1883, no place given, white, peddler, Raleigh, 29 May 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 617

Folder 618

Matthews, T. Pat. We Make Plenty. (Matthew Luke Matthews, 1881, no place given, black, farmer, Lillington, 27 November 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 618

Folder 619

Matthews and Massengill Rooming House. (Sarah Parish, 1873, Johnston County, white, rooming house proprietor, Raleigh, 20 January 1839) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 619

Folder 620

Matthews and Massengill Heading the Wrong Way. (Flonnie Barbour, 1909, Bloomberg, white, sporting woman, Raleigh, 4 February 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 620

Folder 621

Matthews and Massengill. A Life of Toil. (Fred Gouch, 1891c., no place given, white, metal worker, Raleigh, 3 May 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 621

Folder 622

Matthews and Massengill. A Tight Place. (Sarah Strickland Faison, 1874c., no place given, white, merchant and housewife, Clayton, 9 May 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 622

Folder 623

Matthews and Massengill. Bryan Outlaw. (Zebedee Matthews, 1858, no place given, white, farmer, Varina, 25 November 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 623

Folder 624

Matthews, T. Pat. The Wood Family. (Patricia Ozelle Wood, 1912c., Clinton, white, housewife, Lillington, 25 November 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 624

Folder 625

Matthews, T. Pat. John Sylvester Hinson. (Walter Ingram Butts, 1881, no place given, white, farmer, Lillington, 29 November 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 625

Folder 626

Matthews and Massengill. Amos Abner Cotton. (Robert Dotson Glenn, 1850, Orange County, black, farmer, Raleigh, 11 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 626

Folder 627

McDonald, Frank H. Georgia Negro. (Aaron Jackson, 1910c., Washington Ga., black, janitor, Raleigh, 28 November-3 December 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 627

Folder 628

McDonald, Frank H. Pinie and George. (Pinie Stewart, 1909c., Belmont, white, textile worker, Raleigh, 15 December 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 628

McDonald, Frank H. See also: Taylor, folder 768. #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 628

Folder 629

McKee, Henry. Afraid to Belong to a Union. (Charles Humphrey, 1890, no place given, white, cotton mill worker, East Lumberton, 15 February 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 629

Folder 630

Merrick, Adyleen G. The Ruffs. (Mrs. Joe Ruff, no date given, no place given, white, tenant farmer; Joe Ruff, no date given, no place given, white, tenant farmer, East Lumberton, 14 November 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 630

Folder 631

Merrick, Adyleen G. No Title. (Mary Green, no date given, no place given, white, occupation not given, Lynn Township, 28 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 631

Folder 632

Merrick, Adyleen G. Blue Diamonds. (Jim McDowell, no date given, no place given, black, WPA laborer, Tryon, 6 April 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 632

Folder 633

Merrick, Adyleen G. Another version of the same interview. #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 633

Folder 634

Merrick, Adyleen G. Husbands Are a Lot of Trouble. (Ollie Foster Green, 1910c., Columbus, white, WPA worker, Columbus, 22 March 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 634

Folder 635

Merrick, Adyleen G. Alice Smith. (Alice Smith, 1862, Mills Spring, white, basket weaver, Mills Spring, 11 November 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 635

Folder 636

Merrick and Mary Northrop. The Schmidts'. (Ernest Gotthelf Volmer, 1884, Wurzburg, Germany, German, vinyardist, Valhalla, 13 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 636

Folder 637

Merrick and Northrop. Untitled. (Judge Samuel Early, 1876, Coleyville, white, magistrate, Tryon, 6 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 637

Folder 638

Merrick and Northrop. Another version of the same interview. #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 638

Folder 639

Merrick and Northrop. Waitin' For Night to Come. (Mary Stanton Jones, no date given, Saluda, black, midwife and weaver, Saluda, 28 April 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 639

Folder 640

Merrick and Northrop. Women Have to Keep Strivin'. (Addie Gaines, 1861, Tenn., white, dairy farmer, Saluda, 16 June 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 640

Folder 641

Merrick, Adyleen G. Untitled. (Frank Nesbeth, no date given, Bollman Place, Pacolet River, black, bootblack, Tryon, 12 February 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 641

Folder 642

Merrick and Crawford. Untitled. (John Ralph Moore, 1913c., no place given, white, woodcarver, Tryon, 10 June 1939 #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 642

Folder 643

Merrick and Northrop. Washin's Fool Work For a Man. (John Ellis Mills, no date given, April Creek Holloway Gap Road, black, washer, Lynn, 1 June 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 643

Folder 644

Merrick and Northrop. Elizabeth Rhodes. (Elizabeth Rhodes, no date given, Green River Cove, white, shopowner, Tryon, 25 November 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 644

Folder 645

Merrick and Northrop. Another version of the same interview. #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 645

Folder 646

Merrick, Adyleen G. Youth Cries Out. (Norman Julian Mills, 1916, no place given, white, footer in hosiery mill, Tryon, 15 July 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 646

Folder 647

Merrick and Crawford. Untitled. (Noble Hannon, no date given, no place given, black, houseman, Tryon, no date given) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 647

Folder 648

Merrick and Crawford. Untitled. (Melinda Grumble, 1870, no place given, white, caretaker of wildlife preserve, Saluda, 7 June 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 648

Folder 649

Merrick, Adyleen G. James Walker Heatherly. (James Walker Heatherly, 1869c., white, telegraph operator, Saluda, 2 December 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 649

Folder 650

Merrick and Northrop. Flowers Sweeten the Road. (Selema Mills, no date given, no place given, black, cook and maid, Tryon, 20 April 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 650

Folder 651

Merrick, Adyleen G. Street-Sweeper and Tonic Maker. (Thomas Sizemore, 1861, Brevard, white, sanitary department employee, Tryon, 8 June 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 651

Folder 652

Miller, Harold H. and Massengill They Are Still Coming. (Mary Bloomberg, no date given, no place given, white, wife of an automobile mechanic, New Bern, 25 January 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 652

Folder 653

Moore, Ida L. Almeda Brady. (Almeda Brady, 1874c., Randolph County, white, millworker, Balfour, 7 March 1939) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 653

Folder 654

Moore, Ida L. Description of a Mill Village. (Balfour Mill, Balfour, 3 November 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 654

Folder 655

Moore, Ida L. Description of a Mill Village (Royal Cotton Mill.) (Royal Cotton Mill, Wake Forest, 20 September 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 655

Folder 656

Moore, Ida L. The Sanders. (Sally Dunne, 1873c., no place given, white, ties tobacco sacks, West Durham, 12 July 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 656

Folder 657

Moore, Ida L. The Artificial Leg. (Carrie Scott, no date given, VA, housewife, Spray, 20 December 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 657

Folder 658

Moore, Ida L. The Haithcocks (The Hathaways). (The Haithcocks, white, textile workers, Durham, 7 July 1938) #03709, Subseries: "North Carolina." Folder 658

Folder 659