Manuscripts Department
Library of the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION
#3709
FEDERAL WRITERS' PROJECT PAPERS
Inventory
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 related 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.
Online Catalog Terms:
African Americans—Southern States—Social conditions—20th
century.
Alabama—Biography.
Alabama—Social conditions—20th century.
Arkansas—Biography.
Arkansas—Social conditions—20th century.
Couch, William T. (William Terry), 1901- .
Federal Writers’ Project.
Florida—Biography.
Florida—Social conditions—20th century.
Folklore—Southern States.
Georgia—Biography.
Georgia—Social conditions—20th century.
Louisiana—Biography.
Louisiana—Social conditions—20th century.
New Deal, 1933-1939—North Carolina.
New Deal, 1933-1939—Southern States.
North Carolina—Biography.
North Carolina—Social conditions—20th century.
Oklahoma—Biography.
Oklahoma—Social conditions—20th century.
Oral history.
South Carolina—Biography.
South Carolina—Social conditions—20th century.
Southern States—Social conditions—20th century.
Tennessee—Biography.
Tennessee—Social conditions—20th century.
Virginia—Biography.
Virginia—Social conditions—20th century.
Size: About 12,000 items (15.0 linear feet).
Date Span: 1936-1940.
Provenance: Transferred from the office of William T.
Couch at the University of North Carolina Press in
1946.
Access: No restrictions.
Alternate Form of Material:
Microfilm copy of selected life histories available.
Reel 1 Folders 110-184
Reel 2 Folders 185-272 and 276-280
Reel 3 Folders 273-275 and 281-359
Copyright: Retained by the authors of items in these papers, or
their descendants, as stipulated by United States
copyright law.
Table of Contents:
Description
Folder List
Correspondence
Life Histories
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
Miscellaneous
Additions
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
North Carolina
South Carolina
DESCRIPTION
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.
FOLDER LIST
Correspondence
Folder
1-14 1936-March 1937
15-30 April 1937-July 1938
31-44 August-15 November 1938
45-59 16 November 1938-17 January 1939
60-71 18 January-29 March 1939
72-82 30 March-20 May 1939
83-92 21 May-31 August 1939
93-105 September 1939-1940
Life Histories
Abbreviations used: n.d. = no date given; n.p. = no place given;
and co. = county.
Format:
State in which interviews were done
Folder Interviewer Title (Interviewee, year of
birth, birthplace, race or ethnic group, occupation or
status at time of interview; place of interview, date
of life history)
ALABAMA
Folder
1 Barnard, George S. A Negro Cook’s Day (Rosa
Lee Johnson, ca. 1908, Waycross, Ga., black cook, Ozark,
n.d.)
2 Bowman, Annie L. The Hines (Mary
Hines, n.d., Monroe Co., black teacher,
Atmore, 2 January 1939)
3 Another version of the same interview
4 Cain, Maude. Julia Rhodes
(Julia Rhodes, ca. 1904, Tallapoosa Co.,
white mill worker, Alexander City, 11
October 1938)
5 Cain, Maude. Bertie Turner
(Bertie Turner, n.d., n.p., white boarding-
house operator, Alexander City, 30
December 1938)
6 Clark, Luther. Looking Around
with a Hay Farmer (Leonidas Cockrell, ca.
1867, n.p., white farm owner, McCainville,
14 September 1938
7 Coleman, Victoria. Soil Pipe Worker
(William Smith, ca. 1870, Ohio, white soil
pipe worker, Anniston, 31 January 1939)
8 Couric, Gertha. Sam Lynn,
Fisherman and River Rat [Famous for Fish]
(Sam Lynn, ca. 1879, n.p., black
fisherman, Eufaula, 11 January 1939)
9 Couric, Gertha. Mid-Wives are
Called “Grannies” (Aunt Granny [Lula]
Rousseau, 1861, Eufaula, black midwife,
Eufaula, 15 December 1938)
10 Couric, Gertha. Three Workers of
Cowickee Cotton Mill (Mrs. Lee Snipes,
n.d., n.p., white textile weaver; B. T.
Clements, n.d., n.p., white textile
fireman; Mrs. Champion, n.d., n.p., white
textile weaver, Eufaula, 13 October 1938)
11 Couric, Gertha. The Hughes Family
(James C. [Doc] Hughes, n.d., n.p., white
mill worker, Eufaula, 20 October 1938)
12 Couric, Gertha. The Sam
Andersons—Cotton Mill Workers (Sam
Anderson, n.d., n.p., white mill worker,
Eufaula, 20 October 1938)
13 Couric, Gertha. Mill Workers
(Nancy Nolan, n.d., n.p., white mill
worker, Barbour Co., 20 October 1938)
14 Couric, Gertha. Hand, Woodrow.
“Ed West-Installment Collector” (Ed West,
n.d., n.p., white installment collector,
Eufaula, 14 February 1939)
15 Couric, Gertha. My Time is Mighty
Nigh Out (Mrs. Lucy Thomas, 1859?, n.p.,
black washwoman, 14 February 1939)
16 Couric, Gertha. A Day on the Farm
(Mrs. Ola Titus, ca. 1867, n.p., white
farmer, Barbour Co., 20 January 1939; Mrs.
Annie Blair, ca. 1869, n.p., white farmer,
Barbour Co., 20 January 1939)
17 Another version of the same interview
18 Couric, Gertha. Fifty-Two Years in
the Cotton Mill (Tom Asobrook, ca. 1867,
n.p., white mill worker, Eufaula, 13
October 1938)
19 Diard, Francois L. Sharon Cousins,
Knight of the Road (Sharon Cousins, 1914,
Ellenburg, WS, white hobo, Mobile, 3
February 1939)
20 Dobson, Noma. Veteran
Newspaperman (Charles H. Geer, 1860,
Troupe Co., GA, newspaperman, Sylacauga,
19 December 1938)
21 Donigan, Charles M. C. F. Gerber,
Farmer (C. F. Gerber, Barton co., KA,
white farmer, Sheffield, 16 January 1939)
22 Evans, Lawrence. Story of a
Minister’s Family and Life (Dr. W. H.
Evans, ca. 1873, MS, white Baptist pastor,
Fairhope, 18 January 1939)
23 Evans, Lawrence. Master Cain,
of the Grover Cleveland, of Bayou la Batre
(E. J. Cain, n.d., Bayou la Batre, white
shrimp boat operator, 14 October 1938)
24 Evans, Lawrence. “A Small Town
Doctor” (Floyd L. Abernathy, n.d.,
Prattville, white doctor, Foley, 1
February 1939)
Another version, “A Plain Country Doctor,”
in folder 91
25 Evans, Lawrence. The Potter
(Ed Grace, n.d., n.p., white potter,
Daphen, 7 October 1938)
26 Evans, Lawrence. An Oysterman
(Lawrence Nelson, n.d., [Foley?], white
oysterman, Foley, 5 October 1938)
27 Evans, Lawrence. Sam, the
Turpentine Chopper (Sam Jackson, ca.
1916, n.p., black turpentiner, Stapleton,
21 September 1938)
28 Hall, Covington. The “Andrew
Jackson of Southern Labor” (Arthur Lee
Emerson, ca. 1881, Tennessee, white union
organizer, farmer, Mentone, 15 December
1938)
29 Hall, Covington. Mountain
Thinker and Experimenter (George Smith,
ca. 1900, n.p., white experimenter,
Mentone, 5 January 1939)
30 Hall, Covington. Mountain
Merchant-Farmer (Dan Smith, n.d., n.p.,
white merchant and farmer, Mentone, 7
December 1938)
31 Hall, Covington. Sam Cash,
Farmer-Miner (Sam Cash, ca. 1871, near
Mentone, white farmer-miner, Mentone, 7
December 1938)
32 Hand, Woodrow. Johnnie
Gates—Truck-Miner (John H. Gates, n.d.,
n.p., white truck-miner, Helena, 15
September 1938)
33 Hand, Woodrow. Gertha
Couric—Hotel Hostess—WPA Worker (Gertha
Couric, ca. 1896, Eufaula, white hotel
hostess, WPA worker, Eufaula, 31 January
1939)
34 Harper, Edward F. Hobbies, Pets, and
Children (Lloyd Wesley Lewis, 1912,
Elmore co., AL, white industrial
blacksmith, Ensley, 30 November 1938)
35 Hartley, Helen S. Shrimping on
the Schooner Berney Geneva (L. W. Robbie,
ca. 1900, n.p., white shrimp fisherman,
Bayou la Batre, 30 November 1938)
36 Heflin, Wilson L. I Wouldn’t Be
a Farmer (James McDaniel, ca. 1919,
[Winfield?], white college student,
Winfield, 10 August 1939)
37 Heflin, Wilson L. People Call Me
a Loan Shark (A. B. Way, Jr., n.d., n.p.,
white loan shark, Birmingham, 18 July
1939)
38 Klein, Preston. The Truitt
Family—Tenant Farmers (M. B. Truitt,
n.d., n.p., white tenant farmer, Opelika,
10 October 1938)
39 Kytle, Jack. . A Woman’s Like
a Dumb Animal (George Carter, ca. 1877,
n.p., white, logger, Talledega Springs, 25
July 1939)
40 Kytle, Jack.. River Drifter and
41 Bob Curtis: River
Drifter (Bob Curtis, n.d., n.p.,
[white?], fisherman, Talledega Springs, 17
July 1939, 23 September 1938)
42 Kytle, Jack. I’m Allus
Hungry (Orrie Robinson, 1891, Talledega
Springs, white, fisherman, Talledega
Springs, 4 August 1939)
Another version,
“Pattern of Ignorance,” is in Folder 48.
43 Kytle, Jack. Isaac Johnson:
Cajun Turpentiner (Isaac Johnson, n.d.,
Happy Hill Community near Chaton, Cajun,
turpentiner, Happy Hill Community near
Chatom, 29 November 1938)
44 Kytle, Jack Jim Lauderdale:
River Wreck (Jim Lauderdale, 1880, n.p.,
white river rat, Talledega Springs, 22
September 1938)
Another version, “A
Dead Convict Don’t Cost Nothing,” is in
Folder 50.
45 Kytle, Jack Dead Man of Coosa
River (Henry Kelly, ca. 1870, Sylaucauga,
white river rat, Talledega Springs, 21
September 1938)
46 Kytle, Jack “Uncle Bud” Ryland
the Coosa Fisherman (Charley “Uncle Bud”
Ryland, ca. 1870, n.p., white fisherman,
Talledega Springs, 21 September 1938)
47 Kytle, Jack. River Widow:
Portrait of Poverty (Neely “The Widow”
Williams, n.d., n.p., white widow,
Fayetteville, 21 September 1938)
48 Kytle, Jack Pattern of
Ignorance (Orrie Robinson, 1898,
Talledega Springs, white fisherman,
Talledega Springs, 23 September 1938)
Another version, “I’m
Allus Hungry,” is in Folder 42.
49 Kytle, Jack. By the Glory
of God (Harrison Waters, ca. 1881,
Talledega Springs, black farmer, Talledega
Springs, 21 October 1938)
50 Kytle, Jack. A Dead Convict
Don’t Cost Nothing (Jim Lauderdale, 1880,
n.p., white river rat, Talledega Springs,
8 August 1939)
Another version, “Jim
Lauderdale: River Wreck,” is in Folder
44.
51 McDonald, Nettie S. The Poseys (Gayle
Posey, n.d., n.p., white, weatherstrips
houses; Idella Posey, n.d., n.p., white
housewife, Birmingham, n.d.)
52 McDonald, Nettie S. Coal Miner (Sam
Brakefield, 1873, [Lamar co.?], white
miner, [Lamar co.?], n.d.
53 McDonald, Nettie S. Green Fields Far
Away (Joseph Davis, n.d., n.p., white
miner and farmer; Dera Davis, n.d.,
Tennessee, white teacher, North
Birmingham, 30 November 1939)
54 McDonald, Nettie S. Mary Worked in the
Mines in Belgium (Mary De Roy, n.d.,
Belgium, white housewife; August De Roy,
n.d., Belgium, white miner, Republic, 14
July 1939)
55 McDonald, Nettie S. Kytle, Jack. I’m
Crazy about Rats. (Bennie Amerson, n.d.,
n.p., white miner; Mary Amerson, n.d.,
n.p., white housewife, Republic)
56 Marshall, Bennett. Some Grow Old.
(Mrs. S. M. Davis, ca. 1875, Texas, white
boarding house operator, Birmingham, 7
October 1938)
57 O’Brien, Susie R. Ellawhite Mill
Village (Description of California Cotton
Mill, Uniontown, 28 September 1938)
58 O’Brien, Susie R. The Alexanders
(E. J. Alexander, n.d., n.p., white tenant
farmer, Marion, 20 October 1938)
59 Perry, Rhussus L. A Day with
Lula Wright (Lula Wright, 1868, Cotton
Valley, black tenant farmer, Tuskeegee, 18
January 1939)
60 Perry, Rhussus L. Isaac
Hathaway, Sculptor (Isaac Hathaway, n.d.,
Cincinnati [Ohio?], black sculptor,
Tuskeegee, 2 January 1939)
61 Perry, Rhussus L. At Father
Baker’s Home (Mother Baker, ca. 1855,
[Macon co.?], black, ex-slave, farmer,
Macon co.; Father Baker, ca. 1855, [Macon
co.?], Tuskeegee, 22 November 1938)
62 Petterson, Josephine. Life Story of
a Swedish-American (Josephine Petterson,
ca. 1871, Skogsby, Sweden, Swedish-
American, FWP worker, Mobile, 2 February
1939)
63 Prine, Ida B. Life in a
Shrimping and Oyster Shucking Camp (Joe
Vaughn, ca. 1861, Canada, white shrimp
factory worker, Bayou La Batre, 29
November 1938)
64 Prine, Ida B. Mandy Johnson,
Midwife (Mandy Johnson, 1867, Cottage
Hall, black midwife, Cottage Hall, 30
November 1938)
65 Prine, Ida B. Story of Auguste
Mollie (Auguste Mollie, ca. 1858,
Dauphine, France, white farm laborer,
Navcco, 21 December 1938)
66 Prine, Ida B. Kosaku Sawada,
Nurseryman (Kosaka Sawada, n.d., Osaka,
Japan, Japanese nurseryman, Mobile, 20
January 1939)
67 Prine, Ida B. It Ruins Oysters
to Wash Them (Raymond Barbour, 1869,
Dauphine Island, AL, white fisherman,
Bayou La Batre, 15 January 1939)
68 Prine, Ida B. Lena Cash,
Octogenarian (Lena Cash, 1850, New
Orleans, LA, white elderly woman,
Crichton, 5 January 1939)
69 Reese, Marie. “Holly House”
(“Bull” Elliott, n.d., n.p., white tenant
farmer, Loundesboro, 10 October 1938)
70 Rogers, Adelaide. Never No More
(Allen Turpin, ca. 1868, Creek-stand, AL,
black janitor, Montgomery, n.d.)
71 Rogers, Adelaide. Mrs.
Blanchard, Professional Mother (Ellen R.
Blanchard, n.d., [Montgomery?], white
housekeeper, Montgomery, 31 January 1939)
72 Rogers, Adelaide. “Gab’ul Chime
Dat Harp!” (Henry Raymore, n.d., n.p.,
black fortune-teller, Montgomery, n.d.)
73 Tartt, Ruby Pickens. Carry Dykes,
Midwife (Carrie Dykes, ca. 1870, Belmont,
black midwife, Belmont, 4 October 1938)
74 Tartt, Ruby Pickens. No Lawd, I
Ain’t Ready (Hester Frye, n.d., Tishabee,
AL, black maid, Livingston, 17 February
1939)
75 Another version of the
same interview
Another version,
“Hester Frye,” is in Folder 93
76 Tartt, Ruby Pickens. Seeking
Salvation (“Little Bit,” Hattie Amason,
ca. 1885, Livingston, 17 August 1939)
77 Waldrep, R. V. I Wanted to Keep a
Good Horse (Dr. Archie Waldrep, 1869, Red
Bay, white doctor, Red Bay, 20 July 1939)
78 Waldrep, R. V. Lord Loafer
(Liege Massey, n.d., n.p.,
white—occupation given, Red Bay, 17 August
1939)
79 Waldrep, R. V. Bony Winchester
(Bony Winchester, 1870, Red Bay, white
farmer, Red Bay, 17 August 1939)
80 Waldrep, R. V. It’s Hell to Be
Popular (Roberta Park, ca. 1921, n.p.,
white high-school student, Red Bay, 20
July 1939)
81 Waldrep, R. V. Pink Petree (Pink
Petree, ca. 1874, [Pleasant Site?], white
postman/owner country store, Pleasant
Site, 20 July 1939)
82 Waldrep, R. V. John F. Davis
(John F. Davis, [1880?], n.p., white
postman/farmer, Red Bay, 18 July 1939)
83 Waldrep, R. V. I’ll Be an Old Man
Tomorrow (W. W. Skeleton, ca. 1872,
Texas, white surveyor, Red Bay, 18 July
1939)
84 Waldrep, R. V. J. P. Epps and Son
(J. P. Epps, [1885], Golden, white
storekeeper, Red Bay, 21 July 1939)
85 Waldrep, R. V. Luke Warn: He
Ain’t Talkin (Luke Warn, [1870?], Red
Bay, black, occupation not given, Red Bay,
14 August 1939)
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)
87 Waldrep, R. V. Jack Hodge (Jack
Hodge, n.d., n.p., white farmer, Red Bay,
14 July 1939)
88 Williams, Jennie Sue. Frank Coffee
(Frank Coffee, 1866, Fackler, black odd
job man, Bridgeport, 30 January 1939)
89 Williams, Jennie Sue. Isaac
Slaughter (Isaac Slaughter, Greensboro,
GA, black, ex-slave, Bridgeport, 17
January 1939)
90 Williamson, Keane. Emancipation (a
fictional piece, Pine Apple, AL, n.d.)
91 Evans, Lawrence F. A Plain Country
Doctor (Floyd Abernathy, Prattville,
n.p., white doctor, Foley, n.d.)
92 No author. Midwife and Farmer
(Josie Fleming, ca. 1876, Aswell, black
midwife, n.p., n.d.)
93 Tartt, Ruby Pickens. Hester Frye
(Hester Frye, n.d., Tishabee, black maid,
Livingston, n.d.)
Two other versions,
both entitled, “No Lawd I Ain’t Ready,”
are in Folders 74 and 75.
94 Rowland, Walter. “Ain’t Got No
Screens” (no name, n.d., n.p., black
tenant farmer, Arkansas, 6 June 1939)
95 Rowland, Walter. A North Little
Rock Hostess (no name, n.d., n.p., white
thief, North Little Rock, 12 May 1939)
96 No author. Honkytonk Hostess
(no name, n.d., n.p., white waitress,
n.p., n.d.)
FLORIDA
Browder, N. C. See Darsey, folder
102
97 Bryan, Lindsay M. “Jaydy” Abbin,
Florida Adventurer (J. B. Atkins, 1903,
Dade City, white mechanic, Tampa, 15
February 1939)
98 Back, Gladys. The Burns Family
(W. W. Woods, n.d., Grand Cayman Islands,
white housewife, Princeton, 30 December
1938)
99 Burnell, Elvira. The Stembler
Family (Tom Blake, n.d., n.p., white debt
collector, Miami, 30 January 1939)
100 Burnell, Elvira. Anna Alden
(Annie Alden, [1880?], n.p., white WPA
sewing room worker, Miami, 16 February
1939)
Cornwall, Robert. See Darsey, folder
102
101 Darsey, Barbara B. Lolly Bleu,
Florida Squatter (Mrs. Robert Eures,
[1889?], Texas, white squatter, Venus, 29
November 1938)
Another version,
“Lolly Bleu,” is in folder 1013.
102 Darsey, Barbara B.,
Veronica E. Huss,
Robert Cornwall,
and N. C. Browder. “We Do Victims,”
(Horace Thompson, n.d., on the Georgia
line near Blonts Ferry; black citrus
worker Cellie Thompson, n.d., on the
Georgia line near Blonts Ferry; black
citrus worker, Avon Park, 8 February 1939)
103 Darsey, Huss, and
Cornwall. Life History of
the Thomas Family, another version of the
above interview.
A third version,
“Topics and Observations Relative to Life
History, Harris Thomas,” is in folder
1013.
104 Darsey and Huss. Albert and
Anne Denman. (Bob Franklin, ca. 1894,
Geneva co. AL, white country store
proprietor, farmer, Hicoria, 7 February
1939)
Another version,
“Albert Denman and Family, Proprietor
Country Store,” is in folder 1013.
105 Darsey and Huss. Virginia
Suffolk (Madge Wetherbee, 1881, Bradford,
England, white poultry farmer, Avon Park,
14 February 1939)
106 Darsey and Huss. Mary Windsor
(Mrs. Senie Williams, ca. 1915, Hardee
co., white wife of sharecropper, Venus,
n.d.)
107 Darsey, Barbara B. Frank and Ella
Merryvale (Cornelia Mitchell, ca. 1913,
Lakeland, white citrus worker; Willard
Mitchell, ca. 1915, Oakland, GA, white
citrus worker, Sebring, 8 February 1939)
108 Darsey, Barbara B. Maria Gonzales,
Florida Squatter (Mrs. Texas Morgan, ca.
1896, [Hardee co.?], white squatter-
farmer, Venus, 7 February 1939)
Another version, with
the same title, is in folder 1013.
109 Darsey and
Stetson Kennedy Henry and Rosa
Maddox (Ed Moore, n.d., n.p., white
squatter farmer, Venus, 22 November 1938)
110 Darsey and Kennedy A Florida Squatter
Family—Jason and Lily Iby (W. B. Lundy,
ca. 1898, Pasco co., white squatter-
farmer, Venus, 8 December 1938)
Another version,
“Jason and Lily Iby, Squatter Farmers,” is
in folder 1013.
111 Darsey and Kennedy. Florida Squatters
(Sectional descriptions of Florida
squatters, December 1938)
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)
113 Diggs and Huss. I Don’t Do No
Votin’ (Lula Gray, ca. 1902, Manna, SC,
black housewife; Rich Gray, 1888,
Robertsville, SC, black turpentine
foreman, Carters, n.d.)
Another version, “Rich
and Lula Gray,” is in folder 116
114 Diggs and Werner. George and Bessie
Derrick (George Derrick, 1886, Kingston,
Jamaica, black tenant farmer; Bessie
Derrick, n.d., n.p., black tenant farmer,
Plant City, 10 February 1939)
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)
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)
Another version, “I
Don’t Do No Votin’,” is in folder 113
117 Dowda, Bill, and
Evelyn Werner. Earl Guenther
(Earl Guenther, 1897, Dayton, OH, white,
barber, Palatka, n.d.)
Edward, Robert. See Lillian
Stedman, folder 127
118 Huss, Veronica E. Izzelly Haines
(Izzelly Harding, n.d., Bahamas, Conch,
midwife, Riviera, October 1938)
119 Huss, Veronica E. Wilbur Edwards
Roberts, A Riviera “Conch” (Wilbur
Edwards Roberts, ca. 1855, Bahamas, Conch,
fisherman, sponger, turtler, Riviera, 14
November 1938)
120 Huss, Veronica E.,
and S. Kennedy The Riviera Conchs
(sectional description) Immigrants from
Bahamas of White-Negro ancestry,
fishermen, Riviera, November 1938)
Huss, Veronica E. See also Darsey,
folders 102-117; Diggs, folders 112-113;
and Stedman, folder 127
121 Kennedy, Stetson. All He’s Living
For, [Enrique and Amanda] (Adelpha
Pollato, n.d., [Key West?], Cuban, cigar-
maker, Ybor City, 3 January 1939)
122-123 Two versions of the same
interview
124 Kennedy, Stetson. Pedro and Estrella
(Evelio Andur, n.d., n.p., Cuban cigar-box
maker, Ybor City, 1 January 1939)
125 Kennedy, Stetson. Mister Homer
(Homer Jordan, n.d., Dinsmore, white
salesman and installment collector,
Jacksonville, 3 February 1939)
Kennedy, Stetson See also
Darsey, folder 109; and Stedman, folder
134
126 Sheperd, Rose. Martin Cross, Wood
and Fuel Dealer (Montgomery Corse,
[1865?], [VA?], white, wood and fuel
dealer, Jacksonville, 2 February 1939)
127 Stedman, Lillian,
Veronica Huss, and
Robert Edwards. Reverend W. C.
Sale (Reverend W. C. Sale, n.d., AL,
white, clergyman, Jacksonville, n.d.)
128 Stedman and
Evelyn Werner. George Harmon
Kirby (James Kerby Ward, n.d., Togo,
white, bus driver, Jacksonville, n.d.)
Another version,
“James Kirby Ward,” is in folder 131
129 Stedman and Werner. A Greek
Restauranteur (James Kivelos, n.d., n.p.,
Greek, Restauranteur, Jacksonville, 20 May
1939)
130 Stedman and Werner. Ceceilia
Patrourtsa (Cecelia Janes Lazos Poulos,
n.d., Greece, Greek, wife of a
restaurateur, Jacksonville, 21 April 1939)
131 Stedman and Werner. James Kerby Ward
(James Kerby Ward, n.d., Togo, white, bus
driver, Jacksonville, 17 February 1939)
Another version,
“George Harmon Kirby,” is in folder 128
132 Stedman and Werner. Mayselle Sweat
Green (Mayselle Sweat Green, ca. 1917,
n.p., white, cigar factory worker,
Jacksonville, 20 February 1939)
133 Another version of the
same interview
134 Stedman and
Stetson Kennedy. Robert Smith
(David Smith, ca. 1901, n.p., white,
sharecropper, elevator operator in a pulp
mill, Jacksonville, 22 December 1938).
Note: Folders 135-138 and 140-147 contain material from the
Federal Emergency Relief Administration Sociological Survey,
Ybor City, 1935.
135 Valdes, F. Pedro Barios
(Pedro Barrios, 1881, Cerro, Havana, Cuba,
Cuban, cigar-maker, cigar factory reader,
Ybor City, 1935)
136 Valdes, F. Dr. M. Santos
(Dr. M Santos, 1888, Sagua la Grande,
Cuba, Cuban, cigar-maker, optometrist,
Ybor City, 1935)
137 Valdes, F. Enrique Pendas,
Introduction (Enrique Pendas, 1865,
Asturias, Spain, Spanish, owner cigar
factory and chairman of Manufacturers’
Association, Ybor City, 1935)
138 Valdes, F. Enrique Pendas
(same as above)
Werner, Evelyn. See Diggs, folders
108-112, and 114; Dowda, folder 117; and
Stedman, folders 130-132
139 Wood, Dorothy. The Miller Family
(Bob Lapham, ca. 1907, n.p., white,
artist, Miami Beach, 15 February 1939)
140 No Author. John Cacciatore
(John Cacciatore, 1860, Sicily, Italian,
cigar-maker, Ybor City, 1935)
141 No Author. Fernando Lemos
(Fernando Lemos, 1870, Havana, Cuba,
Cuban, cigar-maker, Ybor City, 1935)
142 No Author. Domingo Ginesta
(Domingo Ginesta, 1865, Havana, Cuba,
Cuban, cigar-maker, Ybor City, 1935)
143 No Author. Fermin Souto
(Fermin Souto, 1858, Ferrol de Galicia,
Spain, Spanish, cigar-maker and secretary
Spanish Club, Ybor City, 1935)
144 No Author. Note on
autobiography of Gerardo Cortina (Gerardo
Cortina Pinera, 1912, Havana, Cuba, Cuban,
unemployed cigar-factory reader, Ybor
City, 1935)
145 No Author. Gerardo Cortina
Pinera (same as above)
146 No Author. Jose Ramon
Sanfeliz (Jose Ramon Sanfeliz, 1870,
Havana, Cuba, Cuban, cigar-maker and
bartender, Ybor City, 1935)
147 No Author. B. M. Balbontin
(B. M. Balbontin, 1863, Rumorose, Spain,
Spanish, bartender, Ybor City, 1935)
GEORGIA
148 Adams, Morris. Turnips Today,
Turnips Tomorrow (George Carter, 1842,
VA, black, ex-slave, Savannah, 17 January
1939)
149 Barie, A. G. Guess We Had
Moving Fever (David Melvin, n.d.,
[Pickens co., NC?], white, tenant farmer,
Powder Springs, 12 December 1938)
150 Another version of the
same interview
A third version, with
the same title is in folder 241
151 Barie A. G. From around the
World to a Georgia Farm (Ernest Gerber,
ca. 1883, Langnou, Switzerland, white
farmer, Marietta, 25 February and 25 May
1939)
152 Another version of the
same interview
153 Bonner, Bessie. The Relief Lady
(Nell Pentecost, n.d., n.p., white, county
relief director, Carrolton, 1 July 1939)
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
154 Bradley, Leola T., and
Maggie B. Freeman. Right Livin’
(Evie Louvenia Robinson, ca. 1881,
Oglethorpe co., white, practical nurse WPA
Housekeepers Project, Athens, 1 November
and 22 November 1939)
155 Bradley and Freeman. Reverses
(Hazel Hoff, n.d., Chattanooga, TN, white,
district manager Avon products, Athens,
11, 16, and 24 November 1939)
156 Bradley and Freeman. Julia
Nickerson (Mattie Julia Nichols, n.d.,
Gum Springs, white, WPA librarian, Athens,
16 October, and 9 November 1939)
157 Bradley and
Rudene Hix. A Self Made Man (L.
L. Jordan, n.d., Mecklenburg co., N.C.,
white, painter, Athens, 13 and 29
September 1939)
158 Bradley and
John N. Booth. “De Luck is in De
Lawd” (Minnie Davis, ca. 1861, [Greene
co.?], black, teacher, Athens, 23 and 28
August, and 29 November 1939)
Browder, N. C. See Hornsby,
folders 198-199; McCune, folder 239; and
Rice, folder 241)
159 Conway, George. Captain X
(Captain Allan F. Leigh, n.d., Hull,
England, English, sea captain, Athens, 17
January 1939)
160 Fowler, Carrie. The Piano Salesman
(Fred Trammel, n.d., n.p., white,
salesman, Athens, 4 January 1939)
Another version, “Just
a Traveling, Rambling Man That Settled
Down in a Athens Town,” is in folder 1018.
Freeman, Maggie B. See Bradley,
folders 154-156
161 Ginsberg, Freda. Papa (Nathan
Wild, [1897?], Yvey, Poland, Jewish,
grocer, Savannah, 16 January 1939)
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
Harris, Leila T. See Hornsby,
folders 177, 188, and 192; McCune, 204,
227, and 238
162 Hawkes, Ina B. It Wasn’t So Easy
(Mrs. Jake Bower, n.d., n.p., white, hotel
operator, Savannah, 24 September 1939)
163 Hawkes, Ina B.,
and Grace McCune. A Visit to the
Country (Fannie Busbin, ca. 1849, n.p.,
white, farmer, Winterville, 9, 14
September 1939)
Hix, Rudene. See Bradley,
folder 157
164 Hornsby, Sadie B.,
Sarah Hall, and
John Booth “I’ve Took in
Sewing Fifty Years” (Sarah Frances
Fellows, [1863?], n.p., white, seamstress,
Athens, 7, 11, and 26 July 1939)
165 Hornsby, Sadie B. Life of a Retired
Mill Worker (James Herring, 1871, n.p.,
white, retired mill operator, Athens, 10
January 1939)
166 Hornsby, Hall, Booth. I Ain’t No
Midwife (Mary Willingham, 1880, Clarke
co., black, practical nurse, Athens, 14
and 24 March , 29 May, and 9 June 1939)
167 Another version of the
same interview
168 A third version of the
same interview
169 Hornsby, Hall, Booth. “I Maids for
Co-Eds” (Odelia Lester Anderson, 1902,
Eatonton, Black, maid, Athens, 14, 16, and
27 March 1939)
170 Hornsby, Hall, Booth. I Don’t Know
What’s the Matter (Edward J. Bacon, n.d.,
Athens, black, brick mason, Athens, 31 May
and 14 June 1939)
171 Hornsby, Hall, Booth. The Wandering
Beautician (R. W. Welch, 1896, Maxeys,
white, beautician, Athens, 17 May and 6
June 1939)
172 Hornsby, Sadie B. Life History of
Mrs. Ann Waldrop (Ann Waldrop, 1861,
Athens, white, retired mill worker,
Athens, 3 January 1939)
173 Hornsby, Hall, Booth. A visit to the
Jail (Mrs. George Nash, n.d., n.p.,
white, wife of jailer, Athens, 26 April
and 4 May 1939)
174 Hornsby, Sadie B. Life on Happy Top
(Leila Bramblett, 1878, Princeton factory,
white, textile worker, Athens, 17 January
1939)
175 Hornsby, Sadie B. Principal of
Grammar School Thirty-Three Years (Mary
Wright Hill, 1881, Greenville, NC, black,
school principal, Athens, 27 July 1939)
176 Hornsby, Sadie B. Carpenter of
Lickskillet (Emmett Johnson, ca. 1880,
Sparta, black, carpenter; Maggie Johnson,
1880, n.p., black, wash woman, Athens, 12
May 1939)
177 Hornsby, Hall, Booth,
and Leila Harris. The Washwoman
(Sarah Hill, [1874?], Elberton, black,
wash woman, Athens, 1, 27 February, 13
March 1939).
178 Hornsby, Hall, Booth. A Visit to a
Laundry and Dry Cleaning Plant (L. S.
Whitehead, n.d., n.p., white, laundry
operator; Mrs. L. S. Whitehead, n.d.,
Clarke co., white, laundry operator,
Athens, 9, 10, and 24 March 1939)
179 Hornsby, Hall, Booth. From Farm to
Filling Station (Robert Leo Smith, 1912,
Banks co., white gas station operator,
Athens, 22 March, 4 April 1939)
180 Hornsby, Hall, Booth. Kay’s Shop
(Kathryn Jiles, n.d., Carrollton, white,
milliner, Athens, 9 March, 4 April 1939)
181 Hornsby, Hall, Booth. The Poppy Lady
(Moina Michael, 1869, Walton co., white,
teacher, Athens, 8 and 9 February 1939)
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)
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)
184 Another version of the
same interview
185 Hornsby, Hall, Booth. “I Cater to
Colored People” (Lorenzo W. Reed, 1863,
Athens, black, barber, Athens, 19 and 20
June 1939)
186 Hornsby, Hall, Booth. I’ve Been
Drifting (Roy Clinton Hale, ca. 1897,
Athens, white, shoe salesman, Athens, 21
July, and 4 August 1939)
187 Hornsby, Hall, Booth. “I’ve Been
Preaching Ever Since I Could Talk”
(Harold Irving Bearden, 1910, Atlanta,
black, preacher; Mrs. Bearden, n.d.,
Austell, black, preacher’s wife, Athens,
17 July, and 1 August 1939)
188 Hornsby, Hall, Booth,
and Harris. The Wrighton
Sisters (Mattie Creighton, ca. 1860,
[Athens?], white, elderly woman; Ida
Creighton, ca. 1870, [Athens?], white,
quilt maker, Athens, 28 and 29 June, and
15 July 1939)
189 Hornsby, Hall, Booth. “How Many Days
Have I Regretted” (Mildred Lattrell
McKinney, 1911, Madison co., white,
boarding house operator, Athens, 23 June
1939)
190 Hornsby, Hall, Booth. “...Maybe
We’ll Save a Little Money” (Nicholas
Chivilis, 1885, Arvanlokerasser, Greece,
Greek, candy kitchen operator; Pete
Nicholas Chivilis, n.d., Jackson co.,
white, candy kitchen operator, Athens, 8
February, 11 and 25 July 1939)
191 Hornsby and
Grace McCune Grocery Store (O.
J. Coffer, 1899, Jefferson, white, grocer,
Athens, 3 August 1939)
192 Hornsby, Hall, Harris. A W.P.A.
Worker (Janie B. Harris, 1900, Clarke
co., white, WPA worker, Athens, n.d.)
193 Hornsby, Hall, Booth. The Barbecue
Stand (Robert Walker, n.d., Warrenton,
black, barbecue stand operator; Gladys
Walker, Bogart, black, barbecue stand
operator, Athens, 10 and 19 April 1939)
194 Hornsby, Hall, Booth. The Poro
Beauty Shop (Mrs. L. A. Crane, ca. 1903,
Watkinsville, black, beauty shop operator,
Athens, 4 and 5 April 1939)
195 Hornsby, Hall, Booth. The Red,
White, and Blue Barber Shop (Henry T.
Brunblett, 1875, Gwinnet co., white,
barber, Athens, 30 March 1939)
196 Hornsby and Hall. An Air Minded
Family (Omie Williams, Neese, white,
widow, Athens, n.d.)
197 Hornsby and Hall. Mildred Lawson
(Sue S. White, ca. 1897, South Georgia,
white, beautician, Athens, n.d.)
198 Hornsby and Browder. A Negro
Insurance Executive (A. W. Parker, 1900,
Georgetown, black, insurance executive, 13
April 1939)
199 Another version of the
same interview
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)
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)
202 Jenkins, William. ...And Hopes
‘At Somebody Will Come Along To Talk To
(Archie George, ca. 1889, Lithonia, black,
cripple, Atlanta, 17 November 1939)
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)
204 McCune, Hall, Harris. A Farming
Preacher-Prophet (Nick Waller, ca. 1874,
n.p., black, farmer-preacher, Athens, 6,
7, and 17 March 1939)
205 McCune, Hall, Booth. Mammy (Annie
Grady Emerick, [1880?], n.p., white,
Athens, 20 December 1938, and 6 January
1939)
206 McCune, Hall, Booth. A Visit with
Aunt Jerry (Josephine Wood, 1861, Barnett
Shoals, white, housewife, Athens, 13
January and 16 February 1939)
207 McCune, Hall, Booth. A Session of
the City Court (Vincent Mathews, [1880?],
Athens, white, judge, Athens, 10, and 17
April 1939)
208 McCune, Hall, Booth. Negro
Fraternal Insurance (R.B. Harris, n.d.,
n.p., insurance executive, Athens, 13 and
24 April 1939)
209 McCune, Hall, Booth. Bus Drivers
(F.A. Taylor, n.d., n.p., white, manager
city bus-line, Athens, 10 and 13 April
1939)
210 McCune, Grace. A Versatile
Craftswoman (Margaret Davis, 1887,
Princeton, white, tailor, Athens, n.d.)
Another version of
this interview, “The Tale of a Tailoress”
is in folder 212.
211 McCune and Hall . Coffins and
Caskets (W. P. Hopson, n.d., n.p., black,
undertaker, Athens, n.d.)
212 McCune, Grace. The Tale of a
Tailoress (Margaret Davis, 1887,
Princeton, white, tailor, Athens, 9
December 1939)
Another version of
this interview, entitled “A Versatile
Craftswoman” is in folder 210.
213 McCune, Hall, Booth. Maid of All
Work (Julia Hicks, 1887, Athens, black,
housemaid, laundress, nurse, Athens, 16
and 23 March 1939)
214 McCune, Hall, Booth. A Negro
Dentist (Dr. S. S. Jackson, n.d., Athens,
black, dentist, Athens, 14 March 1939)
215 McCune, Grace. I Lak’s a Good
Livin (Cornelia Peterson, n.d., Morgan
co., black, sewing room, Athens, n.d.)
216 McCune, Hall, Booth. All I Do is
Just Heads (Daisy M. Johnson, n.d., n.p.,
black, beautician, Athens, 26 April and 4
May 1939)
217 McCune, Hall, Booth. Oldest Barber
in Town (R. M. Davis, 1893, [Athens?],
white barber, Athens, 28 March and 4 April
1939)
218 McCune and Hall. The Woman Dentist
(Dr. Ida Mae Hiram, [1895?], Athens,
black, dentist, Athens, n.d.)
219 McCune, Hall, Booth. Waiting Room
in a Bus Station (W. T. Sullivan, n.d.,
n.p., white, bus-station manager; Mrs. W.
T. Sullivan, white, bus-station manager,
Athens, 27, 29 March, and 6 April 1939)
220 McCune, Grace. The City
Blacksmith (John Henry Middlebrooks,
[1880?], Oconee co., black, blacksmith,
Athens, 8 June 1939)
221 McCune, Hall, Booth. The Bargain
House (J. Buford Dudley, 1887, Combs,
white, merchant, Athens, 16 February, and
2 March 1939)
222 McCune, Hall, Booth. The Lilac
Beauty Shop (Farrie Emerick, n.d., n.p.,
white, beautician; Edna Seagraves, n.d.,
n.p., white beautician, Athens, 1 and 18
February 1939)
223 McCune and Hall. The Boarding House
Operator (Texie Gordon, n.d., n.p.,
white, boarding house operator, Athens,
n.d.)
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)
225 Another version of the
same interview
226 McCune, Hall, Booth. You Have To
Get It While They’re Cryin’ (Lamar J.
Johnson, [1922?], n.p., black, embalmer;
Tom Johnson, n.d., n.p., black,
undertaker, Athens, n.d.)
227 McCune, Hall, Harris,
and Booth. A Patent Medicine
Vendor (Grace Crowder, n.d., n.p., white,
patent medicine vendor, Athens, 28
February and 14 March 1939)
228 McCune, Grace. Cindy Wright
(Mariah Jackson, 1861, Notasluga, black,
midwife, Athens, 13 December 1938)
Another version, “A
Funeral Service By Brother Gresham,” is in
folder 1020.
229 McCune, Grace. A Visit to A
Flower Shop (Willow Jones, n.d., n.p.,
white, flower shop proprietor, Athens, 12
March 1939)
Another version,
“Woman Florist,” is in folder 239
230 McCune, Hall, Booth. A Negro
Funeral Home Director (James Mack, n.d.,
n.p., black, undertaker, Athens, 9 and 23
March 1939)
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)
232 McCune, Hall, Booth. Old Shoe
Comfort in New Shoe Appearance (Luther
Holcomb, n.d., Athens, white, shoemaker,
Athens, 5, 19 June, and 15 July 1939)
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)
234 McCune, Hall, Booth. Veterinarian,
Poet, and Politician (Dr. W. M. Burson,
1874, Ohio, white, veterinarian, Athens,
29 June and 18 July 1939)
235 McCune, Hall, Booth. “I Like
America” (Mamie Lewis, 1896, Beirut,
Syria, Syrian, part owner dry goods store,
Athens, 10 and 25 July 1939)
236 McCune and Hall. Madame Lucy
(Annie Mains, n.d., between Watkinsville
and Athens, black, beautician, Athens,
n.d.)
237 McCune, Hall, Booth. Susie Ray
(Jannie Favors, 1892, Rayle, black,
restaurant proprietor, Athens, 23 June
1939)
238 McCune, Hall, Harris. The Fishermen
(J. H. Emerick, ca. 1864, n.p., white,
fisherman, Athens, n.d.)
239 McCune and
N. C. Browder. Woman Florist
(Willie Jones, n.d., n.p., white, flower
shop proprietor, Athens, 21 February 1939)
Another version, “A
Visit to a Flower Shop,” is in folder 229
McCune, Grace. See Hawkes, folder
163; Hornsby, folder 191
240 Phillips, W. B. Wood Engraver in
Paradise (C. W. Stambaugh, n.d., n.p.,
white, wood engraver, Demorest, 1 February
1939)
241 Rice, M. D.,
A. G. Barie, and
N. C. Browder. Guess We Had
Moving Fever (David Melvin, [Pickens
co.?], white, tenant farmer, Power
Springs, n.d.)
Two other versions
with the same title are in folders 149 and
150
242 Rose, Annie A. Clairvoyant
(Prof. W. L. Harris, 1907, Birmingham,
Ala., white, clairvoyant, Macon, 20
January 1939)
243 Rose, Annie A. Untitled (W. L.
Keenan, [1898?], Georgia, white,
saleslady, Macon, 20 January 1939)
244 Rose, Annie A. Janice (Carolyn
Ball, n.d., Moultrie, white, WPA typist,
Macon, 19 January 1939)
245 Rose, Annie A. Untitled (Lizzie
Mercer, n.d., n.p., black, unemployed,
Macon, 1 May 1939)
246 Rose, Annie A. So We Can Have
Things Like Other Folks (Sarah Myers,
[1900?], Macon, white, textile worker,
Macon, 5 May 1939)
247 Rose, Annie A. Untitled (Sarah
Howard, n.d., n.p., black, housemaid,
Macon, 28 February 1939)
248 Russell, Maurice. Homer L. Pike
(Homer L. Pike, 1901, Fort Moultrie, Ala.,
white, textile worker, Atlanta, n.d.)
249 Russell, Maurice. Night Watchman
(no name given, ca. 1873, n.p., white,
night watchman, Atlanta, n.d.)
250 Russell, Maurice. Life History
(Mrs. Same E. Whelchel, ca. 1905, Banks
co., white, housewife, Atlanta, n.d.)
Another version, “The
Family of an Automobile Worker,” is in
folder 262.
251 Russell, Maurice. Untitled
(Mrs. Joe P. Stroh, ca. 1914, Cobb co.,
white, housewife, Atlanta, n.d.)
252 Sieg, Gerald Chan. Laundryman (Chung
Tai-pan, [1870?], China, Chinese, laundry
operator, Atlanta, 20 January 1939)
253 Thorpe, Virginia. Root Doctor
(“Ma” [Liza] Williams, ca. 1836, n.p.,
black, root doctor, Atlanta, 13 January
1939)
254 Tonsill, Geneva. I Managed To
Carry On (Eugenia Martin, n.d., n.p.,
black, WPA worker, housekeeping aide,
Atlanta, November 1939)
255 Tonsill, Geneva. I’s Still
Traveling ‘Cause I got Faith in God
(Benjamin Johnson, ca. 1843, Troupe co.,
black, ex-slave, Atlanta, September 1939)
256 Tonsill, Geneva. Untitled
(Lucy Reeves, n.d., Clarke co., black,
teacher, Atlanta, 21 June 1939)
257 Tonsill, Geneva. Unable to
Stage a Comeback (F. Hodge, n.d., n.p.,
black, WPA worker, librarian government
housing project, Atlanta, 27 October
1939)\
258 Tonsill, Geneva. The Voice of
God Spoke to Me (Jibson Littlejohn, 1855,
Union co., SC, black, preacher, Atlanta,
November 1939)
259 Tonsill, Geneva. The ‘Lil Black
Girl (Annie Jackson, 1904, Thomson,
black, maid, Atlanta, n.d.)
260 Tonsill, Geneva. The Lord was
with Me (G. L. Beasley, ca. 1897,
Tennessee, black, preacher, Atlanta, n.d.)
261 Tonsill, Geneva. I’se Always
Had a Hard Time (Julia Brown [Aunt
Sally], ca. 1852, Commerce, black, ex-
slave, Atlanta, n.d.)
262 Upshaw, Jacques. The Family of
an Automobile Worker (Mrs. Same E.
Whelchel, ca. 1905, Cobb co., white,
housewife, Atlanta, n.d.)
Another version, “Life
History,” is in folder 250
263 Upshaw, Jacques. The Man Who
Lives in the House By the Side of the Road
(E. J. Tull, ca. 1839, [Georgia?], white,
teacher, Ellgay, December 1938)
264 Vining, Mary. The Story of
Selina W. (Sara Wolf, 1885, Rocky Ford,
white, housewife, Savannah, 19 January
1939)
265 Deleted
266 No Author. “Let Me Live”
(Carlmon Hamilton, 1913, Norwood, Alabama,
black, student, Macon, n.d.)
267 No Author. Nannie Hawkins
(Nannie Hawkins, ca. 1914, Macon, black,
cook, Pine Mountain Valley, n.d.)
268 No Author. Untitled (various
individuals at WPA experimental farm
community, Pine Mountain Valley, Georgia,
July 1939)
269 No Author. Not a Life Story
(Mr. Antipodes, n.d., Mllst, Greece,
Greek, operator Ice Cream plant, Atlanta,
n.d.)
LOUISIANA
270 Breaux, Hazel. Settled Down
(Granville Brooks, [1879?], Charleston,
Alabama, black, cook, New Orleans, n.d.)
271 McKinney, Robert. My W.P.A. Man
(Marguerite Clark, n.d., New Orleans,
black, cook, New Orleans, n.d.)
272 McKinney, Robert. Chimney Sweeper’s
Holiday (John Simms, n.d., New Orleans,
black, chimney sweep, New Orleans, n.d.)
273 No Author. A Shrimp Fisherman
(no name given, n.d., New Orleans, shrimp
fisherman, New Orleans, n.d.)
NORTH CAROLINA
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)
275 Abbitt and Dunnagan. Life History
of Mrs. Jim Shelton (Mrs. McCabe, n.d.,
Peters Creek near Danbury, Virginia,
white, widow, Walnut Cove, 23 January
1939)
276 Abbitt, Louise L. Holiness
Preacher (Robah Bowden, n.d., n.p.,
white, janitor, holiness preacher; Lola
Bowden, n.d., n.p., white, housewife, Pine
Hill, 3 January 1939)
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)
278 Abner, John H. and
Edwin Massengill. The Photographer.
(Hubert W. Johnson, 1905, n.p., white,
photographer, Gastonia, 5 March 1939)
279 Abner, Massengill,
and W. J. Sadler. A Quiz Kit? A
Casket? (Samuel Barnwell, 1875, Alamance
Co., white, casket finisher and interior
decorator, Gastonia 27 February 1938)
280 Abner, Massengill,
and Sadler. The Knitter (Ed
Rutledge, 1912, Fort Worth Texas, white,
knitter, Burlington, 18 December 1938)
281 Abner, John H. Three Bibles
(Joseph A. Michaels, 1868, Burke co.,
white, cotton mill worker, Burlington, 2
December 1938)
282 Abner, John H. Up and Down
(Walter Corbett, 1876, Alamance co.,
black, tobacco farmer, Burlington, 2
December 1938)
283 Abner and Massengill. Tom Levine,
Tailor (Sam Slatkin, 1892, Russia,
Jewish, tailor, Gastonia, 10 February
1939)
284 Abner and Massengill. A Gambler’s
Philosophy (no name given, white,
gambler, n.p., 5 May 1939)
285 Anderson, George,
and Massengill. Through A Glass
Darkly (Henry Brandon, n.d., n.p., white,
vagrant, Yanceyville, n.d.)
Andrews, George L. See Abner, folder
277; Hatch folder 510; Vaughan, folders
772 and 774.
286 Bailey, Loretto C. “We Have No Slums”
(Description of Greensboro slums, n.d.)
287 Beaman, James S.,
and Massengill. A Life at Sea
(Captain Otto Olsen, ca. 1883, Norway,
Norwegian, dredge boat operator, New Bern,
4 May 1939)
288 Beaman and
Massengill Turkey Raising
(Pearl Arnold, ca. 1875, Benter, white,
poultry farmer, New Bern, 15 May 1939)
289 Beaman and
Massengill The Cabinet Maker
(Otis Griffin, 1880, Leesport, white,
cabinet-maker, New Bern, 17 May 1939)
290 Beaman, James S. The Family Hickman
Colored (Needham Hickman, ca. 1885, n.p.,
black, farmer, Croatan, n.d.)
291 Bennett, Cora. Ups and Downs
(Arthur Moore, n.d., n.p., black, pressing
club operator, Charlotte, 14 July 1939)
292 Bennett, Cora, and
Mary R. Northrop. “I’ve Seen These
States” (John Lowery, n.d., SC, black,
Pullman porter, Charlotte, 20 June 1939)
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)
294 Bennett and Northrop. Batchelor
Mother (Odessa Polk, 1898, Charlotte,
black, cook, Charlotte, 9 May 1939)
295 Bennett, Cora. Untitled (James
Adams, n.d., n.p., black, “Odd-Job” Negro,
Charlotte, 8 August 1939)
296 Bennett, Cora. “We Never Did Git
Nowhere (John Benton, n.d., Union co.,
black, disabled laborer, Charlotte, 5 June
1939)
297 Bennett and Northrop. “We’ll Git
Along Somehow” (Leathy Lightsey, n.d.,
n.p., black, WPA Project worker,
Charlotte, 6 July 1939)
298 Bennett and
Dudley W. Crawford. Untitled (J. R.
Glenn, n.d., n.p., black, minister,
Charlotte, 26 July 1939)
299 Bjorkman, Edwin. Hugh McCrae,
Builder of Human Happiness, A Study in
Agricultural Engineering (Hugh McCrae,
ca. 1874, Carrbonton, white, manager farm
colonies, n.p., n.d.)
Bjorkman, Edwin. See also Mabry,
folder 602, and Stevens, folder 761.
Browder, N. C. See Hicks, folder
535, and Vaughan, folder 770.
300 Brown, Emmett R.,
and E. Massengill. The McClennys
(June A. McClenny, n.d., n.p., white,
automobile painter, Goldsboro, 27 December
1938)
301 Brown, Mary Pearl. Anybody Not in
Debt Ain’t Worth Nothing (Nora J. Oates,
n.d., n.p., white, tourist house operator,
Charlotte, 23 June 1939)
302 Brown and Northrop. “Praise the Lord!”
(Estell Stancill, n.d., [Anderson, SC?],
white, WPA worker, Charlotte, 16 May 1939)
303 Brown, Mary Pearl. Untitled (George
Burris, 1905, SC, black, servant,
Charlotte, August 1939)
304 Brown, Mary Pearl. Untitled (Ollie
Farrington, n.d., n.p., white, textile
worker, Charlotte, 27 July 1939)
305 Brown, Mary Pearl. Untitled (J. H.
Reynolds, n.d., n.p., white, textile
worker, Charlotte, 25 May 1939)
306 Brown and Northrop. “Labor Can’t Fight
Capital” (Betty McCoy, 1902, Charlotte,
white, textile worker, Charlotte, 25 May
1939)
307 Brown and Northrop. “I Used To Be a
Bad Nigger” (Mattie Johnson, n.d., n.p.,
black wash woman, Charlotte, 23 May 1939)
308 Brown and Northrop. Glad to Work
(Mrs. M. C. Campbell, ca. 1880, n.p.,
white, textile worker, Charlotte, 19 May
1939)
309 Cannady, Beth. John Fleming: A
Southern Gentleman (John Fleming, 1864,
Wake co., white, businessman, Milton, 9
December 1938)
310 Cannady, Beth, and
E. Massengill. Old Josh Dover
(Ed Currin, ca. 1857, Granville co.,
white, retired farmer, Oxford, 14 January
1939)
311 Cannady, Massengill,
and W. J. Sadler. Another
version of the same interview
312 Carter, Douglas. Perrenial
Contestant (W. D. Long, ca. 1889, NC,
white, accountant, Asheville, 10 March
1939)
313 Carter, Douglas. Ex-Soldier
(J. D. Mashburn, 1893, NC, owner of tire
shop, Asheville, 16 February 1939)
314 Carter, Douglas. Hellos in
America (A. G. Alexander, ca. 1894,
Turkey, Turkish, cafe owner, Asheville, 16
March 1939)
315 Carter, Douglas. Mushroom
Grower (Caleb Carter, 1893, Montvale,
white, mushroom grower, Asheville, 18
April 1939)
316 Carter, Douglas. Craftsman Born
(Hal H. Nerbovig, 1876, Winona, MN,
Norwegian, watchmaker, Asheville, 13
February 1939)
317 Carter, Douglas. The Clubhouse
(Mary Miller, 1874, Asheville, black,
bootlegger, Asheville, 9 February 1939)
318 Carter, Douglas. Neurotic
(Lola Roberts, ca. 1896, GA, white, widow,
Asheville, 21 February 1939)
319 Carter, Douglas. The Inventor
(J. H. Marshall, 1905, n.p., white,
inventor, Cashiers, n.d.)
320 Carter, Douglas. A Good Time in
the Army (John M. Thomason, ca. 1889, NC,
white, lumberman, Hendersonville, 23
February 1939)
321 Cobb, Pitts. James Joseph
Florian (William Oscar Torain, n.d.,
n.p., black, janitor, Greensboro, 21
December 1938)
322 Cobb, Pitts. Second Hand
Merchant (Norman T. Banks, [1875?], [New
Orleans?], white, proprietor second hand
store, Greensboro, 12 March 1939)
323 Combs, Stanley, and
Massengill. Education is the
Thing (William Edward Bardin, n.d.,
white, mechanic, Wilson, 5 April 1939)
324 Combs and
Massengill. Women Are Best
(Georgia Crockett Aiken, 1872, n.p.,
white, housekeeper, ex-school teacher,
Wilson, 25 April 1939)
325 Combs and
Massengill. Liquor Will Ruin
You (Zelda Williamson, n.d., n.p., white,
plumber, Wilson, 1 June 1939)
326 Combs and
Massengill. An Old Farmer (S.
P. Boykin, ca. 1863, Wilson, white,
farmer, Wilson, n.d.)
327 Combs and
Massengill. A Blind Mattress
Maker (W. Mose Holleman, 1897, n.p.,
white, mattress maker, Wilson, 15 July
1939)
328 Combs and
Massengill. One of Them Might
Be President (W. H. Etheridge, n.d.,
n.p., white, tobacco stemery worker,
Wilson, 20 May 1939)
329 Combs and
Massengill. Some People Are
Never Destined to Have Anything (F. B.
Brewer, n.d., n.p., white, tenant farmer,
Wilson, 28 June 1939)
330 Combs and
Massengill. A Citizen of
Misfortune (S. A. Lamm, 1892, n.p.,
white, merchant, Wilson, 1 July 1939)
331 Corley, Harriet W. The Family of
Isaac Bobbitt (Newton Owen, n.d., n.p.,
white, farmer, steel worker, Greensboro,
January 1939)
332 Corley, Harriet W. The Davis Family
(Carl Davis, n.d., n.p., white, farmer,
upper Moore co., 30 November 1938)
333 Crawford, Dudley W. Untitled (Rose
Martin, [1892?], [Rutherford co.?], white,
textile worker, Spindale, 28 July 1939)
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
334 Crowell, Henry L.,
Massengill, and
W. J. Sadler. Spinster By Choice
(Clara Raynor, n.d., Guilford co., white,
bank clerk, Roxboro, 10 January 1939)
335 Darrow, Omar
and Massengill. It’s a Family
Affair (“Aunt Hassie” Fletcher, 1870,
n.p., white, housewife, Durham, 16 May
1939)
336 Darrow and
Massengill. I Live My Own Life
(Fred Tatum, n.d., n.p., white, landlord,
Durham, 12 January 1939)
337 Darrow and
Massengill. Sim Parsons (Sim
Parsons, n.d., Redwood Community, Durham
co., [white?], lumber truck driver,
Durham, n.d.)
338 Darrow and
Massengill. Trusting to God
(John Lee White, 1879, n.p., black,
pastor, Durham, n.d.)
339 Darrow and
Massengill. I Love My Home
(Omar Darrow, 1893, n.p., white, Federal
Writers’ Project interviewer, Durham, 1
and 11 May 1939)
340 Another version of the
same interview
341 Darrow and
Massengill. We’ll Get Along
Some Way (Marada Wiggins, n.d., n.p.,
white, unemployed knitter, Durham, 29 June
1939)
342 Darrow and
Massengill. Free Advice
(Beulah Parson Davis, n.d., n.p., white,
fortuneteller, Durham, 5 June 1939)
343 Deal, Ethel, and
Dudley W. Crawford. Untitled (Fannie
Icord, [1889?], Caldwell co., black,
washwoman, Newton, 14 July 1939)
344 Deal and Crawford. Untitled
(Charlise Pope, ca. 1910, Hickory, white,
textile mill worker, Hickory, 5 August
1939)
345 Deal and Crawford. Untitled (John
Lancaster, ca. 1890, Rutherford co.,
white, tenant farmer, Newton, 22 August
1939)
346 Deal and Crawford. Untitled (Mrs.
Robert Deal, ca. 1899, Catawba co., white
housewife, Newton, n.d.)
347 Deal, Ethel, and
Mary R. Northrop. “Maybe Some Day I
Can Read To Myself” (Mrs. Walter Rowe,
n.d., McDowell co., white, mill worker,
Newton, 19 June 1939)
348 Deal, Ethel. Untitled
(Rosa Kanipe, 1887, Newton, white,
housewife, Newton, 29 June 1939)
349 Deal and Crawford. Untitled (Bertie
Williams, n.d., n.p., white, farm girl,
Newton, 9 August 1939)
350 Deal and Crawford. Untitled (Violet
Freeze, ca. 1912, n.p., white, textile
worker, Kannapolis, 7 August 1939)
351 Deal and Crawford. Untitled (Herbert
Crow, ca. 1914, n.p., white, prison guard,
[Burke co.?], 25 August 1939)
352 Deal and Crawford. From Post to
Pillar (Lulu Spencer, 1873, [Alexander
co.?], white, on relief, Newton, 16 June
1939)
353 Deal and Crawford. Untitled
(Mrs. M. A. Matheson, 1873, Henderson co.,
white, invalid, Newton, 26 July 1939)
354 Deal and Crawford. Untitled (Wilma
Cline, ca. 1899, Gaffney co., white,
textile worker, Henry River, 19 July 1939)
355 Deal and Northrop. “I’m a Good Nurse”
(Earl M. Lasker, 1899, n.p., white, nurse
and weaver, Newton, 14 June 1939)
356 Deal, Ethel. Untitled
(Della Benfield, ca. 1882, n.p., white, on
relief, Newton, 12 June 1939)
357 Deal, Ethel. Untitled
(Jennie Chambers, n.d., n.p., white,
housewife, Newton, 10 June 1939)
358 Deal, Ethel. Untitled
(Merton Rhodes, n.d., n.p., white, farmer,
Startown, 10 July 1939)
359 Dunnagan, Clalee,
and Claude. “Ole in Broke”
(Mandy Long Roberson, [1855?], Yadkin co.,
black, ex-slave, housekeeper, landowner,
county home inmate, Yadkinville, 6 April
1939)
360 Dunnagan, Clalee,
and Claude. People Can’t Get
Nowhere” (Early Dull, n.d., n.p., white,
tenant farmer; Mrs.
Early Dull, n.d., n.p., white, tenant
farmer, Yadkinville, 27 February 1939)
361 Dunnagan, Clalee,
and Esther S. Pinnix. The Old Mill
(Laura Kimball, 1858, Yadkin co., black,
ex-slave, housekeeper, Booneville, n.d.)
362 Dunnagan, Clalee,
and Claude. Horse and Buggy
Doctor (Dr. Solucious Lycurgus Russell,
n.d., n.p., white, doctor, 11 February 1939)
363 Dunnagan, Clalee,
and Claude. Free Lance
Preacher [Luther Comer and Wife] (Luther
Comer, n.d., n.p., white, self-styled
preacher; Sally Comer, 1904, n.p.,
housewife, Yadkinville, n.d.)
364 Dunnagan, Clalee, Hoke and Lu Coy
(Lillian Holbrook, n.d., n.p., white,
tenant
and Claude. farmer; Early
Holbrook, n.d., n.p., white, tenant
farmer, mill worker, laborer, Jonesville,
28 November 1938)
365 Dunnagan, Claude. Life Story of Mr.
and Mrs. Exie Hardin, Tenant Farmers of
Yadkin County (Exie
Hardin, n.d., n.p., white, tenant farmer;
Mrs. Exie Hardin, n.d., n.p., white,
tobacco basket maker, Yadkinville, 10
November 1938)
Another version, “Mr.
and Mrs. Truman Barger, Beachtown, N. C.,”
is in folder 371
366 Dunnagan, Claude
and Massengill. A Lot of Punishin
(Delia Underwood, n.d., n.p., white,
farmer, Yadkinville, 29 March 1939)
367 Dunnagan, Claude. The Story of Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Childress, Farm Tenants in
Yadkin County (Joe Childress, n.d., n.p.,
white, farm tenant; Mrs. Joe Childress,
n.d., n.p., white, farm tenant, Yadkin
co., 3 November 1938)
368 Dunnagan, Claude. Life Story of Lula
and Allison Sizemore (Lula Sizemore,
n.d., n.p., white, tenant farmer; Allison
Sizemore, n.d., n.p., white, tenant
farmer, Longtown, 8 November 1938)
369 Dunnagan, Claude. Totalitarian
Jetsom (Mike Solokopis, 1885, n.p.,
Greek, restaurateur, n.p., 14 February
1939)
370 Dunnagan, Claude. The Wandering
Magician (Frank Hageman, n.d., n.p.,
white, magician, New York, 28 February
1939)
371 Dunnagan, Claude. Mr. and Mrs.
Truman Barger, Beachtown, N.C. (Exie
Hardin, n.d., n.p., white, tenant farmer;
Mrs. Exie Hardin, n.d., n.p., white,
tenant farmer, Yadkinville, 10 November
1938)
Another version, “Life
Story of Mr. and Mrs. Exie Hardin, Tenant
Farmers of Yadkin County,” is in folder
365
372 Dunnagan, Claude. When Spring Comes
(No name given, n.d., n.p., [white?],
prostitute, n.p., 13 June 1939)
Dunnagan, Claude. See also Abbitt,
folders 274-275; Clalee Dunnagan, folders
359-360, and 362-364; Mabry, folder 604;
and Pearson, folder 690
Edwards, Lucille B. See Harris,
folders 508-509
373 Fain, Harry. Eliza Grant,
Midwife (Eliza Grant, ca. 1881, n.p.,
black, midwife, Raleigh, 20 March 1939)
374 Fain, Harry. Saturday’s Pay Day
(No names given, n.d., n.p., black, day
laborers, Raleigh, 1 May 1939)
375 Fain, Harry. Hobart Boswell,
Editor (Robert Gray, n.d., n.p., white,
editor, former lawyer, Raleigh, 20
February 1939)
376 Fain, Harry. Horse Trader
(Kemp P. Hill, 1867, n.p., white, horse
and mule trader, Raleigh, 20 March 1939)
377 Fain, Harry. Bonnie, the
Hairdresser (Bonnie Baste, 1899,
[Louisburg?], white, manager of a beauty
parlor, Raleigh, 2 January 1939)
378 Fain, Harry. A Day with the
Galloways (W. J. Galloway, ca, 1864,
n.p., white, farm tenant; Mrs. W. J.
Galloway, ca. 1874, [Stanley co.?], white,
farm tenant, Raleigh, 12 November 1938)
379 Forster, William O. Thomas Mason
Forrest (Thomas Mason Forrest, 1884,
[Chapel Hill?], white, farmer, Durham,
n.d.)
380 Forster, W. O. Ellis Stone
(Ellis Stone, ca. 1898, Four Oaks, white,
tenant farmer, Durham, 29 October 1938)
381 Forster, W. O. Jim Long (Jim
Long, ca. 1876, n.d., n.p., tenant farmer,
Chapel Hill, 6 December 1939)
382 Forster, W. O. Joe Beck (Joe
Beck, n.d., Durham County, tenant farmer,
Chapel Hill, 6 December 1938)
383 Forster, W. O. John Elliott
(John Elliott, 1876, n.d., n.p., white,
tenant farmer, Orange co., 11 February
1939)
384 Forster, W. O. Sycamore Hill
(Mrs. Brown, ca. 1893, n.p., white, tenant
farmer, Durham, n.d.)
385 Forster, W. O. Willie Roberts, A
Negro Laborer-Mechanic (Willie Roberts,
n.d., n.p., black, farmer-mechanic,
Durham, n.d.)
386 Forster, W. O. Five Year Lease
[Jack Milligan] (Jack Milligan, n.d.,
n.p., white, tenant farmer, Durham, n.d.)
387 Forster, W. O. Amos Mitchell
(Durham co., Durham, n.d.)
388 Forster, W. O. James Terrill, Man
of All Work (James Terrill, ca. 1884,
Danville, VA, white, barber, Carrboro,
n.d.)
389 Forster, W. O. John Shaw (John
Shaw, ca. 1879, n.p., black, tenant
farmer, Durham, n.d.)
390 Forster, W. O. Mrs. John Cates
(Mrs. John Cates, ca. 1885, n.p., white,
tenant farmer, Durham, n.d.)
391 Forster, W. O. Tom Hearst (Tom
Hearst, n.d., n.p., white, farmer, Durham,
n.d.)
392 Forster, W. O. John Gauss (John
Gauss, n.d., n.p., black, tenant farmer;
Mrs. John Gauss, black, tenant farmer,
Durham, n.d.)
393 Forster, W. O. David Stephens,
Colored Tenant (Dave Stephens, n.d.,
n.p., white, tenant farmer, New ton Grove,
22 October 1938)
394 Forster, W. O. Watkins Abernathy
(Watkins Abernathy, 1873, n.p., white,
tenant farmer, Newton Grove, 22 October
1938)
395 Forster, W. O. John and Sarah
Autrey (John Autrey, ca. 1914, n.p.,
white, tenant farmer; Sarah Autrey, ca.
1914, n.p., white tenant farmer, Clinton,
20 September 1938)
396 Forster, W. O. Sallie Johnson
(Sallie Johnson, n.d., n.p., black, tenant
farmer, Clinton, 1 November 1938)
397 Forster, W. O. Dick Striker, Farm
Laborer (Dick Striker, ca. 1876,
Goldsboro, white, farm laborer, Clinton,
12 October 1938)
Another version with
the same title is in folder 1028.
398 Anonymous I Am A Country Editor
(W. O. Saunders, Country Editor, Elizabeth
City, N.C.)
399 Forster, W. O. Mary Allen (Mary
Allen, [1879?], n.p., white, farmer; John
Allen, [1879?], n.p., white, farmer,
Clinton, 16 September 1938)
400 Forster, W. O. Facing Ahead
(Anthony Gibbs, 1875, Carrboro, white,
mechanic, Carrboro, 29 August 1939)
401 Forster, W. O. Hubert Smith
(Hubert Smith, n.d., n.p., white, tenant
farmer; Mrs. Hubert Smith, ca. 1889, n.p.,
white, tenant farmer, Chatham co., 24
September 1939)
402 Forster, W. O. B. F. Cates (B.
F. Cates, ca. 1872, Swepsonville, white,
farmer, textile worker, Carrboro, 14
November 1939)
403 Forster, W. O. Henry Howard
(Henry Howard, ca. 1885, n.p., white
farmer, Elizabeth Howard, ca. 1889, n.p.,
white, farmer, Chapel Hill, n.d.)
404 Forster, W. O. Henry Wicker
(Henry Wicker, n.d., n.p., Sanford, white,
tenant farmer, Chapel Hill, n.d.)
405 Forster, W. O. Ed and Margaret
O’Neal (Ed O’Neal, 1870, Chatham co.,
white, farmer; Margaret O’Neal, 1885,
n.p., white, farmer, Chapel Hill, 4
October 1938)
Another version, “Ed
and Margaret O’Neal,” is in folder 1028.
406 Forster, W. O. Ed Jones, A Farmer
Who Tries a Comeback (Ed Jones, n.d.,
n.p., white, tenant farmer, Chapel Hill,
n.d.)
407 Forster, W. O. Virgil Johnson, An
Old School Colored Farmer (Virgil
Johnson, 1871, n.p., black, tenant farmer,
Chapel Hill, 22 November 1938)
408 Forster, W. O. Jim Jeffrey (Jim
Jeffrey, n.d., Oconee co., GA, white,
tenant farmer, Durham, 10 June 1939)
409 Forster, W. O. Parish and Judith
Lassiter (Parrish Lassiter, ca. 1899,
n.p., white, tenant farmer; Judith
Lassiter, n.d., Clayton Township, white,
tenant farmer, Four Oaks, 18 September
1938)
410 Forster, W. O. Cisco Mayes
(Cisco Mayes, n.d., n.p., white, tenant
farmer, Durham, April 1939)
Another version, with
the same title, is in folder 1028.
411 Forster, W. O. Catherine and Will
Jones (Catherine Jones, ca. 1894, n.p.,
white, tenant farmer; Will Jones, ca.
1894, n.p., white, tenant farmer, Chatham
co., 14 September 1938)
412 Forster, W. O. Saunders Johnson
(Saunders Johnson, ca. 1884, n.p., black,
sawmill worker, Smithfield, 10 October
1938)
413 Forster, W. O. Ed and Mary
Johnson (Ed Jackson, ca. 1893, n.p.,
white, tenant farmer, Chapel Hill, 27
September 1938)
414 Forster, W. O. Mary Miller (Mary
Miller, n.p., OH, white, tenant farmer,
Durham, 4 October 1938)
415 Forster, W. O. The Bill Barbees
(Bill Barbee, n.d., NC, white, tenant
farmer, Durham, 10 November 1938)
416 Harris, Bernice Kelly. Jim Parker
Hopes Ahead (Jim Parker, ca. 1877, VA,
black, tenant farmer, Seaboard, 7 June
1939)
417 Harris, Bernice K. The Algae Jordans
(Algie Jordan, ca. 1880, Seaboard, white,
on relief; May Jordan, ca. 1880, Seaboard,
white, on relief, Seaboard, 13 July 1939)
418 Harris, Bernice K. Cloud By Day (An
adult education class, Seaboard, 9
November 1938)
419 Harris, Bernice K. Sharecropping’s
the Best (Roland Maddrey, ca. 1889, n.p.,
white, farmer, Seaboard, n.d.)
420 Harris, Bernice K. Rosa Irving (Rosa
Irving, 1865, n.p., white, widow,
Seaboard, 3 November 1938)
421 Harris, Bernice K. One Jump Ahead
Every Time (No name given, n.d.,
Seaboard, black, tenant farmer, Seaboard,
n.d.)
422 Harris, Bernice K. Circle Number III
Meets (Meeting church circle, Seaboard,
12 June 1939)
423 Harris, Bernice K. A Southern
Gentleman (No name given, n.d.,
[Seaboard?], white, landlord, Seaboard, 31
March 1939)
424 Harris, Bernice K. A. K. Harris,
Undertaker (A. K. Harris, ca. 1874,
Seaboard, black, undertaker, Seaboard,
n.d.)
425 Harris, Bernice K. Molly Harding,
Negro (Molly Harding, ca. 1887, n.p.,
black, tenant farmer, Pleasant Hill, 6
January 1939)
426 Harris, Bernice K. Mariah and Berle
Barnes, Ex-Slaves (Mariah Barnes, ca.
1856, [Gaysburg?], black, ex-slave; Berle
Barnes, n.d., n.p., black, ex-slave,
Seaboard, 9 March 1939)
427 Harris, Bernice K. Minnie Moody,
Negro Farmer (Minnie Moody, ca. 1884,
[the Neck?], black, farmer, Seaboard, 25
November 1938)
428 Harris, Bernice K. Will There Be Any
Stars (Lucy James Railey Britt, 1844,
Gates co., white, elderly woman, Seaboard,
28 March 1939)
429 Harris, Bernice K. To This End (Miss
Pat, ca. 1859, n.d., n.p., white, elderly
lady, Seaboard, 27 July 1939)
430 Harris, Bernice K. No Stick Leg
(Lettice Joyner, ca. 1829, Bryant
Plantation, the Neck, black, ex-slave,
Seaboard, 3 May 1939)
431 Harris, Bernice K. Sisters in the
Lord (Lucy Ivory, ca. 1861, Woodland,
black, ex-slave, Seaboard, 27 July 1939)
432 Harris, Bernice K. Joe Fielding (Joe
Fielding, ca. 1879, Concord, white, tenant
farmer, Seaboard, 21 October 1938)
433 Harris, Bernice K. Lewis Little:
Sharecropper (Lewis Little, n.d., n.p.,
white, tenant farmer, Seaboard, 29 October
1938)
434 Harris, Bernice K. Richard Lloyd,
Minister (Richard Lloyd, 1889, Newton,
Wales, Welsh, minister, Jackson, 17
January 1939)
435 Harris, Bernice K. John Wesley
Parker, MD (John Wesley Parker, n.d.,
n.p., doctor, white, Seaboard, 28 January
1939)
436 Harris, Bernice K. I Am Sick
O’Farming ([?] Little, ca. 1889,
Seaboard, white, farmer, Seaboard, 21 June
1939)
437 Harris, Bernice K. Hart Thomas, Negro
(Hart Thomas, 1859, n.p., black, tenant
farmer, Seaboard, 30 November 1938)
438 Harris, Bernice K. The Hattie
Duggers, Negroes (Hattie Dugger, n.d.,
n.p., black, tenant farmer, Pleasant Hill,
28 December 1938)
439 Harris, Bernice K. You Can’t Take the
Country Out of a Man (Charlie Hart, n.d.,
n.p., white, tenant farmer, Seaboard,
n.d.)
440 Harris, Bernice K. The Lees (Josie
Taylor Lee, ca. 1886, n.p., white, tenant
farmer; Steve Lee, ca. 1883, Severn,
white, tenant farmer, Seaboard, 10
December 1938)
441 Harris, Bernice K. Dona Balmer Male
(Dona Balmer Male, ca. 1896, n.p., white,
tenant farmer, Pleasant Hill, 10 January
1939)
442 Harris, Bernice K. Molly Jordan:
Mulatto Farm Woman (Molly Jordan, 1867,
Southampton co., VA, black, tenant farmer,
Pleasant Hill, 1 November 1938)
443 Harris, Bernice K. Aaron and Mary
Montgomery, Negroes (Aaron Montgomery,
[1866?], Vaughan, black, tenant farmer;
Mary Montgomery, ca. 1881, black, tenant
farmer, Pleasant Hill, n.d.)
444 Harris, Bernice K. The ‘Portugese,’
Fannie Wiggins (Fannie Wiggins, ca. 1880,
n.p., ‘Portugese,’ tenant farmer; Charles
Wiggins, ca. 1879, n.p., ‘Portugese,’
tenant farmer, Northampton co., 22 March
1939)
445 Harris, Bernice K. “I’ve Kept
Rentin’” (Paula Parks, n.d., [Gunberry?],
white, tenant farmer, Seaboard, 17 July
1939)
446 Harris, Bernice K. Christine Poole,
Speaking (Christine Poole, n.d., n.p.,
white, teacher, Seaboard, 13 January 1939)
447 Harris, Bernice K. The Drapers, White
Sharecroppers (Bob Draper, ca. 1878,
n.p., white, tenant farmer, Seaboard, 2
August 1939)
448 Harris, Bernice K. W. A. Suiter, Part-
time Employee (S. A. Suiter, ca. 1892,
n.p., black, part-time employee, Seaboard,
31 July 1939)
449 Harris, Bernice K. Rosa Faison, Negro
(Rosa Faison, [1860?], Margaretsville,
black, farmer, Margaretsville, 10 December
1938)
450 Harris, Bernice K. Fanny Bowers
Maddrey and Her Husband (Fanny Bowers
Maddrey, 1892, Gumberry, black, tenant
farmer, 8 August 1939)
451 Harris, Bernice K. “I’d Like to Have
a Coca Cola” (Pattie Debrow, ca. 1878,
[Merrytops on the Neck], black, elderly
woman, Gumberry, 1 July 1939)
452 Harris, Bernice K. Never Weary on the
Way (Sallie Jordan, n.d., [Seaboard?],
black, chore woman, Seaboard, n.d.)
453 Harris, Bernice K. “I’ve Had Good
Landlords” (Ernest Flythe, ca. 1893,
Conway, white, tenant farmer, 19 July
1939)
454 Harris, Bernice K. The Clipping Goes
to Mrs. Jordan (Mrs. Peter Jordan, ca.
1867, n.p., white, elderly woman, Pleasant
Hill, 17 November 1938)
455 Harris, Bernice K. “If It Wa’nt For
the Sewing Room” (Mrs. Hargraves, ca.
1897, n.p., white, WPA worker, Seaboard, 5
July 1939)
456 Harris, Bernice K. Jennings and
Merriam, Cotton Ginners (Jennings, ca.
1866, Six Springs, white, cotton ginner;
Merriam, n.d., n.p., white, cotton ginner,
Seaboard, 27 February 1939)
457 Harris, Bernice K. Roger T.
Stevenson, Justice of the Peace (Roger T.
Stevenson, ca. 1869, Midvale, white,
justice of the peace, Seaboard, 10
February 1939)
458 Harris, Bernice K. Eric Norfleet,
Judge of Recorder’s Court (Eric Norfleet,
n.d., Roxebel, white, lawyer, Seaboard, 11
February 1939)
459 Harris, Bernice K. Mrs. Jennie
Wheeler (Jennie Wheeler, ca. 1883, n.p.,
white, tenant farmer, Margaretsville, 2
December 1938)
460 Harris, Bernice K. I’m Mighty Lucky
(Eddie Davis, ca. 1900, n.p., white,
basket-maker, Seaboard, n.d.)
461 Harris, Bernice K. Hard Luck Harry
(Harry Allen, n.d., n.p., white, WPA
worker, Seaboard, 5 April 1939)
462 Harris, Bernice K. The Drapers ‘Set’
Till Bed Time (Ada Draper, n.d., n.p.,
white, tenant farmer; Ada Balmer, n.d.,
n.p., white, tenant farmer, Seaboard, 12
November 1938)
Another version,
untitled, is in folder 447.
463 Harris, Bernice K. Amos Long, Ex-
Slave (Amos Long, ca. 1839,
[Northampton?], black, ex-slave, Seaboard,
22 February 1939)
464 Harris, Bernice K. I’s Laughed Some
([Nellie Blythe?], [1847?], Gayersburg,
black, ex-slave, Seaboard, 28 June 1939)
465 Harris, Bernice K. The Grizzards
(Mr. Grizzard, 1861, Greensville co.,
white, elderly man; Corrie Grizzard, n.d.,
Homersville, white, elderly lady,
Seaboard, 11 July 1939)
466 Harris, Bernice K. The Mack Faisons
(Mack Faison, ca. 1891, Pleasant Hill,
white, tenant farmer, Pleasant Hill, 31
December 1938)
467 Harris, Bernice K. Preacher Goode,
Negro (Preacher Henry Goode, ca. 1865,
n.p., black, preacher, Seaboard, 6
December 1938)
468 Harris, Bernice K. The Willie McLongs
(Willie McLong, ca. 1861, n.p., white,
truck farmer, Seaboard, 13 December 1938)
469 Harris, Bernice K. Tank Valentine
Daughtry (Tank Valentine Daughtry, ca.
1865, n.p., Mecklenburg co., VA, black,
farmer, Seaboard, 22 December 1938)
470 Harris, Bernice K. No Scrap Pile Yet
(Alice Kee, 1867, Cedar Rock, black, farm
laborer, Pleasant Hill, 6 May 1939)
471 Harris, Bernice K. Nelly Hargraves
(Nelly Hargraves, n.d., Seaboard, black,
Margaretsville, 14 August 1939)
472 Harris, Bernice K. Precinct Chairman
(Name not given, 1898, Martin co., white,
railroad agent, Gumberry, n.d.)
473 Harris, Bernice K. Just A Plain Two-
Horse Farmer (James Hillyer, 1873,
[Pleasant Hill?], white, farmer, Pleasant
Hill, 15 March 1939)
474 Harris, Bernice K. The Landlord Has
His Troubles (Name not given, n.d., n.p.,
white, landlord, Seaboard, 5 March 1939)
475 Harris, Bernice K. Ethel Vassar, Cook
(Ethel Vasser, n.d., n.p., black, cook,
Seaboard, 23 February 1939)
476 Harris, Bernice K. The Boones (Mrs.
Boone, n.d., [Charlotte?], white, tenant
farmer, Seaboard, 25 October 1938)
477 Harris, Bernice K. Rosa Warwick,
Farmer (Rosa Warwick, n.d., Pleasant
Hill, white, tenant farmer, Pleasant Hill,
21 March 1939)
478 Harris, Bernice K. Henry Calhoun
Weathers (Henry Calhoun Weathers, 1889,
Wake co., white, landlord, Seaboard, 1
March 1939)
479 Harris, Bernice K. The Ethel
Whiteheads (Ethel Whitehead, [1893?],
Seaboard, white, farmer, Seaboard, 17
December 1938)
480 Harris, Bernice K. “I Ain’t Lost
Heart” (Richard Branch, 1875, Enfield,
black, tenant farmer, Seaboard, 14 June
1939)
481 Harris, Bernice K. The Misses Hodges
(Aunt Sue Hodges, ca. 1861, [Lesker?],
farmer, elderly woman; Tommie Hodges, ca.
1883, n.p., farmer, Pleasant Hill, 17
March 1939)
482 Harris, Bernice K. The John Basses
(John Bass, ca. 1873, n.p., white, tenant
farmer, Seaboard, 20 October 1938)
483 Harris, Bernice K. The B. D. Bass
Household (B. D. [Boss] Bass, n.d., n.p.,
white, farmer, Seaboard, 18 October 1938)
484 Harris, Bernice K. Mrs. Wright Jordan
(Mrs. Wright Jordan, ca. 1882, n.p.,
white, on relief, Seaboard, 26 October
1938)
485 Harris, Bernice K. Jackson Bullitt,
Small Landlord (Jackson Bullitt, n.d.,
Juniper, VA, white, landlord, Seaboard, 11
March 1939)
486 Harris, Bernice K. Forty-Six Years A
Merchant (No name given, ca. 1867,
Creeksville, white, merchant, Seaboard, 4
February 1939)
487 Harris, Bernice K. A Sharecropper’s
Saturday Night ([?] Harris, ca. 1870,
Edgecombe, SC, white, tenant farmer,
Seaboard, 23 November 1938)
488 Harris, Bernice K. Red Steer’s A
Great Career ([?] Howell, 1913, Seaboard,
white, fertilizer salesman, Seaboard, 1
May 1939)
489 Harris, Bernice K. A Cross-Roads
Store (Grover C. White, n.d., n.p.,
white, country store operator, Seaboard, 1
February 1939)
490 Harris, Bernice K. Sam Sets It Down
(Sam T. Vassar, 1890, n.p., black,
unemployed, Seaboard, n.d.)
491 Harris, Bernice K. Plow Beans for
Pills (Walter Raleigh Parker, n.d.,
Beoman co., white, doctor, Woodland, 24
January 1939)
492 Harris, Bernice K. Saturday Afternoon
Street Scene (street scene, Seaboard, 3
April 1939)
493 Harris, Bernice K. The Miller and the
Fourth (No name given, 1867, n.d., n.p.,
white, miller, Seaboard, 7 July 1939)
494 Harris, Bernice K. Rev. C. Herman
Trueblood (C. Herman Trueblood, n.d.,
Elizabeth City, white, preacher, Seaboard,
16 February 1939)
495 Harris, Bernice K. Ruth Vick Everett
Speaking (Ruth Vick Everett, n.d., n.p.,
white, teacher, Seaboard, 8 February 1939)
496 Harris, Bernice K. “I Can’t Sing Like
I Used To” (Uncle John Pebbles, [1848?],
Creeksville, black, ex-slave, Creeksbille,
26 May 1939)
497 Harris, Bernice K. “Not To Be
Trampled On” ([Miss Pat?], 1859, n.p.,
white, elderly woman, Pleasant Hill)
See also, “To This End,” folder 430
498 Harris, Bernice K. Sharecropping’s
All Right (Mrs. Will Comer, ca. 1884,
Bertie, white, day laborer, tenant farmer;
Will Comer, 1879, Bertie, white, day
laborer, tenant farmer, Emporia, VA, 22
May 1939)
499 Harrison, Willis S. Red Thomas Sawmill
Worker (William Thomas, ca. 1897,
Coropeake, white, sawmill worker, Windsor,
8 November 1938)
500 Harrison, Willis S. Marsh Taylor,
Landlord (J. B. Fearing, n.d., n.p.,
white, landlord, Windsor, 19 November
1938)
501 Harrison, Willis S. Tom Pugh, Tenant
Farmer (Tom Pugh, 1889, n.p., black,
tenant farmer, Windsor, 11 November 1938)
502 Harrison, Willis S. William Carter,
Negro Merchant and Farmer (William
Carter, 1863, n.p., black, merchant,
farmer, Windsor, 9 November 1938)
503 Harrison, Willis S. Arthur Roberson of
Doodle Hill (W. A. Roberson, ca. 1889,
Bear Grass, white, country store operator,
Williamston, 7 November 1938)
504 Harriss, Frances L. Ann Page
Millworker (Ann Williamson, ca. 1867,
n.p., white, mill worker, Williamson, 14
January 1939)
505 Another version of the
same interview
506 Harriss, F. L., Sadler,
and Massengill Fisherman’s Widow
(Mrs. Richard Farrow, ca. 1893, [Masonboro
Sound?], white, WPA worker, Masonboro
Sound, 27 December 1938)
507 Harriss, Frances L. Martha Turner, The
Half-breed (Martha Turner, ca. 1843,
Bladen co., Indian, cotton mill worker,
Wilmington, 20 December 1938)
508 Harriss, Frances L.,
Lucille B. Edwards,
and Massengill A Family of Dry
Dock (John Solomon Hales, ca.1882, white,
dredge boat operator, Wilmington, 23
January 1939)
509 Harriss, Edwards,
and Massengill “Granny of
Elvidor” (Warren Edwards, 1877,
Wilmington, white, carpenter; Harriet
Edwards, 1882, SC, white, housewife,
Wilmington, 16 February 1939)
510 Hatch, Henry D., and
George L. Andrews Red Cap (Doc
Mormon, 1878, Philadelphia, black, station
porter, Hamlet, 10 January 1939)
511 Hatch and Massengill “Front,
Johnnie!” (William Hitt, ca. 1911, [GA?],
white, gas station operator, Hamlet, 27
January 1939)
512 Hennessee, Wm. E. The Magistrate
(Clarence Fesperman, 1872, Hamerton,
white, justice of the peace, Salisbury,
n.d.)
513 Hennessee, Wm. E. The Doctor
(Camilius Lanier, [1850?], [Mecklenburg
co., VA?], white, doctor, Davie co., March
1939)
514 Hennessee, Wm. E. Counsellor at Law
(Robert Lee Wright, n.d., n.p., white,
lawyer, Salisbury, February 1939)
515 Hennessee, Wm. E. A Day in Court
(Judge T. G. Farr, n.d., n.p., white,
judge, Salisbury, 5 April 1939)
516 Hicks, Mary A., and
Massengill Crazed by Fear
(Ernest Foster, ca. 1880, n.p., white,
farmer, Selma, n.d.)
517 Hicks and Massengill The Turning
Point (Mrs. Odell McNeil, n.d., n.p.,
white, bag maker, Salisbury, 2 May 1939)
518 Hicks and Massengill