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| Size | 15.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 12000 items) |
| Abstract | W. T. Couch (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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William Terry Couch (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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Series 1. Life Histories, 1936-1940 and undated.
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Subseries 1.1. Alabama.
| Folder 1 |
Barnard, George S. (interviewer): A Negro Cook's Day #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 1Rosa Lee Johnson, circa 1908, Waycross, Ga., black cook, Ozark, no date given |
| Folder 2 |
Bowman, Annie L. (interviewer): The Hines #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 2Mary Hines, no date given, Monroe County, black teacher, Atmore, 2 January 1939 |
| Folder 3 |
Bowman, Annie L. (interviewer): Another version of the above interview #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 3 |
| Folder 4 |
Cain, Maude (interviewer): Julia Rhodes #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 4Julia Rhodes, circa 1904, Tallapoosa County, white mill worker, Alexander City, 11 October 1938 |
| Folder 5 |
Cain, Maude (interviewer): Bertie Turner #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 5Bertie Turner, no date given, no place given, white boarding-house operator, Alexander City, 30 December 1938 |
| Folder 6 |
Clark, Luther (interviewer): Looking Around with a Hay Farmer #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 6Leonidas Cockrell, circa 1867, no place given, white farm owner, McCainville, 14 September 1938 |
| Folder 7 |
Coleman, Victoria (interviewer): Soil Pipe Worker #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 7William Smith, circa 1870, Ohio, white soil pipe worker, Anniston, 31 January 1939 |
| Folder 8 |
Couric, Gertha (interviewer): Sam Lynn, Fisherman and River Rat [Famous for Fish] #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 8Sam Lynn, circa 1879, no place given, black fisherman, Eufaula, 11 January 1939 |
| Folder 9 |
Couric, Gertha (interviewer): Mid-Wives are Called "Grannies" #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 9Aunt Granny [Lula] Rousseau, 1861, Eufaula, black midwife, Eufaula, 15 December 1938 |
| Folder 10 |
Couric, Gertha (interviewer): Three Workers of Cowikee Cotton Mill #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 10Mrs. Lee Snipes, no date given, no place given, white textile weaver; 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 |
| Folder 11 |
Couric, Gertha (interviewer): The Hughes Family #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 11James C. [Doc] Hughes, no date given, no place given, white mill worker, Eufaula, 20 October 1938 |
| Folder 12 |
Couric, Gertha (interviewer): The Sam Andersons-Cotton Mill Workers #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 12Sam Anderson, no date given, no place given, white mill worker, Eufaula, 20 October 1938 |
| Folder 13 |
Couric, Gertha (interviewer): Mill Workers #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 13Nancy Nolan, no date given, no place given, white mill worker, Barbour County, 20 October 1938 |
| Folder 14 |
Couric, Gertha and Hand, Woodrow (interviewers): "Ed West-Installment Collector" #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 14Ed West, no date given, no place given, white installment collector, Eufaula, 14 February 1939 |
| Folder 15 |
Couric, Gertha (interviewer): My Time is Mighty Nigh Out #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 15Mrs. Lucy Thomas, 1859?, no place given, black washwoman, 14 February 1939 |
| Folder 16 |
Couric, Gertha (interviewer): A Day on the Farm #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 16Mrs. 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 |
| Folder 17 |
Couric, Gertha (interviewer): Another version of the above interview #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 17 |
| Folder 18 |
Couric, Gertha (interviewer): Fifty-Two Years in the Cotton Mill #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 18Tom Asobrook, circa 1867, no place given, white mill worker, Eufaula, 13 October 1938 |
| Folder 19 |
Diard, Francois L. (interviewer): Sharon Cousins, Knight of the Road #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 19Sharon Cousins, 1914, Ellenburg, WS, white hobo, Mobile, 3 February 1939 |
| Folder 20 |
Dobson, Noma (interviewer): Veteran Newspaper Man #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 20Charles H. Geer, 1860, Troupe County, Ga., newspaperman, Sylacauga, 19 December 1938 |
| Folder 21 |
Donigan, Charles M. (interviewer): C. F. Gerber, Farmer #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 21C. F. Gerber, Barton County, KA, white farmer, Sheffield, 16 January 1939 |
| Folder 22 |
Evans, Lawrence (interviewer): Story of a Minister's Family and Life #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 22Dr. W. H. Evans, circa 1873, MS, white Baptist pastor, Fairhope, 18 January 1939 |
| Folder 23 |
Evans, Lawrence (interviewer): Master Cain, of the Grover Cleveland, of Bayou la Batre #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 23E. J. Cain, no date given, Bayou la Batre, white shrimp boat operator, 14 October 1938 |
| Folder 24 |
Evans, Lawrence (interviewer): "A Small Town Doctor" #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 24Floyd L. Abernathy, no date given, Prattville, white doctor, Foley, 1 February 1939 |
| Folder 25 |
Evans, Lawrence (interviewer): The Potter #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 25Ed Grace, no date given, no place given, white potter, Daphen, 7 October 1938 |
| Folder 26 |
Evans, Lawrence (interviewer): An Oysterman #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 26Lawrence Nelson, no date given, [Foley?], white oysterman, Foley, 5 October 1938 |
| Folder 27 |
Evans, Lawrence (interviewer): Sam, the Turpentine Chopper #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 27Sam Jackson, circa 1916, no place given, black turpentiner, Stapleton, 21 September 1938 |
| Folder 28 |
Hall, Covington (interviewer): The "Andrew Jackson of Southern Labor" #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 28Arthur Lee Emerson, circa 1881, Tennessee, white union organizer, farmer, Mentone, 15 December 1938 |
| Folder 29 |
Hall, Covington (interviewer): Mountain Thinker and Experimenter #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 29George Smith, circa 1900, no place given, white experimenter, Mentone, 5 January 1939 |
| Folder 30 |
Hall, Covington (interviewer): Mountain Merchant-Farmer #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 30Dan Smith, no date given, no place given, white merchant and farmer, Mentone, 7 December 1938 |
| Folder 31 |
Hall, Covington (interviewer): Sam Cash, Farmer-Miner #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 31Sam Cash, circa 1871, near Mentone, white farmer-miner, Mentone, 7 December 1938 |
| Folder 32 |
Hand, Woodrow (interviewer): Johnnie Gates-Truck-Miner #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 32John H. Gates, no date given, no place given, white truck-miner, Helena, 15 September 1938 |
| Folder 33 |
Hand, Woodrow (interviewer): Gertha Couric-Hotel Hostess-WPA Worker #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 33Gertha Couric, circa 1896, Eufaula, white hotel hostess, WPA worker, Eufaula, 31 January 1939 |
| Folder 34 |
Harper, Edward F. (interviewer): Hobbies, Pets, and Children #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 34Lloyd Wesley Lewis, 1912, Elmore County, Ala., white industrial blacksmith, Ensley, 30 November 1938 |
| Folder 35 |
Hartley, Helen S. (interviewer): Shrimping on the Schooner Berney Geneva #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 35L. W. Robbie, circa 1900, no place given, white shrimp fisherman, Bayou la Batre, 30 November 1938 |
| Folder 36 |
Heflin, Wilson L. (interviewer): I Wouldn't Be a Farmer #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 36James McDaniel, circa 1919, [Winfield?], white college student, Winfield, 10 August 1939 |
| Folder 37 |
Heflin, Wilson L. (interviewer): People Call Me a Loan Shark #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 37A. Way, Jr., no date given, no place given, white loan shark, Birmingham, 18 July 1939 |
| Folder 38 |
Klein, Preston (interviewer): The Truitt Family-Tenant Farmers #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 38M. Truitt, no date given, no place given, white tenant farmer, Opelika, 10 October 1938 |
| Folder 39 |
Kytle, Jack (interviewer): A Woman's Like a Dumb Animal #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 39George Carter, circa 1877, no place given, white, logger, Talledega Springs, 25 July 1939 |
| Folder 40 |
Kytle, Jack (interviewer): River Drifter #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 40Bob Curtis, no date given, no place given, [white?], fisherman, Talledega Springs, 17 July 1939, 23 September 1938 |
| Folder 41 |
Kytle, Jack (interviewer): River Drifter (another version of the above interview) #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 41Bob Curtis, no date given, no place given, [white?], fisherman, Talledega Springs, 17 July 1939, 23 September 1938 |
| Folder 42 |
Kytle, Jack (interviewer): I'm Allus Hongry #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 42Orrie Robinson, 1891, Talledega Springs, white, fisherman, Talledega Springs, 4 August 1939 |
| Folder 43 |
Kytle, Jack (interviewer): Isaac Johnson: Cajan [sic] Turpentiner #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 43Isaac Johnson, no date given, Happy Hill Community near Chaton, Cajun, turpentiner, Happy Hill Community near Chatom, 29 November 1938 |
| Folder 44 |
Kytle, Jack (interviewer): Jim Lauderdale: River Wreck #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 44Jim Lauderdale, 1880, no place given, white river rat, Talledega Springs, 22 September 1938 |
| Folder 45 |
Kytle, Jack (interviewer): "Dead Man" of Coosa River #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 45Henry Kelly, circa 1870, Sylaucauga, white river rat, Talledega Springs, 21 September 1938 |
| Folder 46 |
Kytle, Jack (interviewer): "Uncle Bud" Ryland the Coosa Fisherman #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 46Charley "Uncle Bud" Ryland, circa 1870, no place given, white fisherman, Talledega Springs, 21 September 1938 |
| Folder 47 |
Kytle, Jack (interviewer): River Widow: Portrait of Poverty #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 47Neely "The Widow" Williams, no date given, no place given, white widow, Fayetteville, 21 September 1938 |
| Folder 48 |
Kytle, Jack (interviewer): Pattern of Ignorance #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 48Orrie Robinson, 1898, Talledega Springs, white fisherman, Talledega Springs, 23 September 1938 |
| Folder 49 |
Kytle, Jack (interviewer): By the Glory of God #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 49Harrison Waters, circa 1881, Talledega Springs, black farmer, Talledega Springs, 21 October 1938 |
| Folder 50 |
Kytle, Jack (interviewer): A Dead Convict Don't Cost Nothin' #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 50Jim Lauderdale, 1880, no place given, white river rat, Talledega Springs, 8 August 1939 |
| Folder 51 |
McDonald, Nettie S. (interviewer): The Poseys #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 51Gayle Posey, no date given, no place given, white, weatherstrips houses; Idella Posey, no date given, no place given, white housewife, Birmingham, no date given |
| Folder 52 |
McDonald, Nettie S. (interviewer): Coal Miner #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 52Sam Brakefield, 1873, [Lamar County?], white miner, [Lamar County?], no date given |
| Folder 53 |
McDonald, Nettie S. (interviewer): Green Fields Far Away #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 53Joseph Davis, no date given, no place given, white miner and farmer; Dera Davis, no date given, Tennessee, white teacher, North Birmingham, 30 November 1939 |
| Folder 54 |
McDonald, Nettie S. (interviewer): Mary Worked in the Mines in Belgium #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 54Mary De Roy, no date given, Belgium, white housewife; August De Roy, no date given, Belgium, white miner, Republic, 14 July 1939 |
| Folder 55 |
McDonald, Nettie S. and Kytle, Jack (interviewers): I'm Crazy 'bout Rats. #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 55Bennie Amerson, no date given, no place given, white miner; Mary Amerson, no date given, no place given, white housewife, Republic |
| Folder 56 |
Marshall, Bennett (interviewer): Some Grow Old. #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 56Mrs. S. M. Davis, circa 1875, Texas, white boarding house operator, Birmingham, 7 October 1938 |
| Folder 57 |
O'Brien, Susie R. (interviewer): Ellawhite Mill Village #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 57Description of California Cotton Mill, Uniontown, 28 September 1938 |
| Folder 58 |
O'Brien, Susie R. (interviewer): The Alexanders #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 58E. J. Alexander, no date given, no place given, white tenant farmer, Marion, 20 October 1938 |
| Folder 59 |
Perry, Rhussus L. (interviewer): A Day with Lula Wright #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 59Lula Wright, 1868, Cotton Valley, black tenant farmer, Tuskeegee, 18 January 1939 |
| Folder 60 |
Perry, Rhussus L. (interviewer): Isaac Hathaway, Sculptor #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 60Isaac Hathaway, no date given, Cincinnati [Ohio?], black sculptor, Tuskeegee, 2 January 1939 |
| Folder 61 |
Perry, Rhussus L. (interviewer): At Father Baker's Home #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 61Mother Baker, circa 1855, [Macon County?], black, ex-slave, farmer, Macon County; Father Baker, circa 1855, [Macon County?], Tuskeegee, 22 November 1938 |
| Folder 62 |
Petterson, Josephine: Life Story of a Swedish-American #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 62Josephine Petterson, circa 1871, Skogsby, Sweden, Swedish-American, FWP worker, Mobile, 2 February 1939 |
| Folder 63 |
Prine, Ida (interviewer): Life in a Shrimping and Oyster Shucking Camp #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 63Joe Vaughn, circa 1861, Canada, white shrimp factory worker, Bayou La Batre, 29 November 1938 |
| Folder 64 |
Prine, Ida (interviewer): Mandy Johnson, Midwife #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 64Mandy Johnson, 1867, Cottage Hall, black midwife, Cottage Hall, 30 November 1938 |
| Folder 65 |
Prine, Ida (interviewer): Story of Auguste Mollie #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 65Auguste Mollie, circa 1858, Dauphine, France, white farm laborer, Navcco, 21 December 1938 |
| Folder 66 |
Prine, Ida (interviewer): Kosaku Sawada, Nurseryman #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 66Kosaku Sawada, no date given, Osaka, Japan, Japanese nurseryman, Mobile, 20 January 1939 |
| Folder 67 |
Prine, Ida (interviewer): It Ruins Oysters to Wash Them #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 67Raymond Barbour, 1869, Dauphine Island, Ala., white fisherman, Bayou La Batre, 15 January 1939 |
| Folder 68 |
Prine, Ida (interviewer): Lena Cash, Octogenarian #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 68Lena Cash, 1850, New Orleans, La., white elderly woman, Crichton, 5 January 1939 |
| Folder 69 |
Reese, Marie (interviewer): "Holly House" #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 69"Bull" Elliott, no date given, no place given, white tenant farmer, Loundesboro, 10 October 1938 |
| Folder 70 |
Rogers, Adelaide (interviewer): Never No More #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 70Allen Turpin, circa 1868, Creek-stand, Ala., black janitor, Montgomery, no date given |
| Folder 71 |
Rogers, Adelaide (interviewer): Mrs. Blanchard, Professional Mother #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 71Ellen R. Blanchard, no date given, [Montgomery?], white housekeeper, Montgomery, 31 January 1939 |
| Folder 72 |
Rogers, Adelaide (interviewer): "Gab'ul Chime Dat Harp!" #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 72Henry Raymore, no date given, no place given, black fortune-teller, Montgomery, no date given |
| Folder 73 |
Tartt, Ruby Pickens (interviewer): Carrie Dykes, Midwife #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 73Carrie Dykes, circa 1870, Belmont, black midwife, Belmont, 4 October 1938 |
| Folder 74 |
Tartt, Ruby Pickens (interviewer): No Lawd, I Ain't Ready #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 74Hester Frye, no date given, Tishabee, Ala., black maid, Livingston, 17 February 1939 |
| Folder 75 |
Tartt, Ruby Pickens (interviewer): Another version of the above interview #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 75 |
| Folder 76 |
Tartt, Ruby Pickens (interviewer): Seeking Salvation #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 76"Little Bit," Hattie Amason, circa 1885, Livingston, 17 August 1939 |
| Folder 77 |
Waldrep, R. V. (interviewer): I Wanted to Keep a Good Horse #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 77Dr. Archie Waldrep, 1869, Red Bay, white doctor, Red Bay, 20 July 1939 |
| Folder 78 |
Waldrep, R. V. (interviewer): Lord Loafer #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 78Liege Massey, no date given, no place given, white-occupation given, Red Bay, 17 August 1939 |
| Folder 79 |
Waldrep, R. V. (interviewer): Bony Winchester #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 79Bony Winchester, 1870, Red Bay, white farmer, Red Bay, 17 August 1939 |
| Folder 80 |
Waldrep, R. V. (interviewer): It's Hell to Be Popular #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 80Roberta Park, circa 1921, no place given, white high-school student, Red Bay, 20 July 1939 |
| Folder 81 |
Waldrep, R. V. (interviewer): Pink Petree #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 81Pink Petree, circa 1874, [Pleasant Site?], white postman/owner country store, Pleasant Site, 20 July 1939 |
| Folder 82 |
Waldrep, R. V. (interviewer): John F. Davis #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 82John F. Davis, [1880?], no place given, white postman/farmer, Red Bay, 18 July 1939 |
| Folder 83 |
Waldrep, R. V. (interviewer): I'll Be an Old Man Tomorrow #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 83W. W. Skeleton, circa 1872, Texas, white surveyor, Red Bay, 18 July 1939 |
| Folder 84 |
Waldrep, R. V. (interviewer): J. P. Epps and Son #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 84J. P. Epps, [1885], Golden, white storekeeper, Red Bay, 21 July 1939 |
| Folder 85 |
Waldrep, R. V. (interviewer): Luke Warn: He Ain't Talkin #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 85Luke Warn, [1870?], Red Bay, black, occupation not given, Red Bay, 14 August 1939 |
| Folder 86 |
Waldrep, R. V. (interviewer): My Boys An' Me Died in the War #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 86Oscar Falkes, 1869, Village Springs, white country-store operator, Birmingham, 15 August 1939 |
| Folder 87 |
Waldrep, R. V. (interviewer): Jack Hodge #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 87Jack Hodge, no date given, no place given, white farmer, Red Bay, 14 July 1939 |
| Folder 88 |
Williams, Jennie Sue (interviewer): Frank Coffee #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 88Frank Coffee, 1866, Fackler, black odd job man, Bridgeport, 30 January 1939 |
| Folder 89 |
Williams, Jennie Sue (interviewer): Isaac Slaughter #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 89Isaac Slaughter, Greensboro, Ga., black, ex-slave, Bridgeport, 17 January 1939 |
| Folder 90 |
Williamson, Keane (interviewer): Emancipation #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 90A fictional piece, Pine Apple, Ala., no date given |
| Folder 91 |
Evans, Lawrence F. (interviewer): A Plain Country Doctor #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 91Floyd Abernathy, Prattville, no place given, white doctor, Foley, no date given |
| Folder 92 |
No author: Mid-wife and Farmer #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 92Josie Fleming, circa 1876, Aswell, black midwife, no place given, no date given |
| Folder 93 |
Tartt, Ruby Pickens (interviewer): Hester Frye #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 93Hester Frye, no date given, Tishabee, black maid, Livingston, no date given |
| Folder 94 |
Rowland, Walter (interviewer): "Ain't Got No Screens" #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 94No name, no date given, no place given, black tenant farmer, Arkansas, 6 June 1939 |
| Folder 95 |
Rowland, Walter (interviewer): A North Little Rock Thief #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 95No name, no date given, no place given, white thief, North Little Rock, 12 May 1939 |
| Folder 96 |
No author: Honkytonk Hostess #03709, Subseries: "1.1. Alabama." Folder 96No name, no date given, no place given, white waitress, no place given, no date given |
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Subseries 1.2. Florida.
| Folder 97 |
Bryan, Lindsay M. (interviewer): "Jaydy" Abbin, Florida Adventurer #03709, Subseries: "1.2. Florida." Folder 97J. Atkins, 1903, Dade City, white mechanic, Tampa, 15 February 1939 |
| Folder 98 |
Back, Gladys (interviewer): The Burns Family #03709, Subseries: "1.2. Florida." Folder 98W. W. Woods, no date given, Grand Cayman Islands, white housewife, Princeton, 30 December 1938 |
| Folder 99 |
Burnell, Elvira (interviewer): The Stembler Family #03709, Subseries: "1.2. Florida." Folder 99Tom Blake, no date given, no place given, white debt collector, Miami, 30 January 1939 |
| Folder 100 |
Burnell, Elvira (interviewer): Anna Alden #03709, Subseries: "1.2. Florida." Folder 100Annie Alden, [1880?], no place given, white WPA sewing room worker, Miami, 16 February 1939 |
| Folder 101 |
Darsey, Barbara (interviewer): Lolly Bleu, Florida Squatter #03709, Subseries: "1.2. Florida." Folder 101Mrs. Robert Eures, [1889?], Texas, white squatter, Venus, 29 November 1938 |
| Folder 102 |
Darsey, Barbara B., Veronica E. Huss, Robert Cornwall, and N. C. Browder (interviewers): "We is Victims" #03709, Subseries: "1.2. Florida." Folder 102Horace 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 |
| Folder 103 |
Darsey, Huss, and Cornwall (interviewers): Life History of the Thomas Family #03709, Subseries: "1.2. Florida." Folder 103Another version of the above interview. |
| Folder 104 |
Darsey and Huss (interviewers): Albert and Anne Denman #03709, Subseries: "1.2. Florida." Folder 104Bob Franklin, circa 1894, Geneva County, Ala., white country store proprietor, farmer, Hicoria, 7 February 1939 |
| Folder 105 |
Darsey and Huss (interviewer): Virginia Suffolk #03709, Subseries: "1.2. Florida." Folder 105Madge Wetherbee, 1881, Bradford, England, white poultry farmer, Avon Park, 14 February 1939 |
| Folder 106 |
Darsey and Huss (interviewers): Mary Windsor #03709, Subseries: "1.2. Florida." Folder 106Mrs. Senie Williams, circa 1915, Hardee County, white wife of sharecropper, Venus, no date given |
| Folder 107 |
Darsey, Barbara (interviewer): Frank and Ella Merryvale #03709, Subseries: "1.2. Florida." Folder 107Cornelia Mitchell, circa 1913, Lakeland, white citrus worker; Willard Mitchell, circa 1915, Oakland, Ga., white citrus worker, Sebring, 8 February 1939 |
| Folder 108 |
Darsey, Barbara (interviewer): Maria Gonzales, Florida Squatter #03709, Subseries: "1.2. Florida." Folder 108Mrs. Texas Morgan, circa 1896, [Hardee County?], white squatter-farmer, Venus, 7 February 1939 |
| Folder 109 |
Darsey and Stetson Kennedy (interviewers): Henry and Rosa Maddox #03709, Subseries: "1.2. Florida." Folder 109Ed Moore, no date given, no place given, white squatter farmer, Venus, 22 November 1938 |
| Folder 110 |
Darsey and Kennedy (interviewers): A Florida Squatter Family-Jason and Lily Iby #03709, Subseries: "1.2. Florida." Folder 110W. Lundy, circa 1898, Pasco County, white squatter-farmer, Venus, 8 December 1938 |
| Folder 111 |
Darsey and Kennedy (interviewers): Florida Squatters #03709, Subseries: "1.2. Florida." Folder 111Sectional descriptions of Florida squatters, December 1938 |
| Folder 112 |
Diggs, Paul, Veronica Huss, and Evelyn Werner (interviewers): E. J. and Mattie Marshall, Overseer of Tenants #03709, Subseries: "1.2. Florida." Folder 112E. J. Marshall, 1869, Edgefield, S.C., black overseer of tenants; Mattie Marshall, 1872, Tampa, black housewife, Plant City, 15 February 1939 |
| Folder 113 |
Diggs and Huss (interviewers): I Don't Do No Votin' #03709, Subseries: "1.2. Florida." Folder 113Lula Gray, circa 1902, Manna, S.C., black housewife; Rich Gray, 1888, Robertsville, S.C., black turpentine foreman, Carters, no date given |
| Folder 114 |
Diggs and Werner (interviewers): George and Bessie Derrick #03709, Subseries: "1.2. Florida." Folder 114George Derrick, 1886, Kingston, Jamaica, black tenant farmer; Bessie Derrick, no date given, no place given, black tenant farmer, Plant City, 10 February 1939 |
| Folder 115 |
Diggs and Huss (interviewers): William and Corneal Jackson #03709, Subseries: "1.2. Florida." Folder 115William Jackson, Ocala, 1903, black, phosphate miner; Corneal Jackson, 1908, Key West, black, housewife, Lakeland, 20 January 1939 |
| Folder 116 |
Diggs and Huss (interviewers): Rich and Lula Gray #03709, Subseries: "1.2. Florida." Folder 116Rich Gray, 1888, Robertsville, S.C., black, turpentine foreman; Lula Gray, 1902, Manna, S.C., black, housewife, Carters, 27 January 1939 |
| Folder 117 |
Dowda, Bill and Evelyn Werner (interviewers): Earl Guenther #03709, Subseries: "1.2. Florida." Folder 117Earl Guenther, 1897, Dayton, OH, white, barber, Palatka, no date given |
| Folder 118 |
Huss, Veronica E. (interviewer): Izzelly Haines #03709, Subseries: "1.2. Florida." Folder 118Izzelly Harding, no date given, Bahamas, Conch, midwife, Riviera, October 1938 |
| Folder 119 |
Huss, Veronica E. (interviewer): Wilbur Edwards Roberts, A Riviera "Conch" #03709, Subseries: "1.2. Florida." Folder 119Wilbur Edwards Roberts, circa 1855, Bahamas, Conch, fisherman, sponger, turtler, Riviera, 14 November 1938 |
| Folder 120 |
Huss, Veronica E. and S. Kennedy (interviewers): The Riviera Conchs (sectional description) #03709, Subseries: "1.2. Florida." Folder 120Immigrants from Bahamas of White-Negro ancestry, fishermen, Riviera, November 1938 |
| Folder 121 |
Kennedy, Stetson (interviewer): Enrique and Amanda #03709, Subseries: "1.2. Florida." Folder 121Adelpha Pollato, no date given, [Key West?], Cuban, cigar-maker, Ybor City, 3 January 1939 |
| Folder 122-123 |
Two versions of the above interview #03709, Subseries: "1.2. Florida." Folder 122-123Folder 122Folder 123 |
| Folder 124 |
Kennedy, Stetson (interviewer): Pedro and Estrella #03709, Subseries: "1.2. Florida." Folder 124Evelio Andur, no date given, no place given, Cuban cigar-box maker, Ybor City, 1 January 1939 |
| Folder 125 |
Kennedy, Stetson (interviewer): Mister Homer #03709, Subseries: "1.2. Florida." Folder 125Homer Jordan, no date given, Dinsmore, white salesman and installment collector, Jacksonville, 3 February 1939 |
| Folder 126 |
Sheperd, Rose (interviewer): Martin Cross, Wood and Fuel Dealer #03709, Subseries: "1.2. Florida." Folder 126Montgomery Corse, [1865?], [Virginia?], white, wood and fuel dealer, Jacksonville, 2 February 1939 |
| Folder 127 |
Stedman, Lillian, Veronica Huss, and Robert Edwards (interviewers): Reverend W. C. Sale #03709, Subseries: "1.2. Florida." Folder 127Reverend W. C. Sale, no date given, Alabama, white, clergyman, Jacksonville, no date given |
| Folder 128 |
Stedman and Evelyn Werner (interviewers): George Harmon Kirby #03709, Subseries: "1.2. Florida." Folder 128James Kerby Ward, no date given, Togo, white, bus driver, Jacksonville, no date given |
| Folder 129 |
Stedman and Werner (interviewers): A Greek Restauranteur [sic] #03709, Subseries: "1.2. Florida." Folder 129James Kivelos, no date given, no place given, Greek, Restauranteur, Jacksonville, 20 May 1939 |
| Folder 130 |
Stedman and Werner (interviewers): Ceceilia Patrourtsa #03709, Subseries: "1.2. Florida." Folder 130Cecelia Janes Lazos Poulos, no date given, Greece, Greek, wife of a restaurateur, Jacksonville, 21 April 1939 |
| Folder 131 |
Stedman and Werner (interviewers): James Kerby Ward #03709, Subseries: "1.2. Florida." Folder 131James Kerby Ward, no date given, Togo, white, bus driver, Jacksonville, 17 February 1939 |
| Folder 132 |
Stedman and Werner (interviewers): Mayselle Sweat Green #03709, Subseries: "1.2. Florida." Folder 132Mayselle Sweat Green, circa 1917, no place given, white, cigar factory worker, Jacksonville, 20 February 1939 |
| Folder 133 |
Stedman and Werner (interviewers): Another version of the above interview #03709, Subseries: "1.2. Florida." Folder 133 |
| Folder 134 |
Stedman and Stetson Kennedy (interviewers): Robert Smith #03709, Subseries: "1.2. Florida." Folder 134David Smith, circa 1901, no place given, white, sharecropper, elevator operator in a pulp mill, Jacksonville, 22 December 1938 |
| Folder 135 |
Valdes, F. (interviewer): Pedro Barrios #03709, Subseries: "1.2. Florida." Folder 135Pedro 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 |
| Folder 136 |
Valdes, F. (interviewer): Dr. M. Santos #03709, Subseries: "1.2. Florida." Folder 136Dr. 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 |
| Folder 137 |
Valdes, F. (interviewer): Enrique Pendas, Introduction #03709, Subseries: "1.2. Florida." Folder 137Enrique 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 |
| Folder 138 |
Valdes, F. (interviewer): Enrique Pendas (same as above) #03709, Subseries: "1.2. Florida." Folder 138Note: Material from the Federal Emergency Relief Administration Sociological Survey, Ybor City, 1935. |
| Folder 139 |
Wood, Dorothy (interviewer): The Miller Family #03709, Subseries: "1.2. Florida." Folder 139Bob Lapham, circa 1907, no place given, white, artist, Miami Beach, 15 February 1939 |
| Folder 140 |
No Author: John Cacciatore #03709, Subseries: "1.2. Florida." Folder 140John Cacciatore, 1860, Sicily, Italian, cigar-maker, Ybor City, 1935. Note: Material from the Federal Emergency Relief Administration Sociological Survey, Ybor City, 1935. |
| Folder 141 |
No Author: Fernando Lemos #03709, Subseries: "1.2. Florida." Folder 141Fernando Lemos, 1870, Havana, Cuba, Cuban, cigar-maker, Ybor City, 1935. Note: Material from the Federal Emergency Relief Administration Sociological Survey, Ybor City, 1935. |
| Folder 142 |
No Author: Domingo Ginesta #03709, Subseries: "1.2. Florida." Folder 142Domingo Ginesta, 1865, Havana, Cuba, Cuban, cigar-maker, Ybor City, 1935. Note: Material from the Federal Emergency Relief Administration Sociological Survey, Ybor City, 1935. |
| Folder 143 |
No Author: Fermin Souto #03709, Subseries: "1.2. Florida." Folder 143Fermin 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. |
| Folder 144 |
No Author: My Opinion on the Autobiography Written by Mr. Cortina #03709, Subseries: "1.2. Florida." Folder 144Gerardo 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. |
| Folder 145 |
No Author: Gerardo Cortina Pinera (same as above) #03709, Subseries: "1.2. Florida." Folder 145Note: Material from the Federal Emergency Relief Administration Sociological Survey, Ybor City, 1935. |
| Folder 146 |
No Author: Jose Ramon Sanfeliz #03709, Subseries: "1.2. Florida." Folder 146Jose 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. |
| Folder 147 |
No Author: B. M. Balbontin #03709, Subseries: "1.2. Florida." Folder 147B. M. Balbontin, 1863, Rumorose, Spain, Spanish, bartender, Ybor City, 1935. Note: Material from the Federal Emergency Relief Administration Sociological Survey, Ybor City, 1935. |
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Subseries 1.3. Georgia.
| Folder 148 |
Adams, Morris (interviewer): Turnips Today, Turnips Tomorrow #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 148George Carter, 1842, Virginia, black, ex-slave, Savannah, 17 January 1939 |
| Folder 149 |
Barie, A. G. (interviewer): Guess We Had Moving Fever #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 149David Melvin, no date given, [Pickens County, N.C.?], white, tenant farmer, Powder Springs, 12 December 1938 |
| Folder 150 |
Barie, A. G. (interviewer): Another version of the above interview #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 150 |
| Folder 151 |
Barie, A. G. (interviewer): From around the World to a Georgia Farm #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 151Ernest Gerber, circa 1883, Langnou, Switzerland, white farmer, Marietta, 25 February and 25 May 1939 |
| Folder 152 |
Barie, A. G. (interviewer): Another version of the above interview #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 152 |
| Folder 153 |
Bonner, Bessie (interviewer): The Relief Lady #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 153Nell Pentecost, no date given, no place given, white, county relief director, Carrolton, 1 July 1939 |
| Folder 154 |
Bradley, Leola T., and Maggie Freeman (interviewers): Right Livin' #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 154Evie Louvenia Robinson, circa 1881, Oglethorpe County, white, practical nurse WPA Housekeepers Project, Athens, 1 November and 22 November 1939 |
| Folder 155 |
Bradley and Freeman (interviewers): Reverses #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 155Hazel Hoff, no date given, Chattanooga, Tenn., white, district manager Avon products, Athens, 11, 16, and 24 November 1939 |
| Folder 156 |
Bradley and Freeman (interviewers): Julie Nickerson #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 156Mattie Julia Nichols, no date given, Gum Springs, white, WPA librarian, Athens, 16 October, and 9 November 1939 |
| Folder 157 |
Bradley and Rudene Hix (interviewers): A Self Made Man #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 157L. L. Jordan, no date given, Mecklenburg County, N.C., white, painter, Athens, 13 and 29 September 1939 |
| Folder 158 |
Bradley and John N. Booth (interviewer): "De Luck is in De Lawd" #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 158Minnie Davis, circa 1861, [Greene County?], black, teacher, Athens, 23 and 28 August, and 29 November 1939 |
| Folder 159 |
Conway, George (interviewer): Captain X #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 159Captain Allan F. Leigh, no date given, Hull, England, English, sea captain, Athens, 17 January 1939 |
| Folder 160 |
Fowler, Carrie (interviewer): The Piano Salesman #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 160Fred Trammel, no date given, no place given, white, salesman, Athens, 4 January 1939 |
| Folder 161 |
Ginsberg, Freda (interviewer): Papa #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 161Nathan Wild, [1897?], Yvey, Poland, Jewish, grocer, Savannah, 16 January 1939 |
| Folder 162 |
Hawkes, Ina (interviewer): It Wasn't So Easy #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 162Mrs. Jake Bower, no date given, no place given, white, hotel operator, Savannah, 24 September 1939 |
| Folder 163 |
Hawkes, Ina B., and Grace McCune (interviewers): A Visit to the Country #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 163Fannie Busbin, circa 1849, no place given, white, farmer, Winterville, 9, 14 September 1939 |
| Folder 164 |
Hornsby, Sadie B., Sarah Hall, and John Booth (interviewers): "I've Took in Sewing Fifty Years" #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 164Sarah Frances Fellows, [1863?], no place given, white, seamstress, Athens, 7, 11, and 26 July 1939 |
| Folder 165 |
Hornsby, Sadie (interviewer): Life of a Retired Mill Worker #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 165James Herring, 1871, no place given, white, retired mill operator, Athens, 10 January 1939 |
| Folder 166 |
Hornsby, Hall, Booth (interviewers): I Ain't No Midwife #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 166Mary Willingham, 1880, Clarke County, black, practical nurse, Athens, 14 and 24 March , 29 May, and 9 June 1939 |
| Folder 167 |
Hornsby, Hall, Booth (interviewers): Another version of the above interview #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 167 |
| Folder 168 |
Hornsby, Hall, Booth (interviewers): A third version of the same interview #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 168 |
| Folder 169 |
Hornsby, Hall, Booth (interviewers): "I Maids for the Co-Eds" #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 169Odelia Lester Anderson, 1902, Eatonton, Black, maid, Athens, 14, 16, and 27 March 1939 |
| Folder 170 |
Hornsby, Hall, Booth (interviewers): I Don't Know What's the Matter #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 170Edward J. Bacon, no date given, Athens, black, brick mason, Athens, 31 May and 14 June 1939 |
| Folder 171 |
Hornsby, Hall, Booth (interviewers): The Wandering Beautician #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 171R. W. Welch, 1896, Maxeys, white, beautician, Athens, 17 May and 6 June 1939 |
| Folder 172 |
Hornsby, Sadie (interviewer): Life History of Mrs. Ann Waldrop #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 172Ann Waldrop, 1861, Athens, white, retired mill worker, Athens, 3 January 1939 |
| Folder 173 |
Hornsby, Hall, Booth (interviewers): A visit to the Jail #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 173Mrs. George Nash, no date given, no place given, white, wife of jailer, Athens, 26 April and 4 May 1939 |
| Folder 174 |
Hornsby, Sadie (interviewer): Life on Happy Top #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 174Leila Bramblett, 1878, Princeton factory, white, textile worker, Athens, 17 January 1939 |
| Folder 175 |
Hornsby, Sadie (interviewer): Principal of Grammar School Thirty-Three Years #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 175Mary Wright Hill, 1881, Greenville, N.C., black, school principal, Athens, 27 July 1939 |
| Folder 176 |
Hornsby, Sadie (interviewer): The Carpenter of Lickskillet #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 176Emmett Johnson, circa 1880, Sparta, black, carpenter; Maggie Johnson, 1880, no place given, black, wash woman, Athens, 12 May 1939 |
| Folder 177 |
Hornsby, Hall, Booth, and Leila Harris (interviewers): Bea, The Washwoman #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 177Sarah Hill, [1874?], Elberton, black, wash woman, Athens, 1, 27 February, 13 March 1939 |
| Folder 178 |
Hornsby, Hall, Booth (interviewers): A Visit to a Laundry and Dry Cleaning Plant #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 178L. 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 |
| Folder 179 |
Hornsby, Hall, Booth (interviewers): From Farm to Filling Station #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 179Robert Leo Smith, 1912, Banks County, white gas station operator, Athens, 22 March, 4 April 1939 |
| Folder 180 |
Hornsby, Hall, Booth (interviewers): Kay's Shop #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 180Kathryn Jiles, no date given, Carrollton, white, milliner, Athens, 9 March, 4 April 1939 |
| Folder 181 |
Hornsby, Hall, Booth (interviewers): The Poppy Lady #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 181Moina Michael, 1869, Walton County, white, teacher, Athens, 8 and 9 February 1939 |
| Folder 182 |
Hornsby, Hall, Booth (interviewers): The Three Sisters #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 182Jane 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 |
| Folder 183 |
Hornsby, Hall, Booth (interviewers): Edward Walcott #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 183George Shaw Crane, [1870?], Athens, white, landlord, Athens, 23 and 26 January, 1 February, 8 March, and 25 May 1939 |
| Folder 184 |
Hornsby, Hall, Booth (interviewers): Another version of the above interview #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 184 |
| Folder 185 |
Hornsby, Hall, Booth (interviewers): "I Cater to Colored People" #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 185Lorenzo W. Reed, 1863, Athens, black, barber, Athens, 19 and 20 June 1939 |
| Folder 186 |
Hornsby, Hall, Booth (interviewers): I've Been Drifting #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 186Roy Clinton Hale, circa 1897, Athens, white, shoe salesman, Athens, 21 July, and 4 August 1939 |
| Folder 187 |
Hornsby, Hall, Booth (interviewers): "I've Been Preaching Ever Since I Could Talk" #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 187Harold Irving Bearden, 1910, Atlanta, black, preacher; Mrs. Bearden, no date given, Austell, black, preacher's wife, Athens, 17 July, and 1 August 1939 |
| Folder 188 |
Hornsby, Hall, Booth, and Harris (interviewers): The Wrighton Sisters #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 188Mattie Creighton, circa 1860, [Athens?], white, elderly woman; Ida Creighton, circa 1870, [Athens?], white, quilt maker, Athens, 28 and 29 June, and 15 July 1939 |
| Folder 189 |
Hornsby, Hall, Booth (interviewers): "How Many Days Have I Regretted" #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 189Mildred Lattrell McKinney, 1911, Madison County, white, boarding house operator, Athens, 23 June 1939 |
| Folder 190 |
Hornsby, Hall, Booth (interviewers): "..Maybe We'll Save a Little Money" #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 190Nicholas 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 |
| Folder 191 |
Hornsby and Grace McCune (interviewers): Grocery Store #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 191O. J. Coffer, 1899, Jefferson, white, grocer, Athens, 3 August 1939 |
| Folder 192 |
Hornsby, Hall, Harris (interviewers): A W.P.A. Worker #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 192Janie Harris, 1900, Clarke County, white, WPA worker, Athens, no date given |
| Folder 193 |
Hornsby, Hall, Booth (interviewers): The Barbecue Stand #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 193Robert Walker, no date given, Warrenton, black, barbecue stand operator; Gladys Walker, Bogart, black, barbecue stand operator, Athens, 10 and 19 April 1939 |
| Folder 194 |
Hornsby, Hall, Booth (interviewers): The Poro Beauty Shoppe #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 194Mrs. L. A. Crane, circa 1903, Watkinsville, black, beauty shop operator, Athens, 4 and 5 April 1939 |
| Folder 195 |
Hornsby, Hall, Booth (interviewers): The Red, White, and Blue Barber Shop #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 195Henry T. Brunblett, 1875, Gwinnet County, white, barber, Athens, 30 March 1939 |
| Folder 196 |
Hornsby and Hall (interviewers): An Air-Minded Family #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 196Omie Williams, Neese, white, widow, Athens, no date given |
| Folder 197 |
Hornsby and Hall (interviewers): Mildred Lawson #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 197Sue S. White, circa 1897, South Georgia, white, beautician, Athens, no date given |
| Folder 198 |
Hornsby and Browder (interviewers): A Negro Insurance Executive #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 198A. W. Parker, 1900, Georgetown, black, insurance executive, 13 April 1939 |
| Folder 199 |
Hornsby and Browder (interviewers): Another version of the above interview #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 199 |
| Folder 200 |
Hornsby, Hall, Booth (interviewers): The Life of a Lawyer #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 200Joseph Eliot Web, 1907, middle Georgia, white, lawyer, Athens, 16 and 23 February, and 6 March 1939 |
| Folder 201 |
Hornsby, Hall, Booth (interviewers): I Got My Education the Hard Way #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 201James W. Davis, 1871, Athens, black, mail carrier, school teacher, music teacher, bandmaster, Athens, 16 May, and 28 June 1939 |
| Folder 202 |
Jenkins, William (interviewer): ..And Hopes 'At Somebody Will Come Along To Talk To #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 202Archie George, circa 1889, Lithonia, black, cripple, Atlanta, 17 November 1939 |
| Folder 203 |
McCune, Grace (interviewer): Day in a Department Store #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 203Abe Link, proprietor, and various salespersons: Maud Elliott, F. McEntire, Mell McCurrdy, Athens, 24 January 1939 |
| Folder 204 |
McCune, Hall, Harris (interviewers): A Farming Preacher-Prophet #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 204Nick Waller, circa 1874, no place given, black, farmer-preacher, Athens, 6, 7, and 17 March 1939 |
| Folder 205 |
McCune, Hall, Booth (interviewers): Mammy #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 205Annie Grady Emerick, [1880?], no place given, white, Athens, 20 December 1938, and 6 January 1939 |
| Folder 206 |
McCune, Hall, Booth (interviewers): A Visit with Aunt Jerry #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 206Josephine Wood, 1861, Barnett Shoals, white, housewife, Athens, 13 January and 16 February 1939 |
| Folder 207 |
McCune, Hall, Booth (interviewers): A Session of the City Court #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 207Vincent Mathews, [1880?], Athens, white, judge, Athens, 10, and 17 April 1939 |
| Folder 208 |
McCune, Hall, Booth (interviewers): Negro Fraternal Insurance #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 208R.Harris, no date given, no place given, insurance executive, Athens, 13 and 24 April 1939 |
| Folder 209 |
McCune, Hall, Booth (interviewers): Bus Drivers #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 209F.A. Taylor, no date given, no place given, white, manager city bus-line, Athens, 10 and 13 April 1939 |
| Folder 210 |
McCune, Grace (interviewers): A Versatile Craftswoman #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 210Margaret Davis, 1887, Princeton, white, tailor, Athens, no date given |
| Folder 211 |
McCune and Hall (interviewers): Coffins and Caskets #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 211W. P. Hopson, no date given, no place given, black, undertaker, Athens, no date given |
| Folder 212 |
McCune, Grace (interviewer): The Tale of a Tailoress #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 212Margaret Davis, 1887, Princeton, white, tailor, Athens, 9 December 1939 |
| Folder 213 |
McCune, Hall, Booth (interviewers): Maid of All Work #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 213Julia Hicks, 1887, Athens, black, housemaid, laundress, nurse, Athens, 16 and 23 March 1939 |
| Folder 214 |
McCune, Hall, Booth (interviewers): A Negro Dentist #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 214Dr. S. S. Jackson, no date given, Athens, black, dentist, Athens, 14 March 1939 |
| Folder 215 |
McCune, Grace (interviewer): I Lak's a Good Livin #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 215Cornelia Peterson, no date given, Morgan County, black, sewing room, Athens, no date given |
| Folder 216 |
McCune, Hall, Booth (interviewers): All I Do is Just Heads #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 216Daisy M. Johnson, no date given, no place given, black, beautician, Athens, 26 April and 4 May 1939 |
| Folder 217 |
McCune, Hall, Booth (interviewers): The Oldest Barber in Town #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 217R. M. Davis, 1893, [Athens?], white barber, Athens, 28 March and 4 April 1939 |
| Folder 218 |
McCune and Hall (interviewers): The Woman Dentist #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 218Dr. Ida Mae Hiram, [1895?], Athens, black, dentist, Athens, no date given |
| Folder 219 |
McCune, Hall, Booth (interviewers): The Waiting Room in a Bus Station #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 219W. 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 |
| Folder 220 |
McCune, Grace (interviewer): The City Blacksmith #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 220John Henry Middlebrooks, [1880?], Oconee County, black, blacksmith, Athens, 8 June 1939 |
| Folder 221 |
McCune, Hall, Booth (interviewers): The Bargain House #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 221J. Buford Dudley, 1887, Combs, white, merchant, Athens, 16 February, and 2 March 1939 |
| Folder 222 |
McCune, Hall, Booth (interviewers): The Lilac Beauty Shop #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 222Farrie 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 |
| Folder 223 |
McCune and Hall (interviewers): The Boarding House Operator #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 223Texie Gordon, no date given, no place given, white, boarding house operator, Athens, no date given |
| Folder 224 |
McCune, Hall, Booth (interviewers): The Capital City Insurance Company #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 224J. H. Robertson, 1905, South Georgia, black, insurance company manager, Athens, 14 and 27 April, 6 June, 7 and 10 July 1939 |
| Folder 225 |
McCune, Hall, Booth (interviewers): Another version of the above interview #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 225 |
| Folder 226 |
McCune, Hall, Booth (interviewers): You Have To Get It While They're Crying #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 226Lamar J. Johnson, [1922?], no place given, black, embalmer; Tom Johnson, no date given, no place given, black, undertaker, Athens, no date given |
| Folder 227 |
McCune, Hall, Harris, and Booth (interviewers): A Patent Medicine Vendor #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 227Grace Crowder, no date given, no place given, white, patent medicine vendor, Athens, 28 February and 14 March 1939 |
| Folder 228 |
McCune, Grace (interviewer): Cindy Wright #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 228Mariah Jackson, 1861, Notasluga, black, midwife, Athens, 13 December 1938 |
| Folder 229 |
McCune, Grace (interviewer): A Visit to A Flower Shop #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 229Willow Jones, no date given, no place given, white, flower shop proprietor, Athens, 12 March 1939 |
| Folder 230 |
McCune, Hall, Booth (interviewers): A Negro Funeral `Director #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 230James Mack, no date given, no place given, black, undertaker, Athens, 9 and 23 March 1939 |
| Folder 231 |
McCune, Hall, Booth (interviewers): "Yes, Lord, I'se Done Tried to Serve You Faithful" #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 231Isaiah Hunter, 1868, White Hall, black, preacher, Athens, 12 and 27 July 1939 |
| Folder 232 |
McCune, Hall, Booth (interviewers): Old Shoe Comfort in New Shoe Appearance #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 232Luther Holcomb, no date given, Athens, white, shoemaker, Athens, 5, 19 June, and 15 July 1939 |
| Folder 233 |
McCune, Hall, Harris (interviewers): "A Customer is Always Right" #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 233Samuel August Sheats, 1912, Athens, black, grocery store and barbershop proprietor, Athens, 7 July and 3 August 1939 |
| Folder 234 |
McCune, Hall, Booth (interviewers): Veterinarian, Poet, and Politician #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 234Dr. W. M. Burson, 1874, Ohio, white, veterinarian, Athens, 29 June and 18 July 1939 |
| Folder 235 |
McCune, Hall, Booth (interviewers): "I Like America" #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 235Mamie Lewis, 1896, Beirut, Syria, Syrian, part owner dry goods store, Athens, 10 and 25 July 1939 |
| Folder 236 |
McCune and Hall (interviewers): Madame Lucy #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 236Annie Mains, no date given, between Watkinsville and Athens, black, beautician, Athens, no date given |
| Folder 237 |
McCune, Hall, Booth (interviewers): Susie Ray #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 237Jannie Favors, 1892, Rayle, black, restaurant proprietor, Athens, 23 June 1939 |
| Folder 238 |
McCune, Hall, Harris (interviewers): The Fishermen #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 238J. H. Emerick, circa 1864, no place given, white, fisherman, Athens, no date given |
| Folder 239 |
McCune and N. C. Browder (interviewers): Woman Florist #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 239Willie Jones, no date given, no place given, white, flower shop proprietor, Athens, 21 February 1939 |
| Folder 240 |
Phillips, W. (interviewer): Wood Engraver in Paradise #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 240C. W. Stambaugh, no date given, no place given, white, wood engraver, Demorest, 1 February 1939 |
| Folder 241 |
Rice, M. D., A. G. Barie, and N. C. Browder (interviewers): Guess We Had Moving Fever #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 241David Melvin, [Pickens County?], white, tenant farmer, Power Springs, no date given |
| Folder 242 |
Rose, Annie A. (interviewer): Clairvoyant #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 242Prof. W. L. Harris, 1907, Birmingham, Ala., white, clairvoyant, Macon, 20 January 1939 |
| Folder 243 |
Rose, Annie A. (interviewer): Untitled #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 243W. L. Keenan, [1898?], Georgia, white, saleslady, Macon, 20 January 1939 |
| Folder 244 |
Rose, Annie A. (interviewer): Janice #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 244Carolyn Ball, no date given, Moultrie, white, WPA typist, Macon, 19 January 1939 |
| Folder 245 |
Rose, Annie A. (interviewer): Untitled #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 245Lizzie Mercer, no date given, no place given, black, unemployed, Macon, 1 May 1939 |
| Folder 246 |
Rose, Annie A. (interviewer): So We Can Have Things Like Other Folks #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 246Sarah Myers, [1900?], Macon, white, textile worker, Macon, 5 May 1939 |
| Folder 247 |
Rose, Annie A. (interviewer): Untitled #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 247Sarah Howard, no date given, no place given, black, housemaid, Macon, 28 February 1939 |
| Folder 248 |
Russell, Maurice. (interviewer): Homer L. Pike #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 248Homer L. Pike, 1901, Fort Moultrie, Ala., white, textile worker, Atlanta, no date given |
| Folder 249 |
Russell, Maurice (interviewer): Nightwatchman #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 249no name given, circa 1873, no place given, white, night watchman, Atlanta, no date given |
| Folder 250 |
Russell, Maurice (interviewer): Life History #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 250Mrs. Same E. Whelchel, circa 1905, Banks County, white, housewife, Atlanta, no date given |
| Folder 251 |
Russell, Maurice (interviewer): Untitled #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 251Mrs. Joe P. Stroh, circa 1914, Cobb County, white, housewife, Atlanta, no date given |
| Folder 252 |
Sieg, Gerald Chan (interviewer): Laundryman #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 252Chung Tai-pan, [1870?], China, Chinese, laundry operator, Atlanta, 20 January 1939 |
| Folder 253 |
Thorpe, Virginia (interviewer): Root Doctor #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 253"Ma" [Liza] Williams, circa 1836, no place given, black, root doctor, Atlanta, 13 January 1939 |
| Folder 254 |
Tonsill, Geneva (interviewer): I Managed To Carry On #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 254Eugenia Martin, no date given, no place given, black, WPA worker, housekeeping aide, Atlanta, November 1939 |
| Folder 255 |
Tonsill, Geneva (interviewer): I's Still Traveling 'Cause I got Faith in God #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 255Benjamin Johnson, circa 1843, Troupe County, black, ex-slave, Atlanta, September 1939 |
| Folder 256 |
Tonsill, Geneva (interviewer): Untitled #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 256Lucy Reeves, no date given, Clarke County, black, teacher, Atlanta, 21 June 1939 |
| Folder 257 |
Tonsill, Geneva (interviewer): Unable to Stage a Comeback #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 257F. Hodge, no date given, no place given, black, WPA worker, librarian government housing project, Atlanta, 27 October 1939 |
| Folder 258 |
Tonsill, Geneva (interviewer): The Voice of God Spoke to Me #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 258Jibson Littlejohn, 1855, Union County, S.C., black, preacher, Atlanta, November 1939 |
| Folder 259 |
Tonsill, Geneva (interviewer): The 'Lil Black Girl #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 259Annie Jackson, 1904, Thomson, black, maid, Atlanta, no date given |
| Folder 260 |
Tonsill, Geneva (interviewer): The Lord was with Me #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 260G. L. Beasley, circa 1897, Tennessee, black, preacher, Atlanta, no date given |
| Folder 261 |
Tonsill, Geneva (interviewer): I'se Always Had a Hard Time #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 261Julia Brown [Aunt Sally], circa 1852, Commerce, black, ex-slave, Atlanta, no date given |
| Folder 262 |
Upshaw, Jacques (interviewer): The Family of an Automobile Worker #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 262Mrs. Same E. Whelchel, circa 1905, Cobb County, white, housewife, Atlanta, no date given |
| Folder 263 |
Upshaw, Jacques (interviewer): The Man Who Lives in the House By the Side of the Road #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 263E. J. Tull, circa 1839, [Georgia?], white, teacher, Ellgay, December 1938 |
| Folder 264 |
Vining, Mary (interviewer): The Story of Selina W. #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 264Sara Wolf, 1885, Rocky Ford, white, housewife, Savannah, 19 January 1939 |
| Folder 265 |
Deleted #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 265 |
| Folder 266 |
No Author: "Let Me Live!" #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 266Carlmon Hamilton, 1913, Norwood, Alabama, black, student, Macon, no date given |
| Folder 267 |
No Author: Nannie Hawkins #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 267Nannie Hawkins, circa 1914, Macon, black, cook, Pine Mountain Valley, no date given |
| Folder 268 |
No Author: Untitled #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 268Various individuals at WPA experimental farm community, Pine Mountain Valley, Georgia, July 1939 |
| Folder 269 |
No Author: Not a Life Story #03709, Subseries: "1.3. Georgia." Folder 269Mr. Antipodes, no date given, Mllst, Greece, Greek, operator Ice Cream plant, Atlanta, no date given |
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Subseries 1.4. Louisiana.
| Folder 270 |
Breaux, Hazel (interviewer): Settled Down #03709, Subseries: "1.4. Louisiana." Folder 270Granville Brooks, [1879?], Charleston, Alabama, black, cook, New Orleans, no date given |
| Folder 271 |
McKinney, Robert (interviewer): My W.P.A. Man #03709, Subseries: "1.4. Louisiana." Folder 271Marguerite Clark, no date given, New Orleans, black, cook, New Orleans, no date given |
| Folder 272 |
McKinney, Robert (interviewer): Chimney Sweeper's Holiday #03709, Subseries: "1.4. Louisiana." Folder 272John Simms, no date given, New Orleans, black, chimney sweep, New Orleans, no date given |
| Folder 273 |
No Author: A Shrimp Fisherman #03709, Subseries: "1.4. Louisiana." Folder 273no name given, no date given, New Orleans, shrimp fisherman, New Orleans, no date given |
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Subseries 1.5. North Carolina.
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Subseries 1.6. Oklahoma.
| Folder 812 |
DeWitt, Ned (interviewer): The Machinist #03709, Subseries: "1.6. Oklahoma." Folder 812No name given, 1895, McManus, TX, white, oil machinist, Oklahoma, no date given |
| Folder 813 |
DeWitt, Ned (interviewer): The Driller #03709, Subseries: "1.6. Oklahoma." Folder 813 |
| Folder 814 |
Garrison, Daniel M. (interviewer): Casinghead Gasoline Plant #03709, Subseries: "1.6. Oklahoma." Folder 814Interviews with various workers, Oklahoma, no date given |
| Folder 815 |
Garrison, Daniel M. (interviewer): Casinghead Gasoline Plant (cont.) #03709, Subseries: "1.6. Oklahoma." Folder 815Interviews with various workers, Oklahoma, no date given |
| Folder 816 |
Garrison, Daniel M. (interviewer): Rigbuilders Marry Women #03709, Subseries: "1.6. Oklahoma." Folder 816Joe Haskins, [1897?], Pennsylvania, white, rigbuilder, Oklahoma, 16 May 1939 |
| Folder 817 |
Thompson, Jim. (interviewer): The Drilling Contractor #03709, Subseries: "1.6. Oklahoma." Folder 817No name given, no date given, no place given, white, drilling contractor, Oklahoma, no date given |
| Folder 818 |
No author: The Oil-Field Cook #03709, Subseries: "1.6. Oklahoma." Folder 818Sadie Duggett, no date given, no place given, white, oil field cook, Oklahoma, no date given |
| Folder 819 |
No author: The Rig-builder #03709, Subseries: "1.6. Oklahoma." Folder 819No name given, [1895?], no place given, white, rigbuilder, Oklahoma, no date given |
| Folder 820 |
No author: The Rig-builder #2 #03709, Subseries: "1.6. Oklahoma." Folder 820No name given, 1901, no place given, white, rigbuilder, Oklahoma, no date given |
| Folder 821 |
No author: The Roughneck #03709, Subseries: "1.6. Oklahoma." Folder 821No name given, [1915?], no place given, white, roughneck, Oklahoma, no date given |
| Folder 822 |
No author: Four Ball in the Side Pocket #03709, Subseries: "1.6. Oklahoma." Folder 822Jackson Roger Murell, no date given, no place given, white, pool hustler, Oklahoma, no date given |
| Folder 823 |
No author: Spudder Man #03709, Subseries: "1.6. Oklahoma." Folder 823No name given, no date given, no place given, white, wild catter, Oklahoma, 9 June 1939 |
| Folder 824 |
[Hope, Welborn?] (interviewer): Supply Salesman #03709, Subseries: "1.6. Oklahoma." Folder 824Sam Barkley, [1888?], no place given, white, oil supply salesman, Oklahoma, no date given |
| Folder 825 |
No author: The Pumper #03709, Subseries: "1.6. Oklahoma." Folder 825No name given, no date given, no place given, white, pumper, Oklahoma, no date given |
| Folder 826 |
No author: The Pipeliner #03709, Subseries: "1.6. Oklahoma." Folder 826Billy Bates, 1913, Webster County, Mo., white, pipeliner, Oklahoma, no date given |
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Subseries 1.7. South Carolina.
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Subseries 1.8. Miscellaneous, South Carolina Folklore.
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Subseries 1.9. Tennessee.
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Subseries 1.10. Virginia.
| Folder 986 |
Davidson, Anne, and Anne Heaton (interviewers): Beulah Handly #03709, Subseries: "1.10. Virginia." Folder 986Beulah Handly, circa 1898, Jonesville, white, farmer, Jonesville, 21 January 1939 |
| Folder 987 |
Jeffries, Margaret (interviewer): Fleety Dodson #03709, Subseries: "1.10. Virginia." Folder 987Fleety Dodson, Rappahannock County, white, tenant farmer, Culpepper, 21 January 1939 |
| Folder 988 |
Morrissett, Pearl (interviewer): Untitled #03709, Subseries: "1.10. Virginia." Folder 988Mary Abbott, 1892, Guilford County, N.C., white, cotton mill spinner, Danville, 21 February 1939 |
| Folder 989 |
Morrissett, Pearl and Edna Stevens (interviewers): Untitled #03709, Subseries: "1.10. Virginia." Folder 989Della Connor, no date given, N.C., white, cotton mill spinner, Danville, 5 May 1939 |
| Folder 990 |
Smith, Essie, and Heaton(interviewers): Untitled #03709, Subseries: "1.10. Virginia." Folder 990James Perdue, 1883, W. Va., white, country merchant, Rocky Mount, 30 April 1939 |
| Folder 991 |
Venable, Mary S., Collins, and Richardson (interviewers): Untitled #03709, Subseries: "1.10. Virginia." Folder 991"Cucumber John" Tyler, no date given, no place given, black, odd job man, Reehmon, 3 January 1939 |
| Folder 992 |
No author: Untitled #03709, Subseries: "1.10. Virginia." Folder 992Archie Davidson, [1885?], [Danville?], black, tenant farmer, Whaleyville, no date given |
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Subseries 1.11. Miscellaneous.
| Folder 993 |
Hayden, Kate Warren (interviewer): Bringing in the Sheaves #03709, Subseries: "1.11. Miscellaneous." Folder 993Fictional account of a bootlegger, no date given, no place given |
| Folder 994 |
No author: A Greek-American Wife #03709, Subseries: "1.11. Miscellaneous." Folder 994Mrs. Nik Morris, no date given, no place given, white, restaurant owner, no place given, no date given |
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Series 2. Additions.
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Subseries 2.1. Alabama.
| Folder 995 |
Baker, Benjamin D. (interviewer): "Recalls Days When Ice Came Down from Maine by Ships" #03709, Subseries: "2.1. Alabama." Folder 995John Dorgan, no date given, no place given, white, freighter captain, Mobile County, 6 November 1939 |
| Folder 996 |
Three interviews: #03709, Subseries: "2.1. Alabama." Folder 996O'Brien, Susie R. (interviewer): Mrs. Ira Reynolds #03709, Subseries 2. Additions. 2.1. Alabama., Folder 996Mrs. Ira Reynolds, no date given, Uniontown, white, farmer, Uniontown, 15 March 1939 Bowman, Annie L. (interviewer): Mr. And Mrs. W. D. Owens #03709, Subseries 2. Additions. 2.1. Alabama., Folder 996Mr. W. D. Owens, no date given, Chipley, Fla., white, turpentine operator; Mrs. W. D. Owens, no date given, Chipley, Fla., white, housewife, Atmore, 14 December 1939 Perry, R.L. (interviewer): Life Story of Mary Simpson of Mt. Zion Community #03709, Subseries 2. Additions. 2.1. Alabama., Folder 996Mary Simpson, 1876, Mt. Zion, black, farmer, Mt. Zion, 24 August 1939 |
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Subseries 2.2. Florida.
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Subseries 2.3. Georgia.
| Folder 1018 |
Two interviews: #03709, Subseries: "2.3. Georgia." Folder 1018Fowler, Carry (interviewer): Mrs. J.C. Jackson #03709, Subseries 2. Additions. 2.3. Georgia., Folder 1018Mrs. J.C. Jackson, 16 December 1938 Fowler, Carry (interviewer): Just a Traveling, Rambling Man That Settled Down in Athens Town #03709, Subseries 2. Additions. 2.3. Georgia., Folder 1018Mr. Fred Trammell, 4 January 1939 |
| Folder 1019 |
Hornsby, [Sarah] (interviewer): Mrs. Lelia Bramblett #03709, Subseries: "2.3. Georgia." Folder 1019Mrs. Lelia Bramblett, 17 January 1938 |
| Folder 1020 |
Two interviews: #03709, Subseries: "2.3. Georgia." Folder 1020McCune, [Grace] (interviewer): A Funeral Service by Brother Gresham (fragment) #03709, Subseries 2. Additions. 2.3. Georgia., Folder 1020Mariah Jackson, 6 Feb 1939 McCune, [Grace] (interviewer): Mrs. Margaret Davis #03709, Subseries 2. Additions. 2.3. Georgia., Folder 1020Mrs. Margaret Davis, 18 January & 9 December 1939 |
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Subseries 2.4. Louisiana.
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Subseries 2.5. North Carolina.
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Subseries 2.6. South Carolina.