New York, United States, New York City
· 1939-06-21
· 8 pages
Recorded by: Swenson, May, Vrbovska, Anca
FOLKLORT OF COMMUNICATIONS OUTLINE TIME I. Clockwork 2. Time Off I. 3. The Iron Rings II. SPACE 1. Sea arid. Sky 2. On the Beach 3. "Sparks, the Mighty Man"! I. CLOCKWORK You go into a long room with a high ceiling and full of cruel white light. There's a racket like a million woodpeckers the rat -a -tat -tat rat -a -tat -tat of maybe five hundred telegraph keys, and the click -click -click click -click of the code ribbons sprayed from the machines like confetti. The Woodpeckers are sending…
New York, New York City, United States
· 1939-06-21
· 9 pages
Recorded by: Swenson, May, Vrbovska, Anca
TIME OFF The single clock on the wall of the Lunch Room is set conspicuously near the door...The better to receive the espectful glances of the workers, as, four times a day, they enter the room for a fifteen -minute relief period. Complacently the clock looks down On the munching chattering croudigrouped round the white aluminum -topped tables, meting out to each worker his quarter hour, and with the stern note of a gong at the end of each period, giving the order to return to the machines.…
New York City, United States, New York
· 1939-06-21
· 13 pages
Recorded by: Swenson, May, Vrbovska, Miss Anca
`r- FouLaws,, May Swenson Anca Vrbovska Ities IRON RING Well, the time came when the workers just up and decided to slow down those clocks. You know, a speed-up is hard on the employees in any company. But in Postal Tel crt—AGA- it means squeezing into a minute what would ordinarily take two minutes. The clocks keep tab on you for every instant lost, and you gotta keep up, or else. It looked like the company expected to make robots of us, but they forgot one thing. That even robots will…
New York, New York City, United States
· 1938-09-19
· 7 pages
Recorded by: Kirshtien, Mr. C. A., Swenson, May
Forms to be Filled out for Each Interview FORM A Circumstances of Interview STATE New York NAE OF wORKEn. May Swenson ADMESS 228 West 22nd St., New York DATE September 19, 1938 SUb-JEC SOUTHERN Ci.ISTOMS AND SA'ERSTITIONS 1. Date and time of interview 2. Place of interview September 17, 19ZS Informant's Home FOLKLORE NEW YORE 3. Name and address of informant Mr. O. A. Kirshtien 4 Vest 93rd St., New York City. Apartment 1- 4. Name and address of person, if any, who put you in toucn with…
New York, United States, New York City
· 15 pages
Recorded by: Rivers, John, Swenson, May
Introduction to LCRE OF THE LUMBERJACKS by May Swenson He was sitting on a stomp uptown smoking his pipe. The autumn sun was slowly sinking behind the huge grey building down the street. He had his huge, grisly head, tilted to the last rays of yellow light. Ta/X6V,XXXONX/Opi/fX0/ As the sun finally disappeared behind the building, he took the pipe out of his mouth and spat a Ada jawful of saliva into the gutter. Then, sniffing the danp air, he drew his well-worn black overcoat closer around…
New York, United States, New York City
· 1939-06-19
· 9 pages
Recorded by: Swenson, May
SWENSON 416v 19 193, On April 15, 1912, the unsinkable White Star Liner, S. S. Titanic, struck an iceberg and sank with a loss of 1500 lives off the icy grand banks. The radio operator, John George Phillips, sent the distress call-- 'CQD DE MG17'. CQD was the then known international distress call. In later years it was changed to 'SOS'. I made record of this historical fact, because it was shortly after this major sea disaster, that I saw a radio transmitting and receiving set for the first…
New York, New York City, United States
· 1938-08-07
· 4 pages
Recorded by: Elterich, Mrs. John, Swenson, May
Forms to be Filled out for Each Interview FORMA Circumstances of Interview KNOT New York NAME OF MMUMR May Swenson ADDRESS DATE 228 W. 22 St., Manhattan 8/1 /30(e) SuBJEcTReminiscence of Bronx, 1885 Mrs. J. Elterich 1. Date and time of interview August 7, 1938. 10 A. M. _ 2. Place of interview Rome of Mrs. John Elterich 3. Name and address of informant Mrs. John Elterich 4800 Barnes Ave. Bronx 4. Name and address of person, if any, who put you in touch with informant. None 5. Name and address…
New York, United States, New York City
· 1938-09-29
· 8 pages
Recorded by: Rivers, John, Swenson, May
Forms to be Fillejl ovk fqr cfl Ipterview FORMA Circumstances of Interview STATE New York NAME OF WORKER May Swenson ADDRESS 228 West 22nd Street, New York City DATE September 29, 1938 SUBJECT TALL TALES IN THE LUMBERJACK REGION 1. Date and time of interview 2. Place of interview September 28, 1938 His apartment 3. Name and address of informant John Rivers 656 West 179th Street, New York 4. Name and address of person, if any, who put you in touch with informant. 5. Name and address of person,…
New York, United States, New York City
· 1938-10-11
· 11 pages
Recorded by: John, Rivers, Swenson, May
Forms to be Filled out for Each Interview FORM A Circumstances of Interview STATE New York NAME OF WORKER. Mei Swenson ADDRFS 228 W. 22nd St. New York City DATE CO 11, 1938 SUBJECI• LORE OF THE LOUBERJACE8 1. Date and time of interview 2. Place of interview 3. Name and address of informant October 5th Mud 6th, 1938 His home 1151 !!!117gth St. N. Y. C. 4. Name and address of person, if any, who put you in touch with informant. 5. Name and address of person, if any, accompanyin you 6.…
New York, United States, New York City
· 1938-10-27
· 14 pages
Recorded by: Swenson, May, Vrbovska, Miss Anca
STATE Forms to be Filled out for Eacn Interview New York lOrn, fircumstarces b," IslA1',:E OF woluTa MAY SdEMSON ADMESS 21 Morton St. NYC October 31st. 1938 SUBJECT CZECHOSLOVAKIAU LORE Priest and Peasant Stories 1. Date and time of inter,!ew 2. Place of interview Oct. 278 1933 Miss Vrbovska's home 3. Name aod addloes 1:1formaw 4. INal;e and addres-; pern, toucn with in 5. Name and ad.rc;i:,s A.ss Anoa Vrbovska 509 E. 79th. Street, ric p -it you 111 FOLKLORE NEW YORK Have submitted previous…
United States, Newton, North Carolina
· 1939-09-08
· 5 pages
Recorded by: Deal, Ethel, Kanipe, Ruth
3eptember 8th 1939 Ruth Kanipe, Textile ,orker Newton, N.C. 11,thf-1 Deal, riter, Judley ,.Crawford, Reviser. Original Names Ruth Kanipe u2pb Changed Name Ruby Knox "I'll give you my story, if you'll answer a question for me. I'm thirty years old and not married. Can you tell me why I can't hold a man. Every one I y with leav,s me for another girl. I've wated to get married for a long time but the ones that have proposed, I wouldn't have. that is wrong with me?" "Loose about twenty five…
North Carolina, Newton, United States
· 1939-07-23
· 11 pages
Recorded by: Deal, Ethel, Linberger, Lizzie
July 23,1939 Lizzie Linberger, Housewife Newton, N.C. Ethel Deal,',riter. Dudley *.Crawford, Reviser. Original Names NewtonO.C. Lizzie Linberger ?red Linberger Changed Names Bakertontr.C. Mrs. Lula Leonard Frank Leonard "Come in," said Mrs. Leonard, as I knocked on the door. She was barefooted, hair combed straight back and done up in a tight knot. Her dress open half way down the front and pinned with a big safety pin. "Take off your things and se t down if you can find a place." Every chair…
North Carolina, Maiden, United States
· 1939-09-18
· 5 pages
Recorded by: Deal, Ethel, Williams, Mossie
September 18, 1939 Mosel. Williams (Glove Maker) Maiden, N.C. Ethel Deal, Writer Dudley W. Crawford, Revisor Original Names: Chaneed Names: Mossie Williams Marie Wilkins Newton Bakerton Mr. Younts MY'. "York Leonard Lonnie I was raised on a farm near here, one of a family of nine; I am the oldest. I finished high school last year at the age of nineteen. Father is a good farmer but it is hard for him to get any cash, so it was impossible for me to go to college. This was a great disappointment…
United States, Charlotte, North Carolina
· 1939-10-01
· 7 pages
Recorded by: Deal, Ethel, Wynce, Edgar
October 1, 1939 Edgar Wynce (Textile worker) Charlotte, N.C. Ethel Deal, ',Iriter Dudley W. Crawford, Reviser Original Names: Changed Names: Edgar Wynce Elmer Wayne Charlotte Riverton Elmer Wayne, with his invalid wife and seven childrellilived in a shabby little house, a duplicate of fifty others along one of the narrow unpaved streets in the new industrial section of Riverton. Unlike all the others, Elmerts yard was filled with flowers and shrubs, a bed of dahlias ran the entire length of…
North Carolina, Newton, United States
· 1939-07-27
· 9 pages
Recorded by: Deal, Ethel, Underwood, Cordie
Xuly 27, 1939 Cordie Underwood (Textile Worker) Newton, N.C. -Athol Deal, Writer Dudley W. Crawford, Reviser Original Names: Changed Names: Cordie Underwood Carrie Overoash Flossie Underwood Flora Overcash It was Tuesday afternoon and the regular weekly session of county criminal court was drawing to a close. The judge looked tired and cross; the clerk bored; the deputy apparently asleep; and the array of prisoners) awaiting sentence, indifferent. The solicitor and defense lawyers still…
North Carolina, Newton, United States
· 1939-10-10
· 6 pages
Recorded by: Crawford, Dudley W., Deal, Ethel, Sigmon, Cora
Oelabor 10, 1939 Cora Sigma (Vara eit*) Serptent X. C. Etbol Deal, Writor Dudloy Crawford, Revisor Original Xasoo Cora Siphon iterbert )LOU Clew& Noma Carrio Sails Bob 3ain Inside the little store, whose exude signs on the windows announced,"Uroceries, keats and Produce," Carrie ain looked up from her knitting, pushed a bag of peanuts from the other and of the orange crate on which she was sitting and asked ma to have seat. "Yes, Bob Akin expects me to keep house and stay in the store too.…
North Carolina, Newton, United States
· 1939-09-14
· 5 pages
Recorded by: Crawford, Dudley W., Deal, Ethel, Pendleton, Henrietta
Sept. 14th,1939. Henrietta Pendleton, Saleswoman liewton, N.C. Ltbel Deal, writer. Dudley w.Crawford, Reviser Original Names Henrietta Pendleton Smithy's Depektment Store Catawba County Newton Hewitt Motor Co., John Pendleton Changed Muse* Carol Phillips Sloangs Dept. Store Cook County Bakerton Howe Motor Co., George Phillip' I work at Sloan's, in the dry goods department. Sloan's store has two floors, dry goods above and groceries in the basement, and he treats his employes fine. The store…
Kannapolis, United States, North Carolina
· 1939-08-28
· 8 pages
Recorded by: Crawford, Dudley W., Deal, Ethel, Parsons, Dolph
August 28,1939 Dolph Parsons, Textile worker, %Annapolis, N.C. Ethel Dail, ,r1ter Dudley W.Crawford,Reviser. Original Names Changsd names Lannapolis Cannonvills Eva Parson Ila Perkins Charlotte Riverton Salisbury Slater. "I'm thirty years old. I was raised up in the mountains, and my people was just as poor 5$ mountain people get. Mother was a widow and had such a hard time getting along with three children to support, I stayed with my grandparents. "I got no educaLion, just a few days now…
United States, Taylorsville, North Carolina
· 1939-09-08
· 7 pages
Recorded by: Crawford, Dudley W., Deal, Ethel, Lowe, Betty
September 8, 1939 Betty Lowe (Cook Waitress) Tayloroville, N. C. i;thel Deal, writer Dudley 4. Crawford, Reviser Ortiknil 1146.11, changod Moms Betty Lowe Reba Lane Taylorsville Jefferson 3mitheys Levys Lena Lula "I was born on a farm in Jlskander County. 4y home is now in Jefferson. Father still owns the farm of one hundred and sixty acres. Our cash crops arc corns wheats cotton and vegetables. rotatoes also grow well on our place. 1,4st everybody tries to raise some apples. oie have a big…
United States, Newton, North Carolina
· 1939-08-31
· 8 pages
Recorded by: Crawford, Dudley W., Crow, Harriet, Deal, Ethel
August 31,1939 Harriet Crow, House wife, Newton, N.C. Ethel real, !4‘iter, Dudley ,.Crowford,Peviser. CrigLIal Naes Changed Name' harriet Cro* Helen Crane Burke County Banks County Jd Bacon Jim Banks Charlotte Riverton Preacher o3s Preacher oore b. My name is Helen Crane. I'll soon be seventy years old IN1 Pm trying to take it easier now, Owe got to; ut I have sure worked hard in my tine. I was brought up in Banks %-ounty on a farm wfutre we raised cotton, corn, titers, molasses can and other…