North Carolina, United States, Kannapolis
· 1939-09-01
· 12 pages
Recorded by: Crawford, Dudley W., Deal, C. M., Deal, Ethel
Sept. 1, 1939 C. M. Deal, Zr. (Textile- worker) Kannapolis, N. C. Ethel Deal, Writer Dudley W. Crawford, 7eviser Oriainal Names Changed Names, Kannapolie Cannonville C. M. Deal X. C. link Catawba County Canton County Peggy Ann Betty Tean Shirley Belinda Sara Dee Beaulah Blanch Carl Tim Young l, known to his friends as "I. C.", looked fondly at his daughter Sara Dee, as she leaned over the pink -lined bassinet where her little sister, Betty Teen, was pleading with both hands to be taken up. "I…
United States, North Carolina, Catawba
· 1939-08-12
· 5 pages
Recorded by: Craig, Lillie, Deal, Ethel
August 12, 1939 Lillie Craig (Mbther) Catawba, N. C. Xtbel Deal,Writer Dudley W. Crawford, Reviser Original Manes Lillie Craig Robert 3. Lee Abraham Linooln William Madison County Gastonia Andy Craig Mr. Rudisill L4ary Lou Herbert Hoover Changed Names Lula Cobb Stonewall Jackson Howard Taft Zane. Maiden County Golden Amos Cobb Mr. Rankin Minnie Sue Theodore Roosevelt "I don't see how I'll be able to toll anything. It's all I can do to carry this year old baby much less look after these four…
Star Town, North Carolina, United States
· 1939-07-17
· 7 pages
Recorded by: Colbert, Fannie, Crawford, Dudley W., Deal, Ethel
duly 17, 1939 Fannie Colbert, (Negro Farm Woman) Star Town, N. C. Ethel Deal, Writer Dudley W. Crawford, Reviser Original Names: Changed Names: Fannie Colbert Flora Collins Emily Eva Hickory Haddon Baker Mountain Banks Mountain Sue Suky Brookford Brooklyn Sigmon Sams Star Town Morton Jake Joe Mts. Coulter Mts. Curtis Zane 'Tune Charlie Cris Flora stooped over the fountain to get a drink, came up with a gasp and said, "Lord have mercy, how good that ice water tastes." The fountain was in the…
Highland, United States, North Carolina
· 1939-08-31
· 5 pages
Recorded by: Berry, Estelle, Deal, Ethel
August 1, 1939 Estelle Highland, N. C. Sthel Deal, Writer Dudley W. Crawford. Reviser Original Names Changed Names Highland Hedgeland Hickory Madden Burke County Banks County Miter Phil Extolls Berry Esther Perry Shuford Shines Mill Old Man Shuford Old Man Sholos Bill Hedrick Bob Hamrick 'Lisa Lents Miss Lane Rose Robe Pearl Opal *I live up at Boldgeland, near Biddea. t been marridd but I don't go by my husband's name. Be was so lazy I didn't stay with him but six months. Be never worked…
North Carolina, Catawba, United States
· 1939-08-29
· 6 pages
Recorded by: Crawford, Dudley W., Deal, Ethel, Sherrill, Mary Jane
August 29, 1939 Mary Jane Sherrill, Spinster Catawba, N. C. Ethel Deal, Writer Dudley W. Crawford, Reviser Original Names Changed Names Sane Sherrill Julia Shehan Topen Creek Tar Creek East Mambo Eastover Mts. Horner Mrs. Haynes Mrs pope Mts. Pores Mt. Pope Mt. Pores Statesville Stanton Charlotte Riverton Catfish Trout Alley's Store Allen's Store Mt. Frye Mt. Fisk Catawba County Canton County *'I was born in Canton County and I'm fifty five years old. My father owned a big farm over on Tar…
United States, Newton, North Carolina
· 1939-09-20
· 8 pages
Recorded by: Deal, Ethel
September 20,1939. _ollie Mauney, Housewife Newton,N.C. Ethel Deal, Writer Dudley W.Crawford,Reviser. Original Names Mollie Mauney Bettie Joe Jimmy Newton Lloyd Mauney Clyde Ruby Changed Names Mattie Moore Sara Ann Buddy Bakerton Floy Moore Claude Reba °Come in, I declare I ain't got a thing done today. I get up and get the children off to school and it wears me out. My younguns never will learn to wait on their selves. Sara Ann couldn't find her pencils, Buddie's got a sore foot, and I had…
United States, North Carolina, Catawba
· 1939-09-22
· 5 pages
Recorded by: Crawford, Dudley W., Deal, Ethel, Meadows, Essie
September 22, 1939 East° Meadows, (Housewife) Catawba, N. C. Ethel Deal, Writer Dudley 1. Crawford, Reviser Original Names: Changed Names: Essie Meadows Eva Means Ellen Helen K. C. Meadows J. C. Means Lincolnton Jefferson Newton Bakerton Tva sat on the edge of her chair, and clutched her black worn bag nervously. She was dressed in a green flowered print and a small black felt hat. "Its nice of you to ask me here to set down. My husband come up on business and it takes him so long to git…
Newton, North Carolina, United States
· 1939-08-25
· 5 pages
Recorded by: Crawford, Dudley W., Deal, Ethel, Lutz, Edna
"Howdy, come in; take that chair over there. I ain't feelin so guod.' I3va Klutz sighed as she seated herself LI tie only other chair in the room. "What's the trouble, Eva? Henry on the gang again?" "No, as it happens, he ain't, but there's where he ought to be. Here I pot three of his younguns to support and him off livin' wid another woman. I ain't seed him in a lon time and I hopes I don't ever see him igain. NO, Ilse worried about my work. I works in the lunch room when school on, and this…
Hickory, North Carolina, United States
· 1939-08-15
· 7 pages
Recorded by: Crawford, Dudley W., Deal, Ethel, Matheson, Joe
August 15, 1939 Joe Mittheson (Salesman) Hickory, N. C. Ethel Deal, Writer Dudley W. Crawford, Reviser Original Names Changed Names Zoe Matheson John Matthews Duke Power Co. Dutch Power Co. Troutman Trent Phyllis Pamela Charlotte Riverton Hickory Haddon Lenoir -Rhyne College Lane -Macon College "I'm john Matthew/5 from the Dutch Power Company, I hnve a paper here T 'minted you to sign. TVs a right of lay to bring the the power line through." "sure, T."11 sign it," said, "and I went your life…
Jacobs Fork, United States, North Carolina
· 1939-10-08
· 6 pages
Recorded by: Bruguiere, Lila J., Deal, Ethel, Phillips, T.h.
October 8, 1939 T. H. Phillips, Farmer Jacobs Fork Ethel Deal, writer Lila J. Bruguiere, Reviser Originql Names T.H. Phillips Emma Campbell Kallie Reinhart Sue Reinhart Massouria Reinhart Hagar Co. Jacobs Forks Hickory Raleigh Burke County Catawba Mills Oak Grove Plateau Potts Creek Patterson Mills Lenoir -Rhyne Caldwell County Changed Names H. B. Moffat Vary McGregor Sallie Burkhart Lou Burkhart Magnolia Burkhart Kruger M'f'g Co. Perrys Forks Briarwood Merton Banks County Cherokee Mills…
North Carolina, United States
· 1939-08-31
· 5 pages
Recorded by: Crawford, Dudley W., Deal, Ethel, Travis, Allen
August 31, 1939 Allen Teavis,(Farmer) Newton, N. C. Ethel Deal, Writer .Dudley W. Crawford, Reviser Original Names Allen Pearls Catawba County Conoordia College Conover Changed Names Amos Teal Cook County Friendship College Converse Amos Teal crossed his legs, lit a cigar and with eyes half closed, spoke softly. "My story is brief. "I was born in Cook County, reared on the fern; am sixty eight years old. My father lived alone after I married and was found dead in the bed. We never knew…
North Carolina, United States
· 1939-09-23
· 7 pages
Recorded by: Alley, F.l., Deputy Sheriff, Crawford, Dudley W., Deal, Ethel
Sept. 23, 1939 F. L. Alley, Deputy Sheriff Catawba, N. C. Ethel Deal, writer Dudley W. Crawford, Reviser Original Names: Changed Names: F. L. Alley G. F. Aiken Weaverville College lamer college North Newton North Bakerton Asheville Ashton Aside from the static on the radio, the sheriff's office was quiet. With his feet on the window sill, deputy Sheriff George Aiken was leisurely smoking a cigar and looking through the window at the **reaching jay birds in the giant oaks on the court house…
United States, Newton, North Carolina
· 1939-09-04
· 5 pages
Recorded by: Boyter, W. A., Crawford, Dudley W., Deal, Ethel
September 4,1939 W.A.Boyter, Hotel Proprietor, Newton, N.C. Ethel Deal, Writer. Dudley 4.Crawford,Reviser. QrisizmlEalueS ChaniNd Names Virginia Shipp Hotel Alton Hotel W.A.Boyter J.A.Burns Spartanburg S.C. Sparta, S.C. Statesville Inn Staton Inn C.R.Adkins C.B.Morris Newton Bakerton mpb Mr. J.A.Burns, a distinguished looking man of about sixty five, has run the Alton Hotel ut Bakerton for the past twenty years, and this is his life story. "I was born in Sparta, South Carolina. My father was…
North Carolina, Jonesville, United States
· 1938-11-28
· 31 pages
Recorded by: Dunnagan, Clalee, Dunnagan, Claude V., Holbrook, Early
November 28, 1938 Early and Lillie Holbrook, (white) Jonesville, N.C. Tenant Farmers, Mill Workers, Laborers Mrs. Clalee Dunnagan, Yadkinville, N.C. Claude V. Dunnagan, reviser EARLY AND LILLIE HOLBROOK TM girl end her mother were silent as they sat by the door of the squalid cabin. Below them, in the mdddle of a flat stretch of bottom land, the waters of the sluggish Yadkin flowed, winding its sprawling course down the valley bed till it was lost in the hose of a typical river bottom fog.…
United States, Yadkinville, North Carolina
· 1939-08-13
· 9 pages
Recorded by: Dunnagan, Clalee, Hutchins, Mary Jane, Pinnix, Esther Searle
*MART AN BROWN" ,101110. Date of 1st writing: NeJlei Address; Occupation: Writer: Revisor: Oct. 13, 1939 Mary ZaneC7utshins (white) ladkinville, N. C. Housewife, tenant former Claims Dunnagan lather Searle Pinnix MARY JANE BROWN *Come up an' set a spoil, ma'am. Hits right warm here in this sunny corner of thor porch. Soo this purty pitcher? Hits a birthday card from my preacher. Yesla, today's my birthday. I'm forty eight years old. Oh, I know I look a heap oldeen that, but hit's hard work…
New York, United States, New York City
· 1938-10-09
· 5 pages
Recorded by: Ivanoff, Mrs. R., Walden, Wayne
,t te, TALF,S TALL Forms to be Filled out for Each Interview FORM A Circumstances of Interview STATE NEV YORK NAME OF WORKER NAYNE WALDEN ADDRESS 51 Bank Street, New York DATE October 11, 1938 SUBJECT "HE-MAN FROM THE NEST" 1. Date and time of interview 2. Place of interview Evening of October 9, 1938 198 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island 3. Name and address of informant Mrs. R. Ivanoff, Stony Point, N.Y. 4. Name and address of person, if any, who put you in touch with informant. None 5. Name…
New York, United States, New York City
· 1939-01-05
· 7 pages
Recorded by: Fusco, Miss Lena, Walden, Wayne
Forms to be Filled out for Each Interview FORM A Circumstances of Interview STATE New York NAME OF WORKER Wayne Malden ADDRESS 51 Bank St. New York City DATE January 5, 1939 SUBJECT A LESSON IN MOOD. -LORE 1. Date and time c° interview December 28, 1938 2. Place of interview 53 Bank Bt. New York City 3. Name and address of informant Miss Lena Fusco 53 Bank St. New York City. 4. Name and address of person, if any, who put you in touch with informant. 5. Name and address of person, if any,…
New York, United States, New York City
· 1938-11-23
· 6 pages
Recorded by: Johns, Captain J., Walden, Wayne
404 11',0% 7244:11-‘1 '4741C, Forms to be, Filled out for Each Interview FORM A Circumstances of Interview STATE New York NAME OF WORIMR Wayne Walden ADDRESS 51 Bank Street, New York City. DATE November 28, 1938 SMUT A MYSTERIOUS VINE "CAPTAIN" JOHNS' STORY 1. Date and time o' interview November 23, 1938 2. Place of interview Clason Point Inn 3. Name and address of informant FOLKLORE NEW YORK "Captain" J. Johns Clason Point Inn, Bronx, N. Y. C. 4. Name and address of person, if any, who put…
New York, United States, New York City
· 1938-12-05
· 11 pages
Recorded by: Hamilton, Mrs. Annette, Walden, Wayne
VA-e(rti Forms to be Filled out for Each Interview FORM A Circumstances of Interview STATE New York NAME OF WORKER Wayne Weldon ADDRESS 51 Bank Street, NYC DATE December 8, 1938 SUBJECT THE JOKE ON JAKE FOLKLORE NEW YORK 1. Date and time c" interview Afternoons of December 5 and 7, 1938 2. Place of interview Home of informant 3. Name and address of informant Mrs. Annette Hamilton, 145 Waverly Pl., NYC 4. Name and address of person, if any, who put you in touch with informant. None 5. Name and…
New York, New York City, United States
· 1938-08-16
· 6 pages
Recorded by: Hopwood, Wm. F., Walden, Wayne
Fprms to bip Filad out for gach Inter/Jew FORM A P1rcomultances of Intervicw STATE lift marolk Nog OF WORKER Warms Lamm ADDRESS 51 Bank Bt. Now Yorke DATE August lei 1938 SUBJECT 401,1100D RININISCMIC2# 1. Date and time of intervPW Ye August 15, 1938 2, Place of interview 2140 Nonerar11 Alm...Roam 3. Name and address of informant Ma. F. &woods 2140 Roam11 Ave. 4. Name and address of person, if any, who put you in touch with informant. 5. Name and address of person, if any, accompanying you…