Florida, United States, Lakeland
· 1939-01-06
· 8 pages
Recorded by: Diggs, Paul, Threet, Amelia, Threet, Dan
Federal Writorst•Project Paul Diggs Lakeland, Florida JanUary 6th,1939 Threet 4,44 and Amelia Washington Pak Lakeland, Florida DAN AND A.Z.LIA THREET •(Commonly known as Doc Thret) Located on the -West side of -0 shington seark -lying between 7th St, in North Lakeland, (commonly known as Teas,000 Hill) is locted Dan and Amelia Threet, He is known by all as Doc Threet; They live in a .four room hbuse th:t was once set side for a uoiikuunity house in the Park, bome years ago this plot of ground…
Florida, United States, Lakeland
· 1938-12-29
· 6 pages
Recorded by: Diggs, Paul, Stembridge, Julia, Stembridge, Will
Federal Imiterst Project i.aul Diggs Lakeland, Florida Amember 28, 1968 Stembridge, Vill Julia 607 Florence ,.ve Lakeland, -.Clorida Will and Julia Stembr age At the end tthis sandy street lives Will and Juaia Stembridge,807 North Florence Avenue, in a weathensboarded house that is unpainted The steps entdring the house are out of lime and are badly,in need of repairing. The front porch was covered with running vines, and there were pots of flowers sitting around the edges, with sevral large…
Florida, Lakeland, United States
· 1939-03-10
· 10 pages
Recorded by: Diggs, Paul, Robinson, Charlie, Robinson, Lucinda
Federal ariterse t-roject Paul Jiggs Lakeland, FloriLa Arch 10,1939 Robinson, Charlie and Lucinaa 406 W,5th S treat Lakeland, Floriaa CHARLIE AND LUCINDA HOBINSON-PLOaaa AND COOK. The home of Charlie and Lucinda is located in thenTeaspoon Hills section of Lakeland, Florida, This sandy street is thickly pokiel,4ted with colored pole who live in good and bad hisses, ,Some are home owneri and others renters, Chkrlit havpens to be oiCwho is trying to purchase his home from Oxford and Word…
United States, Florida, Plant City
· 1939-02-15
· 15 pages
Recorded by: Diggs, Paul, Marshall, E[?]. J., Marshall, Mattie
February IO, 19Se "io J. and Mattis Marshall (Negro) Alabama an& Maryland Streets Plant OW, florae Overseer of Tenants Paul Dime, writer (Wm) Toronto* Kassa sad Ivelyn Omer, revisers. u. J. ATU) M -MALL, 07:1/EY2:11z: iP1721.1 Jo and Skittle Marshall lkve in a two-story house at the corner of Alabama and Maryland Streets in Oork, a suburb of Plant City, Florida. A granddaughter, Adis !Weals. Swift11 lives with than. Their sire -room home is oonstruoted of untainted weatherboani and has a…
Florida, United States, Lakeland
· 1939-01-27
· 7 pages
Recorded by: Diggs, Paul, Kellum, Robert, Kellum, Ruby
Federal ';:riterst Propject Paul Diggs Eakeland,Florida January, ..711939 Kellum, Robert and Ruby 1164 N. Florida. ',venue Lakelend,Florida ROBERT AND RUBY KiLI,LITL CITRUS 'riOBJT13., Sittin,eon the back door stooe with his youngest son, Nelson in his la, playing tags at his knee was his other son Robert,Jr. Robert stated that he had just come from the United '-tate Era ,107. dent Office, He piroduced a. card with his identification number on it- showing that he had to report Tuesday if still…
Nebraska, Ogallala, United States
· 2 pages
Recorded by: Jollensten, Bessie, Wright, Frank
sow ..a f EAME OF WORKER.... ADLRESS...V:0141N DATE SUBJECT...17014PrP NAME AND ADDRESS OF uroRrANT...Irv:*.Vtt Ur. anc, Yrs. .,r4ght were bcth born in LcraIne County, Ir. right was Lo. January 6, 1551, an,: lrs tright was born August 1, 1854 and the— were united in morriace, August 31, 1573. 13,..ing full of det rmination, ike to the possibilities of a now country, in the sprin:, of 1874 the came westward, wit?, ether et.igrants, crossik through Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa. Their final…
New Hampshire, United States
· 1938
· 18 pages
Recorded by: Keriazes, Evanthea
ORIGINAL MSS. OR FIELD NOTES (Check one) PUB. Living Lore in New En:land (New Hampshire) TITLE A (reek Mother WRITER Evanthea Heriazos DATE IDS. PP. 17 CHECKER DATE SOURCES GIVEN Interview COMMENTS T. H. Federal Writers' Project Subject: Living Lore ff1801 in Lr. 17-anuel 'Jew England A GREEK 1:0TEER by Evanthea Keriazes From the sunny section of the southern European 3--lkan Countries, some twenty years aao, the lovely Gokem-oirA Basilike (Bessie) Zikou came to he United states. That dark…
New Hampshire, United States
· 13 pages
Recorded by: Langlois, Victoria, Mrs. L
ORIGINAL MSS. OR FIELD NOTES (Check one) PUB. Living Lore in New En6land (New Hampshire) TITLE Franco -American Grandmother WRITER Victoria Langlois DATE WDS. PP. 11 CHECKER DATE SOURCES GIVEN (T) COMMENTS Interview PORTRAIT OF A F ICAN GRANDMOTHER N.H. Federal Writers' Project Subject: Living Lore in #1801 New England Mr. Manuel PORTRAIT OF A FRANCO-AXEiICAN GRANDMOTHER by Victoria Langlois I do not know Mrs. L. very well, but I have often come in contact with one of her granddaughters, who…
New Hampshire, Manchester, United States
· 1939-01-10
· 6 pages
Recorded by: [Lemay?], M. Henri, Langlois, Victoria
1c 47? t L.5( ta74A •Aqc TITLE =1111RITSR °MOM MSS. OR FIELD NOTES (Check one) PUB. Lirinf Lore in Sew England (New Hampshire) M. Henri Lemay (Froneh) Victoria Lineal.* yc DATE 00/39 4 ASECKER DAVI pouicEs GIVEN (t) XIMMENTS N.H. Federal Writers' Project Subject: The Manchester Picture ,January 10, 1939 RBMINISCINCES OF M. HMI LBW By Victoria Langlois M. Henri Lesley is seventy-three years old. He is in good health and was active in business until two years ago when he was ill during the…
United States, New Hampshire
· 41 pages
Recorded by: Lemay, Philippe, Pare, Louis
[NO TEXT AVAILABLE FOR THIS PAGE] New Hampshire Federal Writers' Project Subject: Living Lore #1801 in New England THE FRENCH CANADIAN TEXTILE WORKER BY PhiliDDO LOMAY Reported bY Louis Pe.r; "French Canadians from the province of Quebec have worked in the mills of Manchester for a long, long time. There was one as far back as 1833, and for more than 50 years they kept on coming until now we are 35,000 strong, 40% of the entire population of the city. Ours is said to be the largest sin- gle…
New Hampshire, United States
· 1939-04-29
· 18 pages
Recorded by: Pratt, Henry H.
Country Editor Henr%; H. Pratt 4p# ‹9 31s, -11e1114Illitk5H Canaan is a small,but notable, town of fewer than 1500 inhabitants; it is one of three or four towry of its size in New Hamishire that le the home of a weekly newspaper. This wkly newspaper,too, is distinguished bez:ond what rrobably is apIreciated by the m<orit of is local readers. Its editor could boast,were it not for his abhorrence of any least thing which str.uf:ks of vaink4or-,,,of illustrious contributors,of comradely rega.od…
New Hampshire, United States
· 1939-04-19
· 43 pages
Recorded by: Pratt, Henry H.
The Country Editor.. APR. 1 9 1939 by Henry H. Pratt Editing and managing a country newsraper,though it be only an eight -page weekly, is normally a grown man's job. Its editor occupies a position much like that of the late President Arthur J. Roberts,of Colby Collegeot the time he taught English there, with a potpourri of other subjects. "Just what chair do you occupy at Colby,Professor? a brother professor from another college once asked him. "Chair: chair:",came back Roberts, "I don't…
New Hampshire, United States
· 1938
· 4 pages
Recorded by: Sample, Julia M.
N.H.F.W.P.#1801 Julia M.Sample Subject:Living Lore,, Marsz,marsz,Dabrowski Z siemi wtooskiej do polskiej Wolnog6, dawns hasto Jeszcze w nas nie zgadO. Oh, it was good to hum and clean, to clean the way she liked to do it. First one room all clean, then shut it up and start cleaning the next one. No Mrs. Kendall to -day to say, 'Katherine, Katherine, here's another little job for you' before she had more than started the last little job. With each MARSZ, MARSZ the mop was pushed a bit more…
United States, New Hampshire
· 1934-02-02
· 4 pages
Recorded by: [?], Katherine, Sample, Julia M.
FEB 2 1934 N.H.F.W.PM.801 JULIA Y.SAMPLE Sublect: Living Lore Chapter 2 "4-61-044a-41-44-‘1' The next day on the way to the Kendall's Katherine stops to buy needed groceries. M. Kendall had given her some money and instructed her to "See that there is plenty of food in the house: She knew what he ate for breakfast and what he liked for supper. "He want all time in the house lorangespgrapefruit, tomato juice in canveggs,that foony bacon like ham,crackers for milk, soup in canscoffee and…
New Hampshire, United States
· 3 pages
Recorded by: [?], Katherine, Sample, Julia M.
N.H.F.W.P.#1801 Julia M. Sample Subject Living Lore HERE WE CAN BE GLA Chapter 3 7/- t For almost almost two years Kathrine worked in the mill at the same loom. For her that loom soon became a personality. Its actions varied almost as much as the New Hampshire weather. Days on end the threads would snap, the woof seemed too thick for the warp or the woof would snarl and then break,the warp too tight and uwilding. Sometimes a nut would drop and a bolt loosen or a heddle break. Always a little…
New Hampshire, United States
· 1939-02-09
· 4 pages
Recorded by: [?], Katherine, Sample, Julia M.
N,H,F.W.P.#1801 Julia M. Sample Chapter 4 FEB 9 1930 publAat:Living Lore HERE WE CAN BE GLAD It is Saturday morning, the last of June. A cool breeze is blowing, the sun is not too bright and many people hope it will not rain. For this is Katherine's and Jan's wedding day. Early that morning the old lady, who runs the house, starts preparing Katherine for this gala and important occasion. Water has been heated on the wood stove and carried to the bath -room. Everyone in the house knows that for…
New Hampshire, United States
· 3 pages
Recorded by: [?], Katerine, Sample, Julia M.
N.H.F.W.P.#18o1 Julia M. Sample Sub ect;Living Lore HERE WE CAN BE GLAD Chapter 5 Honey -moons were unknown in those days. So Monday saw Katherine and Jan in their places in the mill. Katherine worked up to the birth of Charlotte, her first child. Meanwhile they had moved to larger quarters. They now lived in two rooms, the kitcheitthe centre of the households They did everything but slkep there. ,Katherine was a very good cook. She delighted in making the old Polish dishes, parogi,…
New Hampshire, United States
· 4 pages
Recorded by: [?], Katherine, Sample, Julia M.
N.H.F.W.P.#1801 Julia M. Sample Chapter 7 MAY;2 1939 subject: Living Lore HERE WE CAN BE GLAD At last the day had come! To -night Katherine would go to the court house and be examined for her final citizenship papers. She (11 was not only glad but confident. A friend of thetrs had loaned her the questions he had been asked. He had taken out papers in Chicago and had somehow managed to obtain a oppy of the questions. These questions had been passed around to all his friends until now the paper…
New Hampshire, United States, Manchester
· 1938
· 11 pages
Recorded by: Krupski, Bronislaw, Father, Sample, Julia M.
ORIGINAL MSS. OR FIELD NOTES (Check one) PUB. Living Lore in New England (New Hampshire) TITLE Palish of Manchester WRITER -7141-6 DATE WDS pp. 10 CHECKER DATE SOURCES GIVEN (I) COMMENTS Interview F Project 1801 LIVI—T LORE POLISH Father Bronislaw Krupski,pastor Holy Trinity Church(National Catholic) Lives directly back of church -door marked office. Classes held in parish house. Children twice a week. Women every third sunday at 3, give plays etc. English for men women(citizen papers) 7 P.M.…
United States, Taos, New Mexico
· 1939-03-31
· 6 pages
Recorded by: Brown, Lorin W., Tejada, Simeon
Simeon Tepid& Taos,New Mexico Translated by Lorin W. Brown April 17,1939 1,530 words HISTORY OF A BUFFALO HUNTER Submitted 3/31/59 Words V)r 19315 r Or Don Manuel Jesus Vasques was born in the settlement of Chamisal, Taos County on the 31st day of January of the year 1656. He himself does not know how he came to live at the home of Don Juan Policarpio Romero of the village of Name° but at the age of eight he was herd.. boy for a flolarof goats belonging to Don Juan Polioarpio Romero and…