Federal Writers' Project

American Life Histories collected by WPA writers, 1936–1940. Mirrored from the Library of Congress and made fully searchable with OCR-tolerant fuzzy matching and AI explain.

2000 documents

[Mrs. Brown's Diamond Ring]

United States, South Carolina · 1958-12-08 · 15 pages
Recorded by: Jones, Josie, Workman, Rose D.

galatino Argrazdt 4SQDWo Viao SOUTH CAROLINA WRITERS, PROJECT LIFE HISTORY TITLES Iti;.71, 11411NIS DIALIONi. RING, Date of First Wilting Name of Farman Intarriam Fictitioue Name Street Addrees Place Occupation Name of Writer Name of Reviser Aldo of Revision byTiriter December 8, 1958 Bre. &vie Jones (White) Uh3. Bette Brown 04 King Street Charleston, S. C. Dressmaker Roe e D. Workman Ante Office 25, 1.939 Project 1655 Roe* 14 Workman Charleston, 5, C. Sept. 25, 1959 msa. BpowNI3 DIAMOND…

[The Story of Ellen]

South Carolina, United States, Charleston · 1938-12-30 · 17 pages
Recorded by: Smith, Janie, Workman, Rose D.

Approximately 4000 Words. i SOUTH CAROLINA WRITERS' PROJECT LIFE HISTORY TITLE: THE STORY OF ELLEN. Date of First Writin6 Dec. 30, 1938 Name of Person Interviewed Janie amith (White) Fictitious Name Ellen Parkhurst Street Address 160 Ashley Avenue Place Charleston, S. C. Occupation Librarian in charge of Children's Roma. Name of Writer Name of Revisor Rose D. Workman State Office. PROject #.1658 Rose Do Workman Chai-lesion, S. C. Dec. 30, 1938 ovis STORY OF ELLEN. It was a very shabby house…

[We Follow the Sea]

United States, South Carolina, Charleston · 1939-03-01 · 23 pages
Recorded by: Wingate, Thelma, Workman, Rose D.

Approx. 8400 words SOUTH CAROLINA WHIMS* PROJECT LIFE HISTORY TITLE: WE roux THE SEA." Date of first writing March 1, 1939 Name at Person interviewed Mrs. Thelma Wingate (White) Fictitious nano Teekla Adams Street Address 62 Church Street Plaee Charleston,S.C. Occupation Stono-elsork Name of Writer Rose D. workman Projeot 1688 Rose Ds Workman 0harleston,8.0. Marsh 1, 1939 "We Follow the Sea: Approx. 8400 words Almost everybody calls her Teekla, although the has been married, diverged, and is…

[Mary Watkins and her Family]

South Carolina, United States, Charleston · 1939-01-13 · 14 pages
Recorded by: Kinard, Alph, Workman, Rose D.

Approx. 3750 Words 67 B. 8OUTR GAROLINA WRITICRS, PROTECT LIFE HISTORY. TITLE s, MARY WATKINS AND HER FAMILY. Date of First Writing Zane 13* 1939. Name of Person Interviewed Alp Kinard (White) Fictitious Name Mary Watkins Street Address 140 Wentworth Street Place Charleston* S.C. Occupation Department Store Clerk Name of Writer Ross D. Workman Name of Reviser State Office, Pro jest #.3.858 Rose Ds Workman Charleston, Ss Cs Jan, 4, 1939 F itviA Hummixi Page 46 1 Unlike the halls lower dovm„…

[Mother Heart]

Charleston County, Windsor, United States, South Carolina · 1939-03-21 · 18 pages
Recorded by: Cattle, Annie Griffin, Workman, Rose D.

Approximatedly 4200 words. SOUTH CAROLINA WRITERS' PROJECT LIFE HISTORY TITLE: MOTHER HEART Date of first writings March 21,1939 Name of person interviewed: Mrs.Annie Griffin Ofittle (white)* Fieitious names Mrs•Mamie Ankle Places eandsor Place,Charleston Countys3.0. Occupations Housewife. Name of vritert Rose D.Workman *Although the small grandson attends the white school, Mrs. Cattle is thought to have Indian blood in her veins, and is often spoken of in the community as a "Brass Ankle." …

[Ben Kinchlow]

Texas, Mexico, United States, Uvalde County · 1875 · 19 pages
Recorded by: Angermiller, Florence, Kinchlow, Ben

5684 -words EDITORIAL FIELD COPY Page 1 by Lars. Florenee Angermiller, P.W. 552 Range Lore and Negro Cowboy Reminisoeneos before and after 1875 UVALDE COUNTY, DIST415 REFLRENCE: A. Ben Kinchlow, age 91, Mulatto who was cowboy and horsobreaker of the Rio Grande country in early days. Uvalde, Texas "You know my mother was a slave an' was give her freedom an* sent to Mexico when I was about a year old. We stayed in Mexico all of ten years befog we mime back to this side. I went to school with a…

[Mrs. Mary Leakey Miles]

United States, Mexico, Real County, Texas · 1937-10-25 · 6 pages
Recorded by: Angermiller, Florence, Miles, Mary Leakey

P;=1 Words ti h /lc,' a. lenge Lore and Uarly Experiences Wore end After 1875 n XDITOHI Mrs. Floren AL CO FIELD COPY Page 1 by 232 Angermiller, TI? -1) _ no MHS. MM LSAKILY MILES co Mary Leakey Mlles, daughter or Jahn LeakeY (L.7)-pioneor settler of the Frio Canyon and founder of ihe torn of Leakey, is 70 years old end lived the life of the pioneer *omen of that day. She was born in 188? at Leakey,Texas, and grew up n the saddle, helping her father with the stook and rxding the side saddle on…

[Tom H. McNelly]

United States, Uvalde County, Texas · 1881 · 4 pages
Recorded by: Angermiller, Florence, Mcnelly, Tom H.

V4V milsoisort Page 1 by 238 Urse /loran*. Aagerrniller P. W. Pioneer t.xperienees* WALDE OUUNTY040SMOT #10 TOM H. WILLY Uvalde IWO& ,N1th a telephone by his aedside, PNI *m.2ly has not lost tomoh wittLIAls hoe town, but rather keeps &WWI% of times as tAorouJaly as the up-and-i-oing. Having been eonfined to is aed sontinuously for tLe ,41St tarez! years, he finds life retber interesting rina tallcs with sandor nad enjoyment or the old days when he first aeto Uvalde. "1 guess we are Irish for…

[William Augustus Bowles]

United States, Uvalde County, Texas · 1938-03-21 · 10 pages
Recorded by: Angermiller, Florence, Bowles, William Augustus

-2 -7 words -1) Ploaser 14x OA vt4-Pri viths4 237 1938 WILLIAM ANUBIL48 BOMBS Orelde, Ibexes a 4.A. doylies, eleaMonly known as aim, resides on North 3treet in Uvalde and is an. Of the oldest residents in the 01 e is 40 years of age, a CivilWet veteran ant Wvuldeliountysoleamme. tits wife, who wee a. denghter of one of the earlrviteY NOVA** of this seetion is 88 years old sad the mother of tea ehildrena eight of whom are still linage SU Wee Se* *MI OM NM Game to Uvalde dounty when she vre…

[William Simon Wall]

Real County, Texas, United States, Uvalde County · 1937-10-25 · 21 pages
Recorded by: Angermiller, Florence, Wall, Simon William

A —e 17" C /cn A' r words 00 ,z5,;101 EDITORIAL FIRLD COPY by Ws. Florence Angermiller, P.W. Renee Lore and Experiences of Pion,* Life before and after 18,5. PART ONE REAL lind UVALDE COUNTIES DIST.10 WILLIAM SIMON WALL Familiarly know as "Uncle Bill," William Wall, who in 81 years Old, was about the yOungest resident to ever take up his Abode at Fort Inge (about tile lilies below the present town of Uvalle). 114 was four months old whoa Ms parents stopped there on their tPek west from…

[Nath F. Watkins]

Uvalde County, Texas, United States · 1941-02-11 · 7 pages
Recorded by: Angermiller, Florence, Hale, Gussie, Watkins, Nath F.

Word' rreft,Fe Co by Mrs. Cassie Male 'mode Lore ant CrolyboY ipmniniosonios SD ?ORM 11 CtiOr Pogo 1 bY 252 orenoo Asigerailler CèUrftY,, LWThLT tie N'TN Y. WATKINS .Uweldo, Tams L. Seth *Atkins who soma to Uwelde in 189 served this oily as a barber for forty YogrO. No is 72 yore old but has retired from the barber budiness on mount of Ill hoolth. No was born in Sonar County Is 1158, %mans to Kaunas's County with his parents, a.little later. Whek he was Monte** his fPther tied ens Nath went to…

[Billy Robinson]

Texas, United States, Real County · 1937-10-24 · 6 pages
Recorded by: Angermiller, Florence, Robinson, Billy

*31 SILLY 440SINs011 Oebinal, Tomes. liar Range Lore and Cowboy Reminissenees of telr4y ways _ "There were !Ivo boys and four girls in our family. My t thor was killed by the Indians up SO Chalk huff on the Sums River. Me wane to this country shortly after the Tares, Wellys, Devoe ,orte, Kinchelles, Ye:slays and others settled in the **oyes. Chris Kelly moved my father out from Kaufman County. *My rather wIttIOdi JR the MO River south ef Vie present site Or con Can. Ifhile we were living…

[Jack W. Patterson]

United States, Texas · 1862 · 11 pages
Recorded by: Angermiller, Florence, Patterson, Jack W.

Lr ':;ords EDIT0RIAL FLUX COPY Page 1 by 83X Urs. Florence AngermIller, P.W. )ioneer Reminiscences UVALDE COUNTY. DISTRICT #10 ow, da. JACK W. PATTERSON Uvalde, Texas. "I was pretty .young when the Indians Were in this county bui.- remember when I was standing around wishing I could go on one of those Indian scouts. Then when night came and they sent me to loilk the stable door I would be scared to death, afraid an Indian was going to grab me every step, .We used to keep the stable door looked…

[Tom Mills]

Texas, United States, Uvalde County · 1937-10-18 · 10 pages
Recorded by: Angermiller, Florence, Mills, Tom

Words NDITORIAL IlL COPY by s, florenge A,germAllsW, F. Range Lore and 0owboY Reminiscences before and After 1875 ALDS C',UNT74. Taos 1 TOM MILLS. Uncle Tom Hills. frontier Negro eowpuncher and horseireakeri was torn In Alabama during slave dale, emming to Texas 1n 1862 settling on the Sabinal River in the Patterson eettlemeat. Uncle Tom is a voterah cow hand having telt, to ranch lit, as a young boy. He rode wild horses, worked wild settle and cams fees to face with panthers and lobos. There…

[Robert William Little]

Kansas, United States, Uvalde County, Texas, Frio County, Seguin, Guadalupe County · 1938-02-26 · 10 pages
Recorded by: Angermiller, Florence, Little, Robert William

-0 S Djed IMITOMIAL 60 by Mrs. Plerasse AngOrS111 Pioneer Xxvorioneos and Cowboy Tales of JAEAY Dub 41/1; COMM DISTRICT PIO ROBERT WILLIAM LITTE ago I fE.B.2:(5„.',93 TIGIIIS5, Alf2110114‘',11 /r. Sr,M PV:031j RI was born ta Ovadalupo Goody on Palestina day in 1664 end I've baan a plumb good Palestine over sins*. Dors on my father's ranoh of course. It was all open range slaw to the °oast and we had lets of cattle, horses and hogs. lverything that vent with a ranch. I was the only boy in the…

[Occupational and Social Life of Granite]

United States, Oregon, Canyon City · 1939-04-21 · 32 pages
Recorded by: Haight, William C., Niven, Mrs. Neil

p,vz c --t‘ Accession no. W 9624 Date received 10/10/40 Consignment no. 1 Shipped from Ugh. Office Label Amount 31g. A -I) r r WPA L. C. PROJECT itri-terel.... UNIT Form -4 FAIklIPX.L.....__Collection (or Type) Title 0 CetrOat 1 nal._atut Grani te a__ ()recut. Place of orightPlr t1PrCts. Date4/ 21 /79_ Project worker. VA4,--C Project editor Remarks Form A Federal Writers' Project Circumstances of Interview Works Progress Administration OREGON FOLKLORE STUDIES Name of worker William C. Haight…

[Girlhood Life in Portland, 1860-76]

United States, Oregon, Portland · 1939-01-04 · 12 pages
Recorded by: Crawford, Miss Etta, Haight, William C.

Date *4: received 0/. /lig) Consignment no. Shipped from eabee.44/0<;. Amount tiitN...IF04.C4t114P.radtaee UNIT Form -3 Collection (or Type) 03-04.4,00NG Place of Date Project Project editor_ Remarks Form A Federal Witeral Projeot Circumstances of Interview Works Progress Administration OREGON FOLKLORE STUDIES Name of worker William C. Haight Address 1225 SW Alder Street, Portland, Oregon. Date January 4, 1939 Subject Girlhood Life In Portland, 1860-76. Name and address of informant Miss Etta…

[Smalltown Folklore]

United States, Oregon, Portland · 1939-03-27 · 13 pages
Recorded by: Brown, Charles, Haight, William C.

Accession no. W9665 Date received 10/10/40 Consignment no. 1 Shipped from Place of origin__Par_iLand, ur.egan. Date.-31-27-/-aa Wash. Office Label I Project worker Willi= Ost Haigbt Amount 12p, Project editor (2 mce.) forme Remarks A —D) CA4.41_4-t, V.4.4 WPA ---ipaAelti.;1,).0t.-4.1S L. C. PROJEC ri tire UNIT Form -3 Folklore Collection (or Type) Form A Federal Writers' Project Circumstances of Interview Works Progress Administration OREGON FOLKLORE STUDIES Name of worker Williap C. BilLbt…

[Fortune Telling]

Portland, Oregon, United States · 1939-01-11 · 13 pages
Recorded by: Haight, William C., Smith, Miss

AccessbM no. W//,'6/7 Ocet-t WPA L. C. PRO Form -3 n 0/7t0.e‘Wnre.... Date received Title Consignment no. Shipped from Place of oright4/7,24auerFs4,_ Label Project workerg Amount Project editor Remarks UNIT Collection (or Type) Form A Federal Writersl Project Circumstances of Interview Works Progress Administration Name of worker OREGON FOLKLORE STUDIES William C. Haight Date January 11, 1939 v/P Address 1225 SW Alder, Portland, Oregon. Subject Fortune Telling Name and address of informant…

[Small Town Customs]

United States, Oregon, Canyon City · 1939-03-27 · 11 pages
Recorded by: Haight, William C., Truesdell, Mr. Ernest P.

Accession W9668 Date received 10/10/40 Consignment no. 1 Shipped from Wash. Office Label Amount (incl. forms A -D) 6,(.4./y3.114 WPA L. C. PROJECT Writers UMT Form -4 Folklore Collection (or Type) Title SMala. town cuttome. Ogisinlx wai Portland, Oregon Place of origin William C. HaightDate- 3/27139 Project worker Project editor Remarks Form A Federal Writers' Project Circumstances of Interview Works Progress Administration OREGON FOLKLORE STUDIES Name of worker William C. Haight Address…