Oswego, United States, Oregon
· 1939-04-14
· 8 pages
Recorded by: Irving, J. R., Wrenn, Sara B.
WPA L. C. PROJECT Form -4 Writers, UNIT Accession no. w 9623 Date received 10/10/40 Consignment no. 1 Shipped from 1 Wash. Office Label 11Amount A-B Folklore Collection (or Type) Title Orern in the vArly 70's Informant: J. R. Irving. Place of origin...b..KUNlia...QMOIL Date/14j9_ Project worker_1.124&-___:th..2).22/1ete Project editor Remarks Form A Federal Writers' Project Circumstances of Interview Works Progress Administration OREGON FOLKLORE STUDIES Name of worker Sara B,. ran Address 505…
United States, Portland, Oregon
· 1939-03-03
· 10 pages
Recorded by: Byrd, Mrs. Sarah L., Wrenn, Sara B.
m713.4 L.C.I*61,ECT Writers/ mur Form --3 Accession no. 965. Date received 30/10/40 Consignment no. 1 Shipped from 1 Wash.. Office Label Amount 9-0. (incl. forms A -D) Folklore Collection (or Type) Title Place of origin Port land regon Date aizi39 Project worker Sara B. Wrann. Project editor Remarks Form A Federal Writers' Project Circumstances of Interview Wor 1.rosress Administration OREGON FOLKLORE STUDIES Name of worker Sara B. Wrenn Date March 3. 1939 Address 505 Elks Building,…
United States, South Carolina, Marion
· 1939-02-10
· 10 pages
Recorded by: Davis, Annie Ruth, Tanner, Mr. George
Approximately 2,525 Words SOUTH OAROLINA WRITERS' PROJECT LIFE HISTORY TITLE: TOM BIRD Date of First Writing February 10, 1939 Name of Person Interviewed Mr. George Tanner Fictitious Name Tom Bird Address Highway 175, Rural Place Marion County Occupation Tenant Farmer Name of Writer Annie Ruth Davis Froject t3613 Annie Ruth Davis Marion, S.O. Feb. 10, 1939 14EfiP MAANLMITY SOUTH OAROLIRk In sight of the crossroads of Highway No. 175 and Highway No. 502„ three miles from the town of Marion,…
Fairfield County, United States, Winnsboro, South Carolina
· 1941-01-31
· 10 pages
Recorded by: Dixon, W. W., Holley, Walter L.
Project #3613 1. V. Dixon Tinnsboro, S. C. JUDGE NA= p. HOLLEY (white) 76 YEARS OLD. .116•11D.11011 Walter L. Holley, amiable Probate Judge of Fairfield County, is 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs 140 pounds. He has winning ways with strangers and acquaintances and a glad hand to friends. And that hand is ever open to any one in time of adversity and need. He, perhaps, is the best loved man in the county. I have never given much thought to ancestry, believing that we are all descended from Adam…
Fairfield County, United States, Winnsboro, South Carolina
· 7 pages
Recorded by: Dixon, W. W., Mayes, George Gregg
Project #3613 1. Dixon, Annsboro, S. C. FAIRFIELD COUNTY George Gregikkageg (white) 72 Years Old. George Gregg Mayes O. D., a retired Presbyterian minister, is a resident of the town of Winnsboro, Fairfield County, South Carolina. He is held in high regard by all classes of people in this section of the State. I was born at Mayesville, South Carolina, September 18, 1666. Ny father was Robert Peterson Mayes, a son of Peterson Mayes, for whom the town of Mayes vino was named. Grandfather was a…
Winnsboro, South Carolina, Fairfield County, United States
· 8 pages
Recorded by: Dixon, W. W., Johnson, Oliver
Project #3613 I. Dixon Tinnsboro, S. OLIVER JOKHSQH. D. D. (whit.) 72 YEARS OLR. Doctor Oliver Johnson, pastor of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church at Winnsboro, South Carolina, is one of the outstanding ministers of his denomi- nation in the South and a prominent citizen of the Piedmont section of South Carolina. He is 6 feet tall and weighs 185 pounds. By his dignity and force of strong personality, he attracts attention in any assemblage of ,people. He is easily approached in…
Winnsboro, Fairfield County, United States, South Carolina
· 1938
· 6 pages
Recorded by: Dixon, W. W., Stewart, Joseph
Accession no. 11053 Date received eVz /h• Consignment no. Shipped from Label Amount f WPA L. t. PROJECT UNIT Form -8 Collection (or Type) Place of originfro-le- Date Project worker._..Ar/ eac-e-es-v-z.-1 Project editor Remarks 3S') Project #1655 W. W. Dixon Winnsboro, S. C. JOSEPH STEWART (white) 81 YEARS OLD. Joseph Stewart is an old bachelor living alone in a four -room frame house on the south side of highway #34, seven miles east of the town of Ridgeway, S. C. He is five feet ten inches…
Fairfield County, Winnsboro, United States, South Carolina
· 1938
· 5 pages
Recorded by: Dixon, W. W., Flenniken, Kate
1—t AccAosion no. 11054 Date received Consignment no. Shipped from Label Amount WPA L. C. PROJECT UNIT Form -3 Collection (or Type) Title geo Place of originA5/..i-ev--..2—' Date 40,07 Project worker Project editor Remarks Project #1655 W. W. Dixon, Winnsboro, S. C. KATE FLENNIKEN (white) 80 YEARS OLD. My parents were Col. A. K. Patton and Ansley Patton of the Long Cane section, Abbeville County, South Carolina, but I was born while my mother was on a visit to relatives in Haversham County in…
Winnsboro, South Carolina, Fairfield County, United States
· 1938
· 6 pages
Recorded by: Dixon, W. W., Flenniken, Warren Harvey
CAt.t.c t, Accession no. 11055 Date received Aolx afy Consignment no. Shipped from Label Amount 6-/-, 4-C-ilj-12-'AcieleI“-.1- WPA L. C. PROJECT f UNIT Form -3 Title Collection (or Type) ,-----Date C/.2r4r Place of origin Project worker _4‹ Project editor_ Remarks Project #1655 W. W. Dixon Winnsboro, S. C. F&IRFIELD COUNTY WARREN HARVEY FLENNIKEN (white). 89 YEARS OLD. 324r,e.6.4 Warren Flenniken is the oldest resident in the town of Winnsboro, Fair- field County, E. C. He is the only…
Fairfield County, United States, South Carolina, Winnsboro
· 1938-05-24
· 8 pages
Recorded by: Cathcart, Thomas M., Dixon, W. W.
-A mnion no. W11050 Date received 0/4' Consignment no. Shipped from 444-4 gyle,c_ Label Amount 7, WPA PROJECT.. Forni-3 Title._ A?' -q UNIT (or TYPO Place of origin Date ‘Xerlier Project worker....&Z..... Project editor.. Remarks Project #1655 W. W. Dixon Winnsboro, S. C. FAIRFIELD COUNTY THOMAS M. CATHCART (white) 80 YEARS OLD. 34E36:7Z Thomas Madden Cathcart is a lawyer and a magistrate. He resides alone in a two-story frame house on North Vanderhorst Street in the town of Winns- boro. He…
Fairfield County, Winnsboro, United States, South Carolina
· 1935-03-25
· 7 pages
Recorded by: Dixon, W. W., Gantt, Longstreet
Befiliesv* ct;pgypi-oVmiAttfriw;; UNIT 10090 Folklore Collection (or Type) Date received Title __So.c.ial..._austoms___af..the_pas_t.....Liangatreat 10/10/40 Consignment no. 1 4sIlecjii Shipped from Place of origin -10111111/01k S. _Car.. Date -----8-38 Wash. Off. leV Label Project worker Amount Project editor 6p, Remarks Projeot /18S5 W. W. Dixon, linnsbero* S. C. '1'3 ti; SOCIAL CUSTOMS OF WE PAST LONGSTREET GANTT (shite) 82 YEARS OLD. Ek,. Gantt is a °Jetsam of Winnsboro* Fairfield County*…
Winnsboro, Fairfield County, United States, South Carolina
· 1938
· 7 pages
Recorded by: Darby, Elizabeth Vanderville, Dixon, W. W.
W1 1 05G Date received Consignment no. ShIPPoa from Lab4t41 qoe-e Amount i0,6 WPA C Form PROJ CT --3 UNIT --Collection (or Type) PI** of ori ProJect worker— Project edJf _ Remarks _ Project #1655 W. W. Dixon, Winnsboro, S. C. ELIZABETH VANDERVILLE DARBY (white) 84 YEARS OLD. Elizabeth V. Darby lives with her half sister, Mrs. Edward D. Sloan, and her niece, Margaret Sloan, on the sout#weet corner of Vanderhorst and Moultrie Streets, in the town of Winnsboro, Fairfield County, South Car-…
Fairfield County, United States, South Carolina, Winnsboro
· 1938-03-11
· 6 pages
Recorded by: Dixon, W. W., Hutchinson, Jane
c (A. Accemdianto. \AI 11057 Date received /-0' Consignment no. Shipped from )61244 q/./e,g-el• Label Amount o.ie L4e\4 WPA L. C. PROJECT L.. UNIT AWM-3 Title. 4"-eiZ,grz-e— Collection (or TYPO 8.1€4°4/ Place of origin 4,4 Date 0-0 Project worker 4/. ift Project editor Remarks Project 41655 Me Ire Dixon Winnsboro, S. C. 7:14-Z LA ,j/ pp. i- FAIRFIELD COUNTY JANE HUTCHINSON (white) 82 YEARS OLD. Jane Hutchinson lives in the village of Monticello, Fairfield County, Se C. She owns her home and…
Fairfield County, Winnsboro, United States, South Carolina
· 1938
· 7 pages
Recorded by: Castles, Nina Rabb, Dixon, W. W.
Aseendon no. W11058 Date received es7le Coneiipunent no. Shipped from Itear9/`-`e: Antount Title_ t t 6 -c_c-2 WPA L. C. PROJECT__ _ UNIT ronn—s --Collection (or Type) Place of Project worker Project editor__ Remarks_ Project 10.655 W. W. Dixon Winnsboro, S. C. NINA RABB CASTLES (WHITE) 80 YEARS OLD. Mrs. Nina R. Castles, widow of the late Warren P. Castles, lives with her daughter, Janie, on the southwest corner of Liberty and Crawford Streets, in the town of Winnsboro, Fairfield County,…
Fairfield County, Winnsboro, United States, South Carolina
· 1938-06-25
· 7 pages
Recorded by: Dixon, W. W., Yarborough, James Henry
(-444 A 11059 Date received /a/%40,/c• Consignment no. z ShiPPed from )64244 Label Amount ‘,6 WPA I* C. PROJ Forni-3 tr,„-----Collaction (or Type) Title.. Place of origin Date____6/40P: Project Project Remarks._ Project #1655 W. W. Dixon Winnsboro, S. C. CHESTER COUNTY JUDGE J. H. YARBOROUGH (white) 82 YEARS OLD James Henry Yarborough, Probate Judge of Chester County, South Carolina, is serving out his second term of four years. He is a candidate for re- election in the democratic primary…
Fairfield County, Winnsboro, United States, South Carolina
· 1938
· 7 pages
Recorded by: Dixon, W. W., Lathan, Samuel B.
GIA,Lek Masao* no. V W11060 Date received /61/ o /4' 0 Consignment no. Shipped from Label Amount WPA L. C. PROJECT UNIT Form -3 Collection (or Type) Title. 2,1--% 0-t_ce Place of origin la' Date Project Project editor.. Remarks Project d1655 W. W. Dixon 'Winnsboro, S. C. DR. SAMUEL B. LA.THA.N. 96 YEARS OLD. (WHITE) Dr. Samuel Boston Lathan is the oldest white citizen of Chester County, South Carolina. He lives with an unmarried daughter, Miss Susio Lathan, in a handsome two-story residence…
Fairfield County, Winnsboro, United States, South Carolina
· 1938
· 5 pages
Recorded by: Coleman, Cynthia M., Dixon, W. W.
Accession no. Nikl 11061 Date received e/// 4,7re Consignment no. Shipped from A/ad-4 Label Amount jc, WPA L. C. ORDJECT Form —a _LAD= ,..z..c___.______coueetb)n (or TYPO Place of originA Date Project worker--kL Project editor-- Remarks-- Project #1655 W. W. Dixon, Winnsboro, S. C. FAIRFIELD COUNTY CYNTHIA M. COLEMAN (white) RIDGECAY, S. C. 91 YEARS 3414f44.9E Mrs. Cynthia Miller Coleman lives with her daughter Sarah Starnes, who is postmistress in the town of Ridgeway, S. C. She is, for one…
Fairfield County, United States, Winnsboro, South Carolina
· 1938
· 6 pages
Recorded by: Dixon, W. W., Walker, Alice Buchanan
Lrl'r-A Award's no. 11062 Date received /67, e -0 Consignment no. Shipped from 41-eza4 Label Amount WPA L. C. PROJECT UNIT (or Type) Porin--3 Place of origin_l•Date 40.01. Project worker.4"/- Project edltor....... Remarks Project #1655 W. W. Dixon, Winnsboro, S. C. ALICE BUCHANAN WALKER 82 YEARS OLD. (WHITE) Mrs. Alice Buchanan Walker is a cultured gentlewoman, a widow, who re- sides in a handsome two-story house on South Congress Street in the town of Winnsboro, South Uarolina. *I am a…
South Carolina, Fairfield County, United States, Winnsboro
· 1938
· 8 pages
Recorded by: Dixon, W. W., Gooding, Ella E., Gooding, Robert C.
Accession no. W11063 Date received Consignment no. Shipped from Label Amount WPA L. C. PROJECT UNIT Form -3 Title. ee-,-Zez- Collection (or Type) ?e` 6‘..• F c Place of origh!)-',--e-c2-,-0%)---,-; Date Project worker..key Ice/ Project editor Remarks Project i,1655 W. Dixon Winnsboro, S. C. ELLA. E. G6UDING 1 80 YEARS OLD. (ITE) RODERT C. GOODING -7,,11 82 YEARS OLD. (AIll« Mr. Mrs. Robert C. Gooding are husband and wife. They live in a two- story residence on the north side of Bratton…
Fairfield County, Winnsboro, United States, South Carolina
· 1938-06-28
· 8 pages
Recorded by: Camak, Thomas C, Dixon, W. W.
bk:."-CcL Accession no. W11064 Date received Consignment no. Skipped front Je/etair.4 Label Amount 7/6 A WPA L C. PROJECT Forzo--11 Title.. Ad-zzrus-dg, Place of origidg) Date -4/80 r Project worker LC/f/J/Z, Project editor UNIT Collection (or Type) Remar Project #1655 W. W. Dixon Winnsboro, S. C. FA/RFZELD COUNTY THOMAS C. UMW (white) 83 YEARS OLD. Thomas C. Camak, widely known as a contributor of news items to the Fairfield News and -Herald of Winnsboro, S. C., lives in a two-story frame…