Lubbock County, Texas, United States
· 1937-01-06
· 8 pages
Recorded by: Crump, Judge W. D., Warren, Ivey G.
Warren, Ivey G. Lubbock County January 6, 1937 Disttict I? Tales Of Early Days By Judge W. D. Crump. Bibliography. Judge W. D. Crump. Pg. I "I came to Lubbock County in March 1890 as a prospector", said Judge W. D. Crump. I. "I was living in Dallas at that time and a great desire to come to the Plains twee 4votbel:laf me. When I got out here and looked the country over, I found it even surpassed my expectations and I wanted to see a town established." "Is I took this trip around the country(I…
Henderson County, Palestine, Texas, United States
· 3 pages
Recorded by: Mrs. Fannie Bray, Wood, Ruth
words 748 Wood, Ruth Athens Texas Henderson County. Writers' Project, Dist. 5, Palestine Texas. Page 1. FOLKLORZ AND FOLK CUSTOMS. REFERENCE: Mrs. Fannie Bray, Kemp Texas, Rt. 5. Old Aunt Fannie Bray, commonly called *Granny", who lives two miles west of the Aley store and is about 90 years of age, tells orti.vra by having the person whose future she is going to 'read, pour coffee into a cup and drain off the liquid, leaving the settlings in the bottom of the cup, then tru-tat the c over the…
Montpelier, Vermont, United States
· 4 pages
Recorded by: Beaudette, Robert, Olmsen, Arthur
Robert Deaudette 39 Barre St. Montpelier, Vt. RETIRED SWEDISH QUARRYMAN AND LIFE insistent imprint of the years was upon Arthur Olmsen. His rich blue Swedish eyes stared aimlessly into space; occasionally a smile flashed in them like a spark from some dying flame. The heavy wrinkled skin, which c:remiscribed the contour of his large bony face, was partially covered by a growth of whitish stubble. Lelaw the long flattened red nose, and touching part of the up- per lip, was a thick, unkempt…
C. F., Derven, Vermont, United States, Rutland County
· 6 pages
Recorded by: Derven, C. F., Roberts, Seth
Fore A CitcmstanceA of Interview No. 9 Vermont C. F. Derven Poultney September 8, 1938 Subject---------- Welsh-American FAsteddvods 1. Interview on September 6, 1936 at 2;30 p. m. 2. At the Shell Gas Station on Beaman Street which is oper- ated by the informant. 3. Informant-- Mr. Seth Roberts, Main and Beaman St., Poultney, Vermont, 4. Paul G. Ross, Town Clerk of Poultney,advised me to visit the informant. 5. Unaccompanied 6. The informant's place of residence is in part of the his- toric…
Poultney, United States, Vermont, Rutland County
· 1938-08-29
· 4 pages
Recorded by: Derven, C. F., Wheeler, Andrew
Form A Circumstances of Interview No. 2 Vermont C. F. Derven Poultney August 29, 1938 Subject-- Folklore 1. Interview on August 25, 1938 and August 29, 1938. The first interview resulted in a promise to tell the interviewer any material recalled. First interview at 10;30 a. m. Second at 4 p.m. 2. First at home of informant. Second on Main Street. 3. Mr. Andrew Wheeler, Main Street, Poultney, Vt. 4 5 None 6. Mr. Wheeler lives in one qection of a house owned by a shoemaker, named Peter Bielco.…
Poultney, Rutland County, Vermont, United States
· 1938-08-23
· 3 pages
Recorded by: Derven, C. F., Owen, Will
Form A Circumstances of Interview No. 1 Vermont C. F. Derven youltney August 23, 1938 Folklore Weleh terms used in slate quarries of Poultney 1. Interview on Auguet 23, 1938 about 8 p. D. 2. Main Street, Poultney, Vermont 3. Mr. Will Owen, Bentley Avenue, Poultney, Vermont 4. none 5. 6. I met Mr. Owen coming out of the Poultney Post Office, and during a conversation he gave me information about the subject in which I was interested. Form B-- Personal History of Informant Vermont C. F. Derven…
Vermont, West Newbury, Orange County, United States
· 1938-09-20
· 8 pages
Recorded by: Carleton, Arthur A., Halley, Rebecca M.
1. Form A Vermont (Mrs.) Rebecca M. Halley West Newbury, Vermont Sept. 20, 23, 1938 Folklore 1. Afternoon of both days. 2. Maple Grove Farm. 6. Huge white house surrounded by maple trees, with a,piazza an two sides, sits on the rise of land just above West Newbury. It was, at the time William and Dudley Carleton were alive (grandfather and father of present Arthur A.), about the most productive and fertile farm in the whole town. It overlooks the White Mountain range and the Connecticut River…
West Newbury, United States, Vermont, Orange County
· 1940-10-10
· 11 pages
Recorded by: Carleton, A. A., Halley, Rebecca M.
BEGIN Filename 37130911 Title A. A. Carleton Accession no. it 1 Date received Consignment no. Shipped from Label Amount WPA L. C. PROJECT 1.4-1/1e11.40 UNIT Form -3 Collection (or Type) 2.(LAI.,41 aliVeere. Place of orighi241,94, DateZ.7.3.4V3,Z. Project workeralkeeC.e.C4, Project editor Remarks.1-41G1-47,4,,,„„,—,4-7-14,- e- t 7714 Cilde; FORM C Vermont West Newbury (Mm.) Rebecca M. Halley _/-December 5, 1938 Folklore A. A. Carleton Nov. 19, 1938; Nov. 28, 1938; Dec. 1, 1938 "Well, have I…
United States, Vermont
· 7 pages
Recorded by: Lynch, John
Jell.' Lyndh CSCU20.1._ ,_ssietant„ Jr, :rederal ,riters' Project T",,T. TOOL ,7•IIIITITIZ it was a dingy, bleak., disordered room, sp furnished, uninviting save for the rich sunligt which f4ltuned throuh the unwashec Ine0i715• ere 0a:-.1 unfolded :lie story between heavy notions of grappa. "(:u.re, I know you're all rir,Irt or I wouldn't tell you a thin',. Lut if you over try to .oUble-crotas m an this, well, you know what's comin,r.; to you eh? •Lith assurances that I knew what voull'1 be…
Vermont, United States
· 1940-08-23
· 5 pages
Recorded by: Corti, Lynch, John, Tomasi, Mary
Interview by John Lynch Edited by Mari Tamest and Roaldus Richmond Recorded in IXkr!',J; 4, in Files DATE: Kepi 0.1ac454 CORTI'S LAST CHRISTMAS The old Italian turned on the park bench and pointed to the Robert Burns Memorial that stood on a green slope in front of Spaulding High School, overlooking the city park and bus- iness streets. It had grace and dignity, a life-size figure of Burns in gray Barre granite* It is said to be the finest memorial in the world to the famous Seetdh poet, and…
United States, Vermont
· 1940-07-29
· 8 pages
Recorded by: Richmond, Roaldus
Roaldus Richmond 41.ree4rer -Petie444-4h4Abere-1---Pre-jefret. DERRICKYAN Recordoci fl Writers' Section The sky beyond sheer granite walls and jagged mountains of grout was painted in lurid colors by the sinking stn. A twilight stillness was on the wooded heights. A hundred feet below lay the abandoned Barclay Quarry, now partly filled with dark water. Derrick masts and booms stood interlaoed with guywires. Half -.buried in the ground were coils of cable and giant hooks of rusted iron. A long…
United States, Vermont
· 1940-08-20
· 9 pages
Recorded by: Richmond, Roaldus
Roaldus Richmond SWISS STONECUTTER Writers"J't ctiGn Death was already in his shrunken face and drawn eyes. The once sturdy body had wasted terribly in the last year. The windows of the little sun -porch overlooked the railroad tracks and the long gray sheds on the river bank. By raising himself in the bed Castoli could see the shed in which he had worked so many years. Beyond the plants the river flashed in the sun- light, and on the other side automobiles passed along the con- crete highway.…
Vermont, United States
· 6 pages
Recorded by: Richmond, Roaldus
RoalduB Richmond Assistant Director Federal Writers' Project STONECUTTER DRUNK In the back room of the Lambs' Club, a den of gambling and drinking, the little man lay an a soiled bed and stared at the ceiling. He was a granite -cutter but he hadn't worked for months. Instead he had been on one of his periodic drunks. The front roam was empty save for a man sleeping an the couch. Table and floor were littered with cigarette butts, newspapers, magazines. The screened -in gambling room was thick…
Vermont, United States
· 1940-09-14
· 5 pages
Recorded by: Arturo, Richmond, Roaldus, Tomasi, Mary
Roaldus Richmond and Mari Tomaai BOIT WILL ILL A MAN ReLorroso m SEP 14 leL'4`' In the back room of the Lambs' Club, a gambling and drink in, den, the little man lay on a disheveled bed and stared at the ceiling"— a granitecutter on a periodic drunk. The screened in gambling room, thick with smoke and rough voices, was crowded with truck -drivers, stonecutters, bootlegoors, professional gamblers, and loafers. Sinewy and grimy hands held the cards at the rim of the large round table. The little…
United States, Vermont
· 6 pages
Recorded by: Richmond, Roaldus
1. Loaldus Richmond ilssistant Di:rooter Federal Writers' rrojeot BILOKCEIT:l (Tool Sharpener) Ile mem a slender man, but with a ,by nervous strength and quickness. In the lean face his blue eyes were alert id e.71rp with a whimsical light that matched the curve of his -Jouth. Per a man of forty.five be was very young, quite beyieh t tines. The term blacksmith seemed incongruous until you noticed the big, strong bands and muscular forearms. :14cael. laivwelf. he bad married a Swedish woman,…
United States, Vermont
· 1940-08-20
· 5 pages
Recorded by: Richmond, Roaldus
len with an ex. "I hang around listening to them talk, watching them drink, and learn- ing about fires, forges, and hammering tools. Steel tools lose their edge fast on granite, you have to keep sharpening and sharpenirg them. Granite is hards the men that work it have to be hard too* "The Hill was some place in those days, wild and tough, bo,ming wide floen* I took my first drink in that blacksmith shop. Old Jed Wygant gave it to me. I liked to choke me. I couldn't talk for ten minutes,…
United States, Vermont, Montpelier
· 12 pages
Recorded by: Richmond, Roaldus
Roaldus Richmond 35 School Street Montpelier, Vt. BOMBS DROPPING "This place is a mess," the woman said. "I just moved in today. I'm going to have my shop in the big front room, and live in the back part. There's plenty of space, you see. I wasn't in the block that burned. Just decided to move, that's all. The other girl and I decided to split up. We got along all right, but I wanted a place of my own. The equipment was most all mine anyway. This is a pretty good location, don't you think?…
United States, Vermont
· 5 pages
Recorded by: Richmond, Roaldus
Er. Roaldus Richmond Assistant Director Federal Writers' Project VETERAN QUARRYMAN The grassgrown road wound upgrade between irregular heaps of waste granite and past abandoned quarryholes filled with dark green water. The vicious chatter of jack -hammers sounded on the sunlit air ahead. A turn brought the quarry yard into sight. Sun -blackened men stood with bodies braced to bear the hard vibration of the pneumatic hammers as they chewed into the gray stone. The owner, a young man with a…
Vermont, United States
· 1940-10-14
· 6 pages
Recorded by: Richmond, Roaldus
Roaldus Richmond OLD-TIMER The crassgrown road wound upgrade between heaps of waste granite and past abandoned quarryholes filled with dark green water* The vicious abetter of jack -hammers sounded on the sun- lit air ahead. A turn brought the quarry yard into sight* Sun -blackened men stood with bodies braced to bear the vibration of the pneumatic hammers as they chewed into the gray stone. The owner, a young man with a pleasant brown face, was at work with the others. They were cutting the…
Vermont, United States
· 1940-09-21
· 9 pages
Recorded by: Bergeron, Ida, Richmond, Roaldus
Roaldus Richmond i\t\e/C s* AFTER ALL Tara YEAR'S ritersi StL El F. SEP 2 1 '943 "I'm just an old gal now," she said. "I'm getting old and fat, and I don't give a damn. If pepplf don't like me the way l am I can't help it. And I'm. not crying. alyout it, or wasting any time worrying about it. I'm satisfied. I bad my day and it was a good one. Now just another old gal." Ida Bergeron was typical of the older office girls. She had supported herself for many years* It gave her an independent and…