North Carolina, Columbus, United States
· 1939-02-02
· 9 pages
Recorded by: Crawford, Dudley W., Hines, Dewitt, Sheriff, Merrick, Adyleen
February 2,1939 DeWitt Hines, Sheriff Columbus, N.C. Adyleen G.kerrick,Writer Dudley W.Crawford, Reviser. Original Names DeWitt ines Polk County Fingerville S.C. Charleston S.C. Elizabeth Bannard Columbus Spartanburg, :13.C. George Duff woodson White Oak kountain Joe ikiaddon Changed Names John Hogan Parks County Zanesville, S.C. Clarkville, S.C. Eliza Banks Caton Sparta Jim Duffy Goode Pine ;.iountain George :.'onk Sheriff John Hogan is six feet, four inches tall, powerfully built, with the…
Columbus, North Carolina, United States
· 1939-09-15
· 12 pages
Recorded by: Brauscom, Cora, Brauscom, George, Merrick, Adyleen
Sept. 13, 1939. George and Cora Brauscom (white) Dtunkard Preacher and wife Adyleen G. Merrick, writer Dudley W. Crawford, reviser. Original names: George Brauscom Melvin Hill Polk County Columbus Bettie Madden Reed Ztta Reed Washington Dove Cora Brauscom Mrs. Stacy Changed names: John Bacon Mint Hill Pike County Condon Bessie Miller Ruff Iva Ruff Franklin Davis Callie Bacon Mr'. Starnes Well back from the dusty country road stood the home of Preacher Bacon. Dormer windows of the second story…
North Carolina, United States, Tryon
· 1939-01-20
· 7 pages
Recorded by: Arthur, Frank Thomas, Crawford, Dudley W., Merrick, Adyleen
January 20, 1939 Frank Thomas Arthur (Woodcarver) Tryon, North Carolina Adyleen G. Merrick, Writer Dudley W. Crawford, Reviser No Names Changed Frank Arthur was hard at work on a fine piece of carving when I went to his well-equipped shop in the iiiiashburnliouilding, which overlooks the town park, and affords a view of the distant mountains. There were beautiful pieces of carving, finished work and many others in an incomplete stage about the shop. Patterns hung from the walls, and a neat…
United States, North Carolina
· 1939-01-13
· 12 pages
January 13, 19:14s9. rnatkottnelf Vollmer, Louisa Lama Rebmond v"ollmer, johahnes Rebmond Vollmer (white) Valhalla, N. C. Vineyardista Adyleen G. kerrick, writer -ary 1iortarop, reviser. TEN SChilIDTS riiral -ames clawed liames Ernst iotthelf Vollmer, Louisa r,mma liebmond Vollmer Johannes i'.ebmond Vollmer Li Fritz .chmidt Frieda Schmidt Friedrich Schmidt TL SCffiaDT8 A winding road leads upward from the highway at Valkyrie to the Uchmidts' little house on tae slope of Chieftain Moun- tain.…
United States, Asheville, North Carolina
· 1938-08-10
· 4 pages
Recorded by: I.l.m
aheville Cotton A.11 ::ostieville, N. C. Aigust 10, 1938 I. L. M. .'t DAY FACT0i1Y hILL -You'd 11::e to know whet a day in my life is like? ell, taint no trouble attal for me to tell you because every one is so much like the other :'ve learned the pattern by heart long gep. ink goes to work at sevea. I get up at helf past five to get his breakfast iho's not to be ranted and so's we can have a few minutes for tolkin' before he lemma. "Ivory mornin' I cook oats for the younguns. They like it and…
North Carolina, United States
· 4 pages
A DAT ON FACTORY HILL "You'd like to know what a day in my life is like? Well, taint no trouble stall fer me to tell you because every one is so much like the other I've learned the pattern by heart long ago. "Pink goes to work at seven. 1„, 3et up at half past five to get his breakfast sots not to be rushed and sots we can have a few minutes for talkint before he leaves. "Every mornint I cook oats for the younguns. They like it and hit's cheap. Ye and him eats it too, but now and agin we let…
United States, West Durham, North Carolina
· 1938-07-07
· 6 pages
Recorded by: Haithcock Family, I.l.m
945 Case St. West Durham, N. C. July 7, 1938 I. L. M. THE HAITHCOCKS Down in Monkey Bottoms in a small four -room house there lives a family of four women, two men, and four children. The house in which they live is typical of the houses in this section of the mill village. Monkey Bottoms begins with a washed-out, hilly road, flanked on one side by closely -placed and disorderly -looking houses and on the other by a jumbled growth of hedge, scrubby trees, and briars. The road leads down into,a…
United States, Charlotte, North Carolina
· 1938-10-28
· 27 pages
Recorded by: Jones, Laura May, Manly, Arthur, Northrup, Mary
.7c117,ry 11, 19', -1fre and C1Kra ,lAamey (whit.) 62$ ,;outh Alurch treet C. workers forthrop, writer ehnnf,led by jorionah Ootober 28. 1938 )onr ditor (nly six lonths to live. I was a wTPA worker. so a f010,• weeks nlo I was pushing a heavy wheelbarrow of rook down at the Jwinring pool when suddenly Blood started *coming out of zy mouth and nose so I quit and come home and went to see Dr. Donnelly at the Health dept. he examined me and said I had T.B. so they wanted to get me in the…
North Carolina, Elizabeth City, United States
· 12 pages
Recorded by: Geraris, Gus Constantin, Saunders, W.o.
?ElL.CNAL urn %LIMY Gus Constantin 0eraris Greok Restaurateur 107 N. 4)troet nisabeth City, C. U. Launders Infr 0 WY ORX URA= ?et, has a great little restaurant. if. buys his steaks from a Chicago paoker cpeelalizing in "top *Mice* ribs and loins. He uses a fine blend of (soften and serves real ernes with is Goff**. Cold storage eggs and ersatz butter never enter into his euisine• His fixtures are modern; his kitchen a model of orderliness and °Moloney. And ;Pete is forever busy. When he…
North Carolina, Elizabeth City, United States
· 1939-07-24
· 22 pages
Recorded by: Davis, H. Perry, Saunders, W.o.
PERSONAL LIFE HISTORY Subject: Occupation: Address: Writer: Date of Writing: REAL NAMES H. Perry Davis Bill Newbern Elizabeth Uity Bruce Pasterfield Squire Wilson NORTH CAROLINA H. Perry Davis Justice of the Peace Virginia Dare Arcade, Elizabeth City, N. C. W. 0. Saunders July 24, 1939 CHANGED NAMES David Perry Bill McGhee Pocono City Tony Bromfield Squire Bagley We'll make the introduction snappy for here is a highly articulate character who has a story to tell and tells it without restraint…
United States, North Carolina
· 12 pages
February 16, 1939 Jake Mack (white) Valley Street Emma, N. C. Day laborer, sharecropper Ann. Winn Stevens, writer. Douglas Carter, reviser. MOUNTAIN SHARECROPPERS Original Names Jake Mack "Mother Mack" Julia Plemmons Frank Wells Turkey Creek Mike Kelly Lon Robert's Henry Plemmon's Captain McDonald Thomas Edison Mack Changed Name' Jake West "Mother West" Julia Simmons John Arnold Duck Creek Pat Reilly Luther Rance's Tom Carter's Captain Mason Thomas West MOUNTAIN SHARECROPPERS From the highway…
United States, North Carolina
· 1939-02-27
· 13 pages
Recorded by: Snelson, David M., Stevens, Annie Winn, Wells, Mrs. Otho
?ebrtzry 27, 1,3f. David ::nelson (white) 111%i. .tho t4lls Leleaster, X. 0. Dairy Farmers Anne ainn Weans, writer MVtl:3 F, Leietogtor rvtdsleleon Bennie Anelson ML Otho 14ells Mit nelson Oey .nelson Niltoh Plimmons utho wells Riehmond Grandfather Roberts New round Oreisk Frank wells Anh,6114110, No 0, Canada Alberta Mr4o Una arre3 AT LE T ties49 Woreestor Brad Louise Margarot willis ;oak Andrew Andrew Awry Burton Allis Unchanged loft Itiohards Graham arook ?red tllta ackland Unehanged…
West Asheville, North Carolina, United States
· 1938-12-29
· 23 pages
Recorded by: Bjorkman, Edwin, Lunsford, Georgia, Mrs, Stevens, Annie Winn
December 29, 1938. Mrs. Georgia Lunsford (white), 288 State Street, West Asheville, N. C. tkundress Anne Winn Stevens, writer, Edwin Bjorkman, reviser. MRS. GEORGIA LUNSFORD No names changed. December 29* 1938 Itra• fleczgia Lunsford Natal 288 State Street 'goat Asheville* No C. Laundress Ann* Winn Stevens* writer* Zdwin Workman* reviser. MRS. OrZoRGIat =UMW Men I was three years old** said Georgia Lansford* °I wont to work in wy father's blacksmith shop, ity brothers had left home and were…
North Carolina, United States
· 25 pages
December 29, 1938. kra. Georgia Lunsford (white). 288 :Aate Street, 'oest AsrAeville,1'i C. Laundress Anne iinn Stevens, writer, Idwin :bjorkman, reviser. LiRS. Gif.ORGIA LUbSFORD No names changed. Worker; Anne Stevens December 29, 1938 Asheville, iorth Carolina LUNSFORD MTS. Georgia Lunsford 288 State Street, West Asheville, N. C. "When I was three years old," said Georgia Lunsford, "I went to work in my father's blacksmith shop. My brothers had left home and were working, in Tennessee. So…
North Carolina, United States, Fairview
· 1938-12-28
· 19 pages
Recorded by: Helper, Mrs. Carrie, Stevens, Annie Winn
First copy, Dec. 28, 1938 Rewritten, May 15, 1939 Mrs. Carrie Hepler (white) Wilson's Road, Fairview, N.C. Rural School teacher, Practical Nurse WPA teacher Anne Winn Stevens, writer MRS. NANNIE CARSON Original Names Yrs. Carrie Hepler Craistown The Craigs Fairview, N.C. Asheville, N.C. Nesbit School A Mrs. Craig A little girl Lester Craig Another Mrs. Craig Sheriff Brown The Ogleabys Mrs. Oglesby Fayde Nesbit Henderson County, N.C. Winston-Salem, N.C. Dr. Lynch Changed Names Mrs. Nannie…
United States, North Carolina
· 11 pages
January 31, 1939. Carl T. Garrison (white) 72 Burton 6treet, West Asheville, N. C. WPA worker Farmer Anne Winn 6tevens, writer Douglas Carter, reviser BEGGING REDUCED TO A 6Y6TKM Four Garrett children, the oldest a girl of fifteen, hud- dled at the door of the principal's office in the public school. When asked why they had been absent from school for five weeks, the children could give no intelligible answer. The idea uppermost in their minds was that their mother had told them to ask for…
North Carolina, United States
· 1938-12-16
· 10 pages
Recorded by: Farlow, Mrs. Albert
Anne Win atevens :ecember-16, 1938. The Farlows Mrs. Albert Farlow 15 Hall Street, Asheville, N.C. should you walk along Hall street facing a -,;ay from Factory Hill, you could pick the Farlow Cottage from the others because of its neat, ship-shape appearance. Though needing paint, the cottage and the tiny yard show care. The low picket -fence lacks no pickets; the gate hangs true. Inside the fence the low hedge has been neatly clipped. On each edge, the paved walk has been carefully sodded.…
North Carolina, United States, Asheville
· 1939-08-01
· 33 pages
Recorded by: Ball, Enoch, Stevens, Annie Winn
August 1, 1939 Enoch Ball (white) 223 Haywood Rd. 4est Asheville, U. C. Villworker, barber, preacher ?.nne 4,inn Stevens, writer 1nevil1e, .1• 4s SHAVE. TIE" VLSI.: DAIS; '')AVL :XNDAi3 Original NaMa0 Lamb Ball Lattle Turkey Creek, C. X C. Tennessee Virginia South Carolina West Virginia Bob Self Laurel Section kadison Co. Mitchell Co. Asheville, X. C. Grandmother Harrell Simon Harrell Chanaed Mime' '&sra Burris Lone Duck Creek South beaumont Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Jack Baker…
Oregon, United States, Portland
· 1939-03-13
· 7 pages
Recorded by: Banister, Mary M., Burt, Mrs. Ella
Accession ho. W9661 Date received 10/10/40 Consignment no. 1 Shipped from Wash. Off ice Label Amount (incl. tOrms (A —D) eet.i."4,544:40-4.4 6.-Cir.44A WPA L. C. PROJECT Writers' UNIT Form -4 Zalk.1.Q.re Collection (or Type) Title...S.Quthern Ortato.1.01kway_a Place of origin Oregon Date 3113/39 Project worker.....kary....14.--..Bar44-e-tialft Project editor Remarks Form A Federal Writers' Project Circumstances of Interview Works Progress Administration OREGON FOLKLORE STUDIES Name of worker…
Oregon, United States, Portland
· 1939-07-11
· 5 pages
Recorded by: Banister, Manley M., Beekman, Benjamin B.
Accession no. W 9632 Date received 10/10/40 Consignment no. 1 Shipped from Wash. Office Label Amount A-0 C'tt.J'4r7 1. C./ WPA L. C. PROJECT fritaret UNIT Form -3 ___YOUlfirJL. Collection (or Type) Title.iirfflefal...fll.lklars..2getadm Informant: Beniaqin Ntekiimm tBeg'sm3: My fati-hcr,c .c. bee.kwiA,a-enie w Place of origin Poitlanci....Oritgan.. Date241.3439--- Project worker Manly M. Bagnieter Project editor Remarks Form A Federal Writers' Project Circumstances of Interview Works Progress…