United States, Massachusetts, Poland, Northfield
· 1939-02-02
· 11 pages
Recorded by: Mankowski, John
0,••/..1 c,4') —e VV1 (C. 0 -40v -a <iv. c$4.tc. It4 c, 4 tAA..,k Ikt adk,k,%t OAJL. L./ f avid .44—* ,TAz.1,t-is, (et e 1;4 ek tt--14,-tt; at601 /it-tt-t ORIGINAL NISS. OR FIELD NOTES (Clumlicorm) PUL. .IANtax Lore 4 PT bias* TITL41,0110 F4,1,11Ir et Otenfraion$ Yallety WRITER JPAVIEW.Aor: DATE 2/2/59 'IOC Pa. CHECKER DATE SOURCES GIVEN 0 COMMENTS Zotial-J) Polish Farmer of Connecticut Valley STATE MASSACHUSETTS ;1' OF ROBERT WILDER ADDRESS NORTHFIELD, MASSAHUSETTS 1DATE FEB=ARY 2, 1939…
Massachusetts, United States
· 1939-07-10
· 1 page
fr• HIS INCOIES III paid my board," my informant told me with a twinkle in his eye. He was referring to the $5 be received in the mail that morning, the weekly check he receives from the shoe machinery company. He had given it, as uauals,to his wife. They live on that in addition to their income from stocks from the machinery company, the $7 board they receive from their daughter, and small sums they receive from the sale of a couple of dozen eggs a week... *WO don't ask nothing from none of…
Massachusetts, United States
· 19 pages
Yankee Polk 1 TANI= INNIOCKPER PA lot of business wont with the horse." PICKING HIS MI hinny, how many hotel keepers started in a livery stable. Jut then the livery stable was a big part of the old hotel, so perhaps it was natural enough. A lot of people picked their hotelbecause of a bang-up livery. The Pemigewasset House was railroad owned. The stage lino from there to the Profile House was also railroad owned, and there was stiff, sometimes bitter competition between them and other hotels…
United States, Missouri
· 1940-10-10
· 7 pages
Recorded by: Lane, Rose Wilder
Accession 1t1J. WPA L. C. PROJECT UNIT Forth. —3 )cif -'7.2(03 Date received 43/Mk/ 6) Consignment no. Shipped from Label Amount tcp Title (Lyt Place of origin Project worker Project editor Remarks Collection (or Type) rn CA-J.A..-Lot-e2L oL.C.Q.)s.-.P.— 6V -t -4.4.0-1,44C Date 93E3./ 01'194'4;)))%t OGR,T_PiilaILL SKETCH OF RC -Si jILDER LAAll rui r-77 So-fAAce, I was born in Dakota Territory, in a clai shanty, forty-nine years a.;::o come next December. It doesn't seem possible. Ly father's…
United States, Missouri, Clay County
· 1940-10-10
· 3 pages
Recorded by: Handy, Dela, Powell, Pansy
Accession no. W1517/ Date received 10/10/40 Consignment no. 1 Shipped from hash. vffiee Label Amount 2p WPA L. C. PROJECT Writers' UNIT Form -3 F.0.1k/Qte...Collection (or Type) nue. (Letter) E.Begihll I have tglked with grandma_Landy.....a Place of origin..C.11ity C OUt Woo Datc.12313/32 (r.D.C.) Project worker Project editor Remarks From: Clay Ccunty. :c,.rs. Pansy Powell, Gower, iissouri. i-)ear irs. Powell: i have talked with urandma ilandy, and have gathered a little more information,…
Superior, Montana, United States
· 2 pages
Recorded by: Olson, Mabel C., Roach, Lee (James L.)
"abel C. Olson Superior, Montana TOPIC: vililiam Beach, Prospector Interview with Lee (Jaes L.) Roach, Suberior, Montana When I knew Bill Beach, he was quite an old man, over 80. He had Al Wade, Jim Rickards, and John McDonald working for him, and others I don't remember. John McDonald was married to old Stella (a prostitute). Beach was just doing the cooking lei, and he was a mighty good cook, too. I was sent to the mine to get him bv "Joe" (Napoleon) Moderie, who was running the livery s…
Superior, Montana, United States
· 2 pages
Recorded by: Beach, William, Olson, Mabel C.
Mabel C. Olson Superior, Montana TOPIC: William beach, Prospector Interview with Ray Green, Superior, Montana Bill 3each came to Superior from Colorado in the early 1890's. He had been a soldier in a Colorado company of cavalry during the Civil War. He worked Periodically at the Iron Mountain Tunnel, burning charcoal, used to sharpen tools. Wnen he had a month's wages coming, he would get supplies and set out on a prospecting trip. The Lucy Ellen and the Lookout were his best claims.* The ore…
Superior, Montana, United States
· 3 pages
Recorded by: Johnston, A. P., Olson, Mabel C.
Label S. (ilson Sunerior, :Ion -tuna -1- Interview with P. Johnston, Sunerior, Montana TOPIC: The P. Johnston Store. I came to Superior in the early 1890's (1892), from Kansas, a year after my sister, :!1's. Li7zie Miles. /:y name was Mary McCarthy than; I was a widow with two children, Leta and Burnf. I had earned our living as a teacher, especially of kindergarten, and had also been a nractical nurse and a clerk. Soon after I cane to Superior, P. 7ohnston rot me to clerk in his store. 3Y…
United States, Montana, Lozeau
· 4 pages
Recorded by: King, J. W. (Jim), Olson, Mabel C.
Mabel C. Olson Superior, Montana Interviel vith J. 00 (Jim) King, Lozeau, Montana. (Mr. King's anecdotes are apt to be a bit touched up to give them interest. However, his memory is keen.) Just over the hill from Verde Creek is Sunrise. I recall a lucky strike made there in the early days. The discovery brought Z,000 miners. 1,ach locator was allowed but OO feet in length for his claim. They took out about zr131,600 a day, using only pick and shovel. That was about in 1885 or 1886. Laborers…
Superior, Montana, United States
· 8 pages
Recorded by: Berg, Alec, Olson, Mabel C.
Dabel C. Olson 3uPerior, Iontna Intervis with ilec erg, uperier, 1:lontana TCPTC: moose City; interestint, Larly Day Characters pose City was discovered in 1865 by Thomas O'Brien and William 3hapard. The discover— brought a regular stam- pede, so that in 1869 there was a population of 600. Nothing remains to show that it W85 once a lively mining settle- ment. 7t,rt of the old jail still stands; the upper portion has been burned for rood. The forest service has withdrawn from there, and it is…
United States, Superior, Montana
· 4 pages
Recorded by: Bundrick, Irene, Olson, Mabel C.
Mabel C. Olsen Superior, Montana TOPICt Social Life in and about Superior Interview with Mrs. Irene Bundrick, Route 1, Box 157 D, Stockton, California. (Mrs. Bundriok requested that her name be withheld in case her contribution is used.) My family came to superior from Missoula in 1898, when I was about 14. My father had been editor of several of the larger Montana mere, among them the Butte Miner, Our former environment had been so diff- erent from the one we found here that the mining atmos-…
Superior, Montana, United States
· 9 pages
Recorded by: Olson, Mabel C.
C. ,?lson. n -ler, :'o-tana -1- Interview with Yr. Lizzie (Sarah E.) Mos, '31inerior, Montana TOPIC: Superior's Wild and Woolly Days I cane to 3nnerior fror Kansas in 1891. r- husband, Ade (.drian) Ines, had gone on ahead a month earlier. That was the year Supirior was noved t its nresent site. 'here were just three or four homes, but seven saloons. A. P. Johnston's store was in the old Shamrock building, where the Corner Service Station no stands. Across the street was a drug store built and…
United States, Lincoln, Nebraska
· 1938-10-17
· 4 pages
Recorded by: Burks, Albert, Hill, P. M. E.
ran:, or DATE Oats, ADURIZI3 7 =BAT= AtkOfl FA*. le Samo and adagios of •014'411111 DOV 2e .Ate and tim of totorvioompm 110001s I olotook I to 2100 Amos of intorviows At rosidonot4 4e N mmo and address of person, if any, silo put you in tough with informants none, Aoquaintanooe E. %re and addroso of Nrson, If any, sompapanying you,. 6. New houao, wirroundings, eta., Znterviertook plum in hie bedroom* A 1in but neat room with 1ain iron bed in me corner, drosser in another, small hosting stay,…
United States, New York, New York City
· 1938-09-13
· 4 pages
Recorded by: Brown, Zenobia, William, Ellis
Forms to be Filled out for Each Interview FORM Circumstances of Intervi,2w STATE NEW YORK NAME OF WORKER Ellis William mnaEss 852 Nicholas Ave. New York DATE Sept. 13, 1938 SUBJECT FOLKLORE 1. Date and time of interview 2. Place of interview 3. Name and address of informant Zenobia Brown 415 W. 146t4 New York, N Y. 4. Name and address of person, if any, wno put you in touch with informant. 5. Name and address of person, if any, accompanying you FOLKLORE NEW YORK 6. Description of room, house,…
New York, United States, New York City
· 1938-09-01
· 7 pages
Recorded by: Hartog, A., Williams, Mrs. Rose, Wood, Willam
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United States, New York, New York City
· 8 pages
FORM C Text of Interview (Unedited) STATE '',4ew 'York 1 NANT OF wOO‘ER William Wo90 ADDRESS7012;67th-Piace, Glendal, DATE September 1938 --€44141"-firliiirE A NECDOTES Informant: t„r.s. Mary Berner 44 Furman Avenue Middle Village, L. I. FOLKLORE NEW YORK First, I must tell you eoupla stories what happened in Germany yet, before I came to this country out, when I was a young woman. We lived near a little farm village, and I worked all day in the fields, from morning to night. In the village…
New York, New York City, United States
· 12 pages
Forms to be Filled out for Each Interview FORM A Circumstances of Interview STATE Now York NAME OF WORKER William Wood ADDRESS DATE SUBJECT 7012 -67th Place, Glendale, L. September 20, 1938 FRAGMENTS OF OOLKLORE 1. Date and time of interview 2. Place of interview 3. Name and address of informant FOLKLORE NEW YORK MRS. ANNIE NILSSON (AGE 64) 8943 Oatee Ave. Brookl7n, N. Y. 4. Name and address of person, if any, who put you in touch with informant. 5. Name and address of person, if any,…
United States, New York, New York City
· 9 pages
STATE NAME OF ADDRESS DATE SUBJECT Forms to be Filled out for Eacn Interview FORM Circumstances of Irtervi-.Av FOLKLORE NEW YORK New York WORKER WILLIAY WOOD 7012 67th. Place. Glendale, L.I. October 17, 1938 OLD TRADITIONS OF BROOKLYN STREETS 1. Date and time of interview Collected by this staff -worker from various sources see Form D, which follows: 2. Place of interview 3. Name and address of informant 4. Name and address of person, if any, WAO put yoa in touch with informant. 5. Name and…
United States, New York, New York City
· 28 pages
7,6,/ f.js 0.4.4^// 7 Air? eel .5 (AIL 0 RS' /10 me) PP I- 751 pas Li Pe. 11,s, -ro e es A-74 ci ee. rcA a,* Forms to be Filled out for Each Interview FORMA Circumstances of Interview STATE New York NAME OF WORKER William Wood MNOWSS 7012 67th Place, Glendale, e L I L. DATE November 14, 1938 SUBJECT Starbuck Perry, Hard-boiled Mate 1. Date and time of interview Oct. 31, 1938 1 P. M. Nov. 1, 1938 11 A. M. Nov. 2, 1938 11 A. M. Nov. 3, 1938 11 A. M. 2. Place of interview The Sailors' Snug…
United States, New York City, New York
· 13 pages
"42-47 n( ecdo -re. rr t s -r-79 e_s 1-/ePs 7 Cdsrems Cke.aPi4 77 d LOPre Forms to be F411ed out for Each Interview FORMA Circumstances of Interview Kum New York NAME OF WORKER ii111101 Wood ADDRESS 7012 67th Place, Glendale,L.I. DATE December 5,1938 SUBJECT "Sea Chanties and a Heavy Stern" eame FOLKLORE NEW YORK 1. Date and time cvf' interview 11/17, 11 a.m.; 11/22, 11 a.m. 11/25, 11 a.m.; 11/29, 11 a.m. 2. Place of interview The Sailor' Snug Harbor, Staten Island, N.Y. 3. Name and address of…