McDowell Cassette 1 Side 1
Media
Part of Interview: McDowell, Ida
Title
McDowell Cassette 1 Side 1
Source
Ida McDowell Interview
Date
1989-12-14
Description
Cassette 1
Side 1
00:00--Mrs. McDowell gives some information about her older relatives and discusses her family's interment in the old New Hope Cemetery, their origins from the Honea Path area, and the fact that her parents were slaves and later sharecroppers who farmed cotton, wheat, corn, and peas. She recalls family members who worked on the railroad before stating that her family did its shopping in Belton, SC. Clothes were homemade.
17:55--Mrs. McDowell makes mention of the local census, being taught how to make quilts by her mother, the flu epidemic and common treatments, and her membership at New Hope Baptist Church. Local ministers usually did farm work in order to supplement their income. She names other local churches and states that she attended school until the age of fourteen when she got married.
31:30--Audio ends.
Side 1
00:00--Mrs. McDowell gives some information about her older relatives and discusses her family's interment in the old New Hope Cemetery, their origins from the Honea Path area, and the fact that her parents were slaves and later sharecroppers who farmed cotton, wheat, corn, and peas. She recalls family members who worked on the railroad before stating that her family did its shopping in Belton, SC. Clothes were homemade.
17:55--Mrs. McDowell makes mention of the local census, being taught how to make quilts by her mother, the flu epidemic and common treatments, and her membership at New Hope Baptist Church. Local ministers usually did farm work in order to supplement their income. She names other local churches and states that she attended school until the age of fourteen when she got married.
31:30--Audio ends.
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