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Black Heritage in the Upper Piedmont of South Carolina

WilliamsM Cassette 4 Side 2

Media

Part of Interview: Williams, Maxie

Title

WilliamsM Cassette 4 Side 2

Source

Maxie Williams Interview

Date

1989-11-30

Description

Cassette 4

Side 2

00:15--As a youth, trips to Greenville, SC were never made; she can recall one trip to Anderson by train in order to have her tonsils removed by Dr. McQuarter.

2:50--Holidays/celebrations--baseball games during lay-by-time, and July 4th Celebrations were popular. During Christmas, her family would bake cakes and prepare locust beer and popcorn. Santa Claus would visit, often bringing homemade gifts. Birthdays were also recognized in her family.

11:24-Mrs. Williams states that her parents most prized processions were their children.

12:12--She states that she greatly admired a Sunday school teacher named Laura Harrison, and an aunt named Edna Wright.

17:20--Mrs. Williams was always proud of being black since a very early age. She played with white children as a youth and didn't feel any difference. She always had self-respect for herself.

24:20--There have been several instances of serious illness in memory, including typhoid and flu epidemics. She recalls that people burned cloths and used lye soap to disinfect. During the flu epidemic there were no funerals, just burials. Her mother was skilled in home remedies [a few examples are given].

31:32--Audio ends.

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