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Black Heritage in the Upper Piedmont of South Carolina

WilliamsV Cassette 1 Side 2

Media

Part of Interview: Williams, Viola

Title

WilliamsV Cassette 1 Side 2

Source

Viola Williams Interview

Date

1990-07-19

Description

Cassette 1

Side 2

2:42--She recalls as a youth observing her grandmother Easter Reid making coffee and grits. Easter worked on the Davis farm near Keowee, SC before moving to the Clemson/Calhoun area. Her grandmother had been a member of Abel Baptist from the very beginning of its inception; the church was originally a very simple structure.

10:15--Mrs. Williams gives a tour around the mansion; as each room is entered, Williams recalls how each looked when she was a child. Among the locations discussed are the outside grounds, dining room, parlor room, John C. Calhoun's study, the Calhoun girl's bedroom, Margaret Calhoun's bedroom, as well as the breakfast room. She states that the outside cookhouse was not in use when she was young.

31:12---Audio ends.

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