WilliamsV Cassette 2 Side 1
Media
Part of Interview: Williams, Viola
Title
WilliamsV Cassette 2 Side 1
Source
Viola Williams Interview
Date
1990-07-19
Description
Cassette 2
Side 1
00:00--Mrs. Williams's mother had to enter and exit the mansion through a side stairwell that led to and from the basement cook-room. Williams describes some of the foods that her mother commonly cooked. She was not allowed to bring leftover meals home to the family. Lunch was the largest meal of the day; supper consisted of leftovers from this meal. Mrs. Williams describes the deaths of both her mother and father.
11:20--Williams was born at home with the help of a local midwife named Mariah English [?]. Williams worked at the bacteriology lab at Clemson's Long Hall for eighteen years in addition to local domestic work. Her husband worked at the Clemson dining hall for forty-eight years. The group goes down to the basement area of Fort Hill; Williams describes how things looked when she was a youth. Coal was used for heating and cooking. She goes on to describe her mother's typical routine starting at 7am in preparation for serving the Calhoun family breakfast.
28:46--Audio ends.
Side 1
00:00--Mrs. Williams's mother had to enter and exit the mansion through a side stairwell that led to and from the basement cook-room. Williams describes some of the foods that her mother commonly cooked. She was not allowed to bring leftover meals home to the family. Lunch was the largest meal of the day; supper consisted of leftovers from this meal. Mrs. Williams describes the deaths of both her mother and father.
11:20--Williams was born at home with the help of a local midwife named Mariah English [?]. Williams worked at the bacteriology lab at Clemson's Long Hall for eighteen years in addition to local domestic work. Her husband worked at the Clemson dining hall for forty-eight years. The group goes down to the basement area of Fort Hill; Williams describes how things looked when she was a youth. Coal was used for heating and cooking. She goes on to describe her mother's typical routine starting at 7am in preparation for serving the Calhoun family breakfast.
28:46--Audio ends.
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