Cassette 3 Side 1
Media
Part of Cornelia Alexander Interview
Identifier
3:1
Title
Cassette 3 Side 1
Type
Interview
Source
Cornelia Alexander Interview, January 30, 1990
Rights
Description
Cassette 3
Side 1
00:07--Mrs. Alexander continues to describe her job in Charleston. She kept the master bed made, and the rooms clean. The family also employed a butler, cook, a washroom lady, and a gardener to help out. Alexander worked there for seven years until the death of the couple.
1:41--Celebrations--Alexander describes how they celebrated Easter Sunday by having fellowship and egg hunts. They also had a school party during Valentines Day where there might be a cakewalk. During the Christmas season there would be a church play and Santa Claus would bring a present for each of the children. Birthdays and anniversaries were not celebrated.
6:02--Mrs. Alexander recalls Rev. Ben Keese and his furniture selling business. He would send out flyers of his upcoming sales. He eventually owned a hotel in town, a café, and in addition would purchase people's houses if they could not afford them any longer. He had two wives, and several children.
13:38--Mrs. Alexander's first husband was James Coleman Hood, whom she married when she was eighteen years old. They were married in Spartanburg and attended school together. He went into the Army and was involved with World War I. After the war he moved away for work and died of a disease before Mrs. Alexander could join him. She had a second husband, John Alexander, who worked at the Clemson University dining hall. They were both in their thirties when they married and stayed so until his death.
18:51--Mrs. Alexander recalls that she had the flu while living in Spartanburg. James Hood's sisters took care of her and prepared her meals. Winston Townes, a cousin, helped Alexander's father take care of the sick during the flu season.
23:30--Mrs. Alexander recalls that her father came up with the name "Queen Street" even before Pendleton named their streets.
26:53--Alexander was fond of Ms. Cora Brown Reed, her mother's good friend. Reed was also her teacher and took care of the family when they were young.
31:40--A happy memory of childhood was her school's field day in Anderson. This was the first time she had been to Anderson and they took a train to get there. The schools played relay races, basketball, and other fun games. There were also hot dogs for sale for five cents.
32:29--Audio Ends.
Side 1
00:07--Mrs. Alexander continues to describe her job in Charleston. She kept the master bed made, and the rooms clean. The family also employed a butler, cook, a washroom lady, and a gardener to help out. Alexander worked there for seven years until the death of the couple.
1:41--Celebrations--Alexander describes how they celebrated Easter Sunday by having fellowship and egg hunts. They also had a school party during Valentines Day where there might be a cakewalk. During the Christmas season there would be a church play and Santa Claus would bring a present for each of the children. Birthdays and anniversaries were not celebrated.
6:02--Mrs. Alexander recalls Rev. Ben Keese and his furniture selling business. He would send out flyers of his upcoming sales. He eventually owned a hotel in town, a café, and in addition would purchase people's houses if they could not afford them any longer. He had two wives, and several children.
13:38--Mrs. Alexander's first husband was James Coleman Hood, whom she married when she was eighteen years old. They were married in Spartanburg and attended school together. He went into the Army and was involved with World War I. After the war he moved away for work and died of a disease before Mrs. Alexander could join him. She had a second husband, John Alexander, who worked at the Clemson University dining hall. They were both in their thirties when they married and stayed so until his death.
18:51--Mrs. Alexander recalls that she had the flu while living in Spartanburg. James Hood's sisters took care of her and prepared her meals. Winston Townes, a cousin, helped Alexander's father take care of the sick during the flu season.
23:30--Mrs. Alexander recalls that her father came up with the name "Queen Street" even before Pendleton named their streets.
26:53--Alexander was fond of Ms. Cora Brown Reed, her mother's good friend. Reed was also her teacher and took care of the family when they were young.
31:40--A happy memory of childhood was her school's field day in Anderson. This was the first time she had been to Anderson and they took a train to get there. The schools played relay races, basketball, and other fun games. There were also hot dogs for sale for five cents.
32:29--Audio Ends.