Cassette 1 Side 1
Media
Part of Mary Agnes Greenlee Interview
Identifier
1:1
Title
Cassette 1 Side 1
Type
Interview
Source
Mary Agnes Greenlee Interview, February 20-21, 1990
Rights
Description
Cassette 1
Side1
1:28--Greenlee recalls her family background, including her maternal grandparents Barry and Mary Simpson. Greenlee's parents lived between Central and Calhoun, SC. Her grandparents were slave, but any specific stories have faded from her memory. She recalls aspects of weddings and funerals in the black community as well as her relatives (Greenlee's) through marriage
10:30--She describes old family pictures, identifying individuals and their occupations.
13:00--Aspects of farming and the cultivation of tobacco are recalled.
15:55--The family went to Pendleton, SC during some weekends in order to earn additional money working crops. Her father occasionally went to Alabama in order to work in the coalmines.
19:50--Greenlee recalls her family's shopping habits, tending to fruits, vegetables, and livestock, and homemade clothes.
24:11--Furniture was both bought and handmade depending on the piece.
25:52--Quilting and making baskets were talents that her family was known for.
29:00--She can recall the flu epidemic of 1917-1918. There was sickness, but no family members died.
30:52--Greenlee makes brief mention of her uncle Dillard Walker who served in World War I.
31:35--Audio ends.
Side1
1:28--Greenlee recalls her family background, including her maternal grandparents Barry and Mary Simpson. Greenlee's parents lived between Central and Calhoun, SC. Her grandparents were slave, but any specific stories have faded from her memory. She recalls aspects of weddings and funerals in the black community as well as her relatives (Greenlee's) through marriage
10:30--She describes old family pictures, identifying individuals and their occupations.
13:00--Aspects of farming and the cultivation of tobacco are recalled.
15:55--The family went to Pendleton, SC during some weekends in order to earn additional money working crops. Her father occasionally went to Alabama in order to work in the coalmines.
19:50--Greenlee recalls her family's shopping habits, tending to fruits, vegetables, and livestock, and homemade clothes.
24:11--Furniture was both bought and handmade depending on the piece.
25:52--Quilting and making baskets were talents that her family was known for.
29:00--She can recall the flu epidemic of 1917-1918. There was sickness, but no family members died.
30:52--Greenlee makes brief mention of her uncle Dillard Walker who served in World War I.
31:35--Audio ends.