Oral history interview with Martha Bryant Allen
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Allen was interviewed by Mary A. Hicks on June 7, 1937 as part of a Federal Writer's Project assignment for the Works Progress Administration. The item includes handwritten corrections. Allen talks about her mixed-ethnic background, how hard the slave women had to work, the "carpet gitters" who pursued slave women, and the Ku Klux Klan.
Dates
- 1937 June 7
Creator
- Allen, Martha Bryant, approximately 1859- (interviewee, Person)
- Hicks, Mary A. (Person)
- United States. Works Progress Administration (contributor, Organization)
- Federal Writers' Project (contributor, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Oral history interview with Martha Bryant Allen must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
Martha Bryant Allen (1859- ) was a former slave living in North Carolina.
Martha Bryant Allen was born in approximately 1859 to parents Andrew Bryant and Harriet in Craven County, North Carolina. She lived in both Cedar Falls and Durham, North Carolina during her lifetime. Allen was a former slave of "Gaskin", and had at least three siblings: John Franklin, Alfred, and Andrew. She lived until at least June 7, 1937.
Extent
1 folder (0.01 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
This item was photocopied from reel 79 of the 920 microfilm collection. SCM 000 323. Andronicus Publ. Co., 1941. Five reels of microfilm were purchased for $115 in 1971.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from; Andronicus Publ. Co.; 1971.
Appraisal
19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.
- Title
- Register of Oral history interview with Martha Bryant Allen
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Rose Frank
- Date
- 2011 May 18
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States