Interview with Joseph Anderson
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Anderson was interviewed by Edith S. Hibbs in 1937 as part of a Federal Writer's Project assignment for the Works Progress Administration. The item includes handwritten corrections. Anderson was freed from slavery when he was 14. He was married twice and worked on a police force and as a "stevedore."
Dates
- 1937
Creator
- Federal Writers' Project (Organization)
- Anderson, Joseph, 1852- (Person)
- United States. Works Progress Administration (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 Interview must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical / Historical
Joseph Anderson (b. 1852) was a stevedore and former slave from North Carolina.
Joseph Anderson was born in 1852, in Brunswick County, North Carolina. He born into slavery at "Eagle's Nest": a rice plantation of T.C. McIlhenny. His father passed away in February 1865, and his mother passed away in November 1865. He was freed from slavery in 1866 at the age of 14, and went on to marry his first wife sometime before 1900, with a ceremony performed by Ed Taylor, magistrate in Southport, Brunswick County, North Carolina. Their marriage lasted 20 years and eight months before his wife passed away. He married again in 1927.
Anderson was elected to the police force on April 6, 1895, where he served for one and a half years. He later worked as a stevedore for Alexander Sprunt for 60 years. He lived until at least 1937.
Extent
1 item (2 p.)
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
Utah and the American West and LDS cultural, social, and religious history (20th century Western & Mormon Manuscripts collection development policy, 5.VII, 2007).
- Title
- Register of Interview with Joseph Anderson
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Rose Frank
- Date
- 18 May 2011
- 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