Mary A. Hicks interview with Lucy Ann Dunn
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Dunn was interviewed by Mary A. Hicks in 1937 as part of the Federal Writer's Project for the Works Progress Administration. The item includes handwritten corrections. She describes the master's house and the slave cabins on the plantation. She gives both her own and her master's reaction to the Yankee invasion. She also gives a heartfelt account of her courtship and marriage to her late husband, Jim Dunn.
Dates
- 1937
Creator
- Dunn, Lucy Ann (Person)
- Federal Writers' Project (Organization)
- Hicks, Mary A. (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 Oral history interview with Lucy Ann Dunn must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical / Historical
Dunn was a former slave living in North Carolina.
Extent
1 item (5 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
19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.
Existence and Location of Copies
Photocopy of original available in Folder 2. Transcription available in Folder 2.
- Title
- Register of Oral history interview with Lucy Ann Dunn
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Rose Frank
- Date
- 19 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