Mary A. Hicks interview with Charlie Barbour
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Barbour 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. Barbour talks about slave dances, "corn shuckin's," and not being able to swim. He remembers the Yankees entering and ransacking the plantation. He was happy to be free and escape the fear of being sold. He said he did well after emancipation. "I'se glad dat slavery am ober. Cas now de nigger has got a chanct ter live an' larn with de whites. Dey won't neber be as good as de whites but dey can larn ter live an' enjoy life more."
Dates
- 1937
Creator
- United States. Works Progress Administration (Organization)
- Federal Writers' Project (Organization)
- Hicks, Mary A. (Person)
- Barbour, Charlie (Person)
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 Interviews must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical / Historical
Barbour was a former slave living in North Carolina.
Extent
1 item (4 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.
- Title
- Register of Mary A. Hicks interview with Charlie Barbour
- 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