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Travis Jordan interview with Mary Wallace Bowe

 File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2898

Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Bowe was interviewed by Travis Jordan in 1937 as part of the Federal Writer's Project for the Works Progress Administration. The item includes handwritten corrections. Bowe talks about her master going to the Civil War and when the Yankees invaded the plantation. She and the slaves hid and saved the jewelry and silver objects. She claims that Abraham Lincoln passed through the plantation as a spy and dressed like a peddler.

Dates

  • 1937

Creator

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 note

Bowe was a former slave living in North Carolina.

Extent

1 item (4 p.)(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.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased; Andronicus Publ. Co.; 1941. Five reels of microfilm were purchased for $115 in 1971.

Appraisal

19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.

Title
Register of Travis Jordan interview with Mary Wallace Bowe
Status
Completed
Author
Benjamin Sipes
Date
2011 May 20
Description rules
Appm
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

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