Marjorie Jones interview with Sarah Gudger
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Gudger was interviewed by Marjorie Jones in 1937 as part of the Federal Writer's Project for the Works Progress Administration. The item includes handwritten corrections. Gudger was 121 at the time of the interview, and the incidents she refers to seem to make that age possible. She talks of how she was poorly treated, worked very hard, and lacked adequate food and clothing. She saw family members sold. Gudger never slept on a mattress until freedom. Her master's wife denied her permission to see her mother's body when she died.
Dates
- 1937
Creator
- United States. Works Progress Administration (Organization)
- Federal Writers' Project (Organization)
- Gudger, Sarah, 1816- (Person)
- Jones, Marjorie (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 Interview must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical / Historical
Gudger was a former slave who was living in North Carolina at the time of the interview. The interviewer did not doubt that Gudger was born in 1816 making her 121 years old at the time of the interview.
Extent
1 item (9 pages)
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 Marjorie Jones interview with Sarah Gudger
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Rose Frank
- Date
- 20 May 2011
- 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
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States