Mary A. Hicks interview with Viney Baker
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Baker 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. Baker was freed after the Civil War, but he continued to be forced to work, and he was treated very poorly. His mother was sold in the middle of the night. He describes severe beatings and being reunited with his mother.
Dates
- 1937
Creator
- Hicks, Mary A. (interviewer, Person)
- Federal Writers' Project (Organization)
- United States. Works Progress Administration (Organization)
- Baker, Viney, 1859- (interviewee, 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 Oral history interview with Viney Baker must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical / Historical
Viney Baker (1859-?) was a slave in Durham County, North Carolina, in the 1860s. Viney Baker was born in 1859 in Virginia on the plantation of Mr. S. L. Allen. He was moved with his mother, Hannah Murray, to Durham County, North Carolina as a child. By Baker's account, Mr. Allen had over one hundred slaves and five hundred acres of land. His mother was sold during the night while he was sleeping. Baker did not understand the significance of the end of the Civil War and Mr. Allen kept him on as a slave despite the Confederate surrender. At the age of twelve, Baker's mother came back to free him.
Extent
1 folder (0.02 linear ft.) : (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
19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.
- Title
- Register of Oral history interview with Viney Baker
- 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