Material Types
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Mary A. Hicks interview with Henry Bobbitt
Mary A. Hicks interview with Herndon Bogan
Mary A. Hicks interview with Lucy Brown
Mary A. Hicks interview with Mattie Curtis
Mary A. Hicks interviews with Midge Burnett
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Burnett 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. Burnett talks about his work as a slave and also tells what the slaves did for recreation. He claims that the master only hit one slave once, and he gives an account of that occurrence.
Interviews with former slaves in Oklahoma
Photocopies of a microfilmed copy of typewritten interviews. Former slaves living in Oklahoma were interviewed about their experiences while in bondage. Some of them tell about their experiences with the Ku-Klux Klan.
Travis Jordan interview with Mary Wallace Bowe
T. Pat Matthews interview with Squire Dowd
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Dowd was interviewed by T. Pat Matthews in 1937 as part of the Federal Writer's Project for the Works Progress Administration. The item includes handwritten corrections. Dowd talks about his life as a slave. He was afraid of Federal forces when they moved into the area at the end of the Civil War, but he did not know he was free until five years later. He also talks about his early religious instruction.