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Oral History Interview with Ely and William Sledge, August 21, 1987 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Ely and William Sledge, August 21, 1987

Transcript of an interview with with William and Ely Sledge and their reminiscences and experiences concerning their father's farm near Pilot Point, Texas, 1900-1980. They discuss comments about their African-American ancestors; their descriptions of various pieces of old farm equipment strewn about the homestead; sorghum mill and syrup- making; hog butchering and meat preservation; water well; description of farm buildings; segregated education; home remedies; garden area; canning; rural social life and entertainment; trading among neighbors; cash crops (peanuts, cotton); harvesting; description of the interior of the family farmhouse and its contents; listening to boxing contests (Joe Louis and "Jersey Joe" Walcott) on the family radio; store-bought and mail order catalog items; "Juneteenth" celebrations; description of personal documents and papers, 1878-1931.
Date: August 21, 1987
Creator: Lohse, Stephen A.; Lebo, Susan A.; Sledge, William, 1928- & Sledge, Ely, 1934-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Otis Cason, August 22, 1987 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Otis Cason, August 22, 1987

Interview with farmer Otis Cason. The interview includes Cason's personal experiences about rural life in Denton County, Texas from 1900 to 1987. Cason talks about breaking mules, rural school, sheep and goat raising, hog killing, and charcoal making.
Date: August 22, 1987
Creator: Renner, Steve & Cason, Otis
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Jane Armstrong, August 20, 1987 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Jane Armstrong, August 20, 1987

Interview with homemaker Jane Armstrong. The interview includes Armstrong's personal experiences about life on the Scott Jacobs Farm in Denton County. Armstrong talks about the purchase of the land by her grandfather, implements and outbuildings found on the farm, oil income and farm improvements during the 1920s and 1930s, rural entertainment and leisure activities, crops and planting, food preservation, in-town shopping, making homebrew and bootlegging activities, schools and churches, cemeteries, epidemics, and folk medicines and remedies.
Date: August 20, 1987
Creator: Renner, Steve & Armstrong, Jane
System: The UNT Digital Library