Speakers-Ida McDowell, Wendy Lick

Audio Quality-Good

Location-Clemson, SC

**Note** Mrs. McDowell's hearing is very poor.

Cassette 1

Side 1

1:30-14:45--Mrs. McDowell discusses her family's interment in the old New Hope Cemetery, their origins from the Honea Path area, and the fact that her parents were slaves and later sharecroppers who farmed cotton, wheat, corn, and peas. She recalls family members who worked on the railroad before stating that her family did its shopping in Belton, SC. Clothes were homemade.

17:25-28:55--Mrs. McDowell makes mention of the local census, being taught how to make quilts by her mother, the flu epidemic and common treatments, and her membership at New Hope Baptist Church. Local ministers usually did farm work in order to supplement their income. She names other local churches and states that she attended school until the age of fourteen when she got married.

31:25--Audio ends.

Cassette 1

Side 2

00:10-3:15--Mrs. McDowell discusses aspects of camp meetings at Bethel Grove and shares recollections of her participation in singing conventions.

6:15-14:25--Aspects of school and education are discussed such as the location of her school in Belton, SC, the length of the typical school day and year, and the general curriculum offered. Her parents did not attend a formal school but rather were taught by their slave masters. Her sister Lola was the first in her family to attend college (Anderson).

23:55-30:14--Mrs. McDowell recalls that blacks were treated harshly by law enforcement when she was a youth. She also is aware of lynching incidents that occurred against both blacks and whites. She then briefly discusses marriage relationships, and her own marriage in Anderson, SC.

31:47--Audio ends.

Cassette 2

Side 1

00:10-4:00--Mrs. McDowell discusses the treatment of mulattos, Native Americans who owned local businesses, once a month shopping trips to Anderson, and holidays commonly celebrated such as Christmas. Birthdays and anniversaries were not celebrated in her family.

7:45-16:26--She recalls her happiest moments of childhood, her acceptance of being black, and how all races should live together in harmony. She recalls her husband and her son-in-law. She had ten children (7 boys, 3 girls). She names them and states that most of them at some point moved to New York. She also makes brief comment on the fact that her husband always voted, while she never did.

16:56--Audio ends.

Cassette 2

Side 2

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