Scope and Contents note Speakers-Ida McDowell, Wendy LickAudio Quality-GoodLocation-Clemson, SC**Note** Mrs. McDowell's hearing is very poor.Cassette 1Side 11:30-14:45--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...

Scope and Contents note Speakers-William and Inez Mickler, Yolanda HarrellAudio Quality-GoodLocation-Seneca, SCCassette 1Side 11:00--Mr. Mickler states that his paternal grandparents were Henry and Mary Mickler. His maternal grandparents were from the Childs family. Inez's grandfather was Jeff Galliard. Mr. Mickler remembers stories told by his grandmother Mary Mickler, who lived in the family home during her elderly years.4:08--The Mickler family worked...

Scope and Contents note Speakers-Lewis D. Moorhead, W.J. MegginsonAudio Quality-GoodLocation-Anderson, SC**Note** Mr. Moorhead is Caucasian. In this interview he shares his recollections of photography in the local black community, gives expert opinion related to likely dates and types of cameras used regarding certain pictures that Megginson has brought with him, discusses prominent local studios, and shares some aspects of the photography and professional studios that helped to...

Scope and Contents note Speakers-Lizzie Oglesby, Yolanda HarrellAudio Quality-GoodLocation-Central, SCCassette 1Side 12:14--George Owens was her paternal step-grandfather.2:42--Her family lived on land owned by Anderson, SC native Thurston Martin. They had a sharecropping agreement with him.4:45-7:19--She explains that most of her family members are buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Anderson, SC, while her father is buried at Mountain...

Scope and Contents note Speakers-Arminus Perry, Brenda GoodwinAudio Quality-GoodLocation-Westminster, SCCassetteSide 12:53--Perry thinks his parents were both born circa 1883-1884. His paternal grandparents were August and Sally Poole Perry. His maternal grandparents were Harpin and Hattie Jarrett. He can recall the deaths and funerals of both grandmothers: Sally Perry (1910), and Hattie Jarrett (November 1932). He states that his mother was originally from Georgia,...

Scope and Contents note Speakers-Hiawatha Pettigrew, Audrey LawrenceAudio Quality-GoodLocation-Seneca, SCSide 100:40--The interview begins with a discussion of Seneca Junior College. It had closed before she had finished high school. She is unaware of why the school closed. The president's house had been torn down the previous year; her father-in-law helped to construct it. Seneca Jr. College had a curriculum that focused on teaching and ministry....

Scope and Contents note Speakers-Betty Plisco, Vennie Deas-MooreAudio Quality-GoodLocation-Lunney Museum in Seneca, SC**Note** Ms. Plisco is a Caucasian. At the time of this interview she was Director of the Lunney Museum in Seneca, SC. The museum is in the former home of Dr. and Mrs. William J. Lunney. Dr. Lunney was a pharmacist in Seneca, SC. The home was built in 1909 and houses period antiques as well as artifacts from all over Oconee County, SC. The home was transferred to...

Scope and Contents note Speakers-Runette Ponder, Audrey LawrenceAudio Quality.Location-Pendleton, SCSide 100:07-8:50--Mrs. Ponder gives a brief family history before making comment on her job in Washington, D.C. with the General Accounting Office. She then gives reflections of her childhood in regards to her father's farm, her early education, and popular holidays such as Christmas and Easter. Mrs. Ponder had two sisters and six brothers.8:56-17:05--Her...

Scope and Contents note Speakers-Bessie Reese, Wendy LickAudio Quality-Good, though on cassette 1, side 2, and both sides of cassette 2, Mrs. Reese is seated too far from the recorder to make out some of her commentsLocation-Clemson, SCCassette 1Side 100:40-9:35--Mrs. Reese gives a brief family history before describing the ownership status of her family's farm in regards to the sharecropping agreement along with the crops that were most commonly raised....

Scope and Contents note Speakers-Anna Reid, W.J. MegginsonAudio Quality-GoodLocation-Clemson, SCCassette 1Side 11:20-6:47--Mrs. Reid first discusses the area in which she grew up before highlighting her involvement with the Black Heritage in the Upper Piedmont Project. She grew up in Westminster, but since her local school only provided an education through the 9th grade, she had to move to the Seneca area in order to finish her education at the Seneca Training...