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==General Interview Information== | ==General Interview Information== | ||
| − | '''Interviewee Name:''' | + | '''Interviewee Name:''' Mrs. Walter Chalk |
'''Additional Parties Recorded:''' | '''Additional Parties Recorded:''' | ||
| − | '''Date:''' | + | '''Date:''' June 11, 1969 |
| − | '''Location:''' | + | '''Location:''' Lubbock, Texas |
| − | '''Interviewer:''' | + | '''Interviewer:''' David B. Gracy |
| − | '''Length:''' | + | '''Length:''' 1 hour, 10 minutes |
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'''Tape 1, Side 1:''' | '''Tape 1, Side 1:''' | ||
| + | Parties at the Pitchfork and 6666 Ranches, | ||
| + | Mrs. Chalk - early life and marriage, | ||
| + | D. B. Gardner - manager of the Pitchfork, | ||
| + | Driving and road hazards, | ||
| + | Mrs. Chalk's leisure-time activities, | ||
| + | Mr. Gardner's library, | ||
| + | Mrs. Chalk - move to Paducah, Texas, | ||
| + | Education, | ||
| + | Walter Chalk - education, goes to work, | ||
| + | Pitchfork Ranch - gardens, driving and shipping cattle, employees, water supply, hunting, camps, | ||
| + | Social life and entertainment - dances | ||
| + | <br> | ||
| + | '''Tape 1, Side 2:''' | ||
| + | Ranch hospitality and guests, | ||
| + | Relationship with neighbors, | ||
| + | Spur Inn at Spur, Texas, | ||
| + | Changes in social life, | ||
| + | Visiting friends and neighbors, | ||
| + | Ranch chores - laundry and wood-cutting, | ||
| + | Electricity on the ranch, refigeration, | ||
| + | Influenza epidemic - 1918, | ||
| + | Drought and shipping cattle - 1918, | ||
| + | D. B. Gardner - personality and physical type, | ||
| + | Walter Chalk's job on the ranch, | ||
| + | Changes after Gardner's death in 1928 | ||
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| − | '''Tape | + | '''Tape 2, Side 1:''' |
| + | Entertainment on the Ranch, | ||
| + | Revivals, | ||
| + | Horse-breaking, | ||
| + | Mr. Foster - changes in ranching operations | ||
| + | <br> | ||
| + | '''Tape 2, Side 2:''' | ||
| + | Blank | ||
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| − | '''Range Dates:''' | + | '''Range Dates:''' 1918-1969 |
| − | '''Bulk Dates:''' | + | '''Bulk Dates:''' 1918-1969 |
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Latest revision as of 20:23, 14 June 2019
Mrs. Chalk recalls her life on the Pitchfork Ranch, including social life and entertainment, D. B. Gardner, and ranching operations.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Mrs. Walter Chalk
Additional Parties Recorded:
Date: June 11, 1969
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Interviewer: David B. Gracy
Length: 1 hour, 10 minutes
Abstract
Tape 1, Side 1:
Parties at the Pitchfork and 6666 Ranches,
Mrs. Chalk - early life and marriage,
D. B. Gardner - manager of the Pitchfork,
Driving and road hazards,
Mrs. Chalk's leisure-time activities,
Mr. Gardner's library,
Mrs. Chalk - move to Paducah, Texas,
Education,
Walter Chalk - education, goes to work,
Pitchfork Ranch - gardens, driving and shipping cattle, employees, water supply, hunting, camps,
Social life and entertainment - dances
Tape 1, Side 2:
Ranch hospitality and guests,
Relationship with neighbors,
Spur Inn at Spur, Texas,
Changes in social life,
Visiting friends and neighbors,
Ranch chores - laundry and wood-cutting,
Electricity on the ranch, refigeration,
Influenza epidemic - 1918,
Drought and shipping cattle - 1918,
D. B. Gardner - personality and physical type,
Walter Chalk's job on the ranch,
Changes after Gardner's death in 1928
Tape 2, Side 1:
Entertainment on the Ranch,
Revivals,
Horse-breaking,
Mr. Foster - changes in ranching operations
Tape 2, Side 2:
Blank
Range Dates: 1918-1969
Bulk Dates: 1918-1969
Access Information
Original Recording Format:
Recording Format Notes:
Transcript:
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