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T. C. Dempsey discusses primarily cotton farming, in addition to his boyhood in Oklahoma.  
  
 
==General Interview Information==
 
==General Interview Information==
  
'''Interviewee Name:'''
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'''Interviewee Name:''' T. C. "Jack" Dempsey
  
 
'''Additional Parties Recorded:'''
 
'''Additional Parties Recorded:'''
  
'''Date:'''  
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'''Date:''' May 10, 1979
  
'''Location:'''
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'''Location:''' Lubbock, Texas
  
'''Interviewer:'''
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'''Interviewer:''' Bobby Weaver
  
'''Length:'''
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'''Length:''' 60 minutes
  
  
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'''Tape 1, Side 1:'''
 
'''Tape 1, Side 1:'''
 
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Childhood,
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Stephens County, Oklahoma,
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Baseball (1919-1930s),
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World Series (1919),
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Scandal (1920),
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Duncan, Oklahoma,
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Oil boom,
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Western Union,
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Cotton gins,
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Aoma, Oklahoma,
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First gin (1919),
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Screw press,
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Accidents,
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Turkey, Texas (1928),
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Bob Wills,
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Cotton industry,
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Depression (1931),
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Clayton, New Mexico
 
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'''Tape 1, Side 2:'''
 
'''Tape 1, Side 2:'''
 
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Clayton, New Mexico (continued),
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Gins bought,
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Woodrow, Texas (1947),
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Cotton farming methods,
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First burr machine (1920s),
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Mexican labor,
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Briscoe County,
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Gin built by Mr. Dempsey (1957),
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Co-op gins,
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Gins buying farmer's cotton (since 1920s),
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Storm-proof cotton,
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Cotton harvesting mechanized,
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Cotton farms,
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Size of water wells
 
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'''Range Dates:''' 1919-1957
  
'''Bulk Dates:'''
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'''Bulk Dates:''' 1919-1957
  
  
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Latest revision as of 18:11, 18 June 2019

T. C. Dempsey discusses primarily cotton farming, in addition to his boyhood in Oklahoma.

General Interview Information

Interviewee Name: T. C. "Jack" Dempsey

Additional Parties Recorded:

Date: May 10, 1979

Location: Lubbock, Texas

Interviewer: Bobby Weaver

Length: 60 minutes


Abstract

Tape 1, Side 1: Childhood, Stephens County, Oklahoma, Baseball (1919-1930s), World Series (1919), Scandal (1920), Duncan, Oklahoma, Oil boom, Western Union, Cotton gins, Aoma, Oklahoma, First gin (1919), Screw press, Accidents, Turkey, Texas (1928), Bob Wills, Cotton industry, Depression (1931), Clayton, New Mexico

Tape 1, Side 2: Clayton, New Mexico (continued), Gins bought, Woodrow, Texas (1947), Cotton farming methods, First burr machine (1920s), Mexican labor, Briscoe County, Gin built by Mr. Dempsey (1957), Co-op gins, Gins buying farmer's cotton (since 1920s), Storm-proof cotton, Cotton harvesting mechanized, Cotton farms, Size of water wells

Range Dates: 1919-1957

Bulk Dates: 1919-1957


Access Information

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Recording Format Notes:

Transcript:



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