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Latest revision as of 15:05, 17 June 2019
Cecil Collins discusses the histories of the Slide and Carlisle communities in Lubbock County.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Cecil Collins
Additional Parties Recorded:
Date: October 1, 1985
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Interviewer: Richard Mason
Length: 1 hour, 15 minutes
Abstract
Tape 1, Side 1:
Background,
b: November 2, 1909; Granbury, Texas,
Parents,
A. B. Collins,
Eva Lee McAnelly,
Family farm,
To Lubbock County in covered wagon, 1920,
Reasons for move,
Arrival in Lubbock; Canyon Community,
Farming; Carlisle Community, 1921,
Breaking out land,
Cultivation methods,
Cotton,
Seed,
Varieties grown,
Storage,
Citizens of Carlisle Community,
Carlisle store,
Proprietors,
Building and furniture,
Type of operation,
Comparison with East Texas mercantiles,
Credit for cotton,
Carlisle school,
Principle,
Band,
Sand storm, 1928,
Cotton strippers
Tape 1, Side 2:
Carlisle school band (again),
Community plays,
Eva Lee Collins (mother),
Death, 1925,
Surrounding lands in Carlisle Community,
Growth of Levelland, Texas,
To Slide Community,
Reasons for move,
Onset of Depression,
Cotton prices,
Slide Community cotton gin,
Construction,
Population of Slide Community,
Ropesville resettlement project, 1936,
Planting cotton,
Citizens,
Slide Community cotton gin (again),
Ginning season,
Operation
Tape 2, Side 1:
Slide community cotton gin (continued),
Operation (continued)
Tape 2, Side 2:
Blank
Range Dates: 1909-1985
Bulk Dates: 1920-1950
Access Information
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Transcript:
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