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| − | + | Mack Jamison recalls moving to Lubbock and the | |
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==General Interview Information== | ==General Interview Information== | ||
| − | '''Interviewee Name:''' | + | '''Interviewee Name:''' Mack Jamison |
'''Additional Parties Recorded:''' | '''Additional Parties Recorded:''' | ||
| − | '''Date:''' | + | '''Date:''' April 10, 1969 |
| − | '''Location:''' | + | '''Location:''' Lubbock, Texas |
| − | '''Interviewer:''' | + | '''Interviewer:''' Robert Foster |
| − | '''Length:''' | + | '''Length:''' 1 hour, 25 minutes |
==Abstract== | ==Abstract== | ||
| − | '''Tape 1, Side 1:''' | + | '''Tape 1, Side 1:''' Family moves to Lubbock (1918), |
| − | + | Decision to move, | |
| + | Good pay for picking cotton, | ||
| + | Trip to Lubbock, | ||
| + | First impressions, | ||
| + | Cotton picking, | ||
| + | Coal strike, | ||
| + | Black section of town, | ||
| + | Calvin Quigley (?) first black, | ||
| + | Needed hands, | ||
| + | Anecdote about father’s arrival, | ||
| + | Water lines, | ||
| + | First school teachers, | ||
| + | Church meetings in home, | ||
| + | Teachers—Ella Iles. | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
| − | '''Tape 1, Side 2:''' | + | '''Tape 1, Side 2:''' School buildings, |
| − | + | Settlement of Avenue A area, | |
| + | Grocery store, | ||
| + | Housing, | ||
| + | Black churches—locations, | ||
| + | Public utilities, | ||
| + | Compress and oil-mill employed blacks, | ||
| + | Housing, | ||
| + | Bad winter (1929), | ||
| + | White neighbors, | ||
| + | Businesses on Avenue A, | ||
| + | Church building built, | ||
| + | Black population grew after 1925, | ||
| + | Leisure time activities, | ||
| + | Depression, | ||
| + | Jamison family’s experiences, | ||
| + | Early black settlers. | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
| − | '''Range Dates:''' | + | '''Range Dates:''' 1918-1939 |
| − | '''Bulk Dates:''' | + | '''Bulk Dates:''' 1918-1939 |
Revision as of 20:32, 18 December 2014
Mack Jamison recalls moving to Lubbock and the black community in the 1920s and 1930s.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Mack Jamison
Additional Parties Recorded:
Date: April 10, 1969
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Interviewer: Robert Foster
Length: 1 hour, 25 minutes
Abstract
Tape 1, Side 1: Family moves to Lubbock (1918),
Decision to move,
Good pay for picking cotton,
Trip to Lubbock,
First impressions,
Cotton picking,
Coal strike,
Black section of town,
Calvin Quigley (?) first black,
Needed hands,
Anecdote about father’s arrival,
Water lines,
First school teachers,
Church meetings in home,
Teachers—Ella Iles.
Tape 1, Side 2: School buildings,
Settlement of Avenue A area,
Grocery store,
Housing,
Black churches—locations,
Public utilities,
Compress and oil-mill employed blacks,
Housing,
Bad winter (1929),
White neighbors,
Businesses on Avenue A,
Church building built,
Black population grew after 1925,
Leisure time activities,
Depression,
Jamison family’s experiences,
Early black settlers.
Range Dates: 1918-1939
Bulk Dates: 1918-1939
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Recording Format Notes:
Transcript:
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