Alford, Beverly 2022-11-17
In this first interview, Beverly Alford goes into great detail about her parents and family history, outlining her mother’s origins in Oklahoma and her father’s start in Milam county. She speaks about their marriage in 1935 and their three children (she is the middle daughter). Her father worked in the oil industry, and until high school she lived on various oil camps outside McCamey, Big Lake (Santa Rita), and Ozona (Todd Field). Much of the interview is a cultural history of West Texas; she tells of family traditions and home life growing up, entertainment, holidays, and schooling. She attended Ozona High School where she played basketball (among other activities), eventually going to Wayland Baptist College. She begins to tell the story of working at Booker T Washington High School in Plainview in 1966, only working one year before desegregation.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Beverly Alford
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Date: November 17, 2022
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Interviewer: Elissa Stroman
Length: 03:07:58
Abstract
Introduction and family background; her mother’s family history; Stories and memories her mother shared with her; Her father’s lineage and family history; Alford’s parents’ courtship; her siblings; Celebrating birthdays and Christmas in December; Childhood memories; Living at a Conoco camp in McCamey, Texas; Being born during the World War II era; the McCamey camp continued; Moving to the Todd Field camp in Ozona; baseball games; Her mother’s cooking; her family’s lifestyle; Organizations her mother participated in; Church and religion; high school education and activities; Radio, music, singing and dances; Rodeo; teaching at a black high school before desegregation; Desegregation; Memories from when she was teaching; Her first telephone and television
Access Information
Original Recording Format: born digital
Recording Format Notes: patrons may listen to a CD copy in our reading room
Transcript: transcript available on dspace <https://hdl.handle.net/10605/373726 >
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