Letbetter, Elmo C 1975-09-30
Elmo Letbetter discusses his family, mattress business and personal interests as a resident in Bertram and Brownwood, Texas. He also mentions historic log cabins of the area.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Elmo C. Letbetter
Additional Parties Recorded: None
Date: September 30, 1975
Location: Brownwood, Texas
Interviewer: Fred Carpenter
Length: 1 hour, 20 minutes
Abstract
Tape 1, Side 1: Married in log cabin,
Historical log cabin in Brownwood, Texas,
Relocation and renovation,
Recollections about the cabins,
Family name,
Mattress business,
Mission work in Brownwood vicinity,
Poor farm at Anderson, Texas,
Relocated in Brownwood,
Grandfather in Civil War,
Pension,
Mattress business,
Mattress types,
Shuck,
Feather.
Tape 1, Side 2: Mattress business (continued),
Scouting,
Sunset Baptist Mission.
Range Dates: ?-1975
Bulk Dates: ?-1975
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