Grebing, Grace 1982-02-23
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General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Grace Grebing
Additional Parties Recorded:
Date: February 23, 1982
Location: Dell City, Texas
Interviewer: Richard Mason
Length: 01:01:33 (1 hour, 33 minutes)
Abstract
Tape 1, Side 1: Born: San Saba County Texas,
M. C. Swame,
Parents Faver,
Father,
Farmer-rancher,
Mother Curry,
Reason for move from San Saba County to Concho County Texas,
Farming,
Description,
Laborers,
Activities,
Butchering meat,
Gardening,
Water sources,
Windmills,
Eden County Texas (1902),
Teaching,
Requirements,
Schools,
Changes,
Obstacles,
Mentone Texas,
Oil town,
Growth,
Teachers,
Population,
Mexia Texas,
Population growth,
Officer’s death,
Husband,
Tank salesman,
Cypress tanks,
Wages,
Construction time,
Housewife,
Life for women in oil camps,
Meeting of husband Henry Grebing,
Work at Mentone,
Schools,
Porterville Texas,
Crops,
Families.
Tape 1, Side 2: Dell City Texas,
Hearing about,
Dust storms,
Tents,
Water,
Schools,
Structures,
Home,
Farm,
Laborers,
Agricultural land spread,
Wells,
Crop conditions,
Livestock,
Diversification,
Planting season,
First freeze,
Rain.
Range Dates: 1890s-1982
Bulk Dates: 1902-1940s
Access Information
Original Recording Format:audio cassette
Recording Format Notes: digitized April 2016, CD available for listening in Reading Room
Transcript: no
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