Shaw, Elsie Plummer 1980-11-13
Elsie Plummer Shaw, early resident of Thurber, Texas, reminisces about her life there.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Elsie Plummer Shaw
Additional Parties Recorded: None
Date: November 13, 1980
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Interviewer: Richard Mason
Length: 45 minutes
Abstract
Tape 1, Side 1: Elsie Plummer Shaw,
Birth date: July 13, 1903,
John Plummer, father,
Background,
To Thurber, Texas,
Sadie Plummer, mother,
John Plummer (again),
Occupation,
Blacks in Thurber,
Gordon Family,
Daughter’s death,
Mr. (W. K.) Gordon,
Thurber, Texas (again),
Estimated population,
Ethnic groups,
Elsie Plummer Shaw (again),
Childhood memories,
Anecdote; Response to being called a Yankee,
Sadie Plummer (again),
Hotel manager,
Thurber,
Christmas,
Celebration,
Decorations,
Closing of the mines (c. 1921),
Movement of the miners,
To Ranger, Texas,
Oilfields,
John Plummer (again),
Postmaster of Thurber,
Elsie Plummer Shaw (again),
To Fort Worth, Texas (1930s),
Cataract surgery,
Mitchell family,
Abandoned girl,
Taken in by the Plummer family,
Adopted the name of Bill Plummer.
Tape 1, Side 2: Blank
Range Dates: 1903-1980
Bulk Dates: 1903-1930s
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