Cash, Mrs Ira 1974-06-21

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Mrs. Cash describes her life in a cotton farming community near St. Joe, Arkansas.

General Interview Information

Interviewee Name: Mrs. Ira Cash

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Date: June 21, 1974

Location: St. Joe, Arkansas

Interviewer: Dwight Pitcaithley and Jim Crider

Length: 40 minutes


Abstract

Tape 1, Side 1: Discussion of quilting, Early life, Mother homesteaded 80 acres on Mill Creek, Jimmy M. Cash families mentioned, Worked on Cash farm, Picking cotton, Gathering corn, Married John Cash in 1929, Red house on Cash farm remembered, Jimmy M. Cash characterized, Effect of World War I on family

Tape 1, Side 2: Log cabin described, Role of religion in her life


Range Dates: 1929-1974

Bulk Dates: 1929-1974


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