Difference between revisions of "Holman, Wade 1971-01-14"

From SWC Oral History Collection
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(Created page with "{{subst:MainPage}}")
 
Line 1: Line 1:
Right here will be a general overview of the oral history interview. It will be roughly 3-5 sentences for new interviews, shorter for older interviews.  
+
Wade Holman, resident of Amarillo for over 70
 +
years, discusses conditions there during the Depression of the 1930s and
 +
particularly describes the effect of the stock market crash on him.  
  
 
==General Interview Information==
 
==General Interview Information==
  
'''Interviewee Name:'''
+
'''Interviewee Name:''' Wade Holman
  
 
'''Additional Parties Recorded:'''
 
'''Additional Parties Recorded:'''
  
'''Date:'''  
+
'''Date:''' January 14, 1971
  
'''Location:'''
+
'''Location:''' Amarillo, Texas
  
'''Interviewer:'''
+
'''Interviewer:''' David Nail
  
'''Length:'''
+
'''Length:''' 30 minutes
  
  
 
==Abstract==
 
==Abstract==
  
'''Tape 1, Side 1:'''
+
'''Tape 1, Side 1:''' Depression of the 1930s discussed,
 
+
Stock market speculations (1929-35) explained,
 +
Dust storms described,
 +
Reviews nature of life insurance business in 1930s,
 +
Opinion of Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt
 +
expressed,
 +
Soup kitchens and other welfare measures recalled,
 +
Recalls Prohibition.
 
<br>
 
<br>
  
'''Tape 1, Side 2:'''
+
'''Tape 1, Side 2:''' Blank
 
 
 
<br>
 
<br>
  
'''Range Dates:'''
+
'''Range Dates:''' 1929-1939
  
'''Bulk Dates:'''
+
'''Bulk Dates:''' 1929-1939
  
  

Revision as of 18:32, 16 December 2014

Wade Holman, resident of Amarillo for over 70 years, discusses conditions there during the Depression of the 1930s and particularly describes the effect of the stock market crash on him.

General Interview Information

Interviewee Name: Wade Holman

Additional Parties Recorded:

Date: January 14, 1971

Location: Amarillo, Texas

Interviewer: David Nail

Length: 30 minutes


Abstract

Tape 1, Side 1: Depression of the 1930s discussed, Stock market speculations (1929-35) explained, Dust storms described, Reviews nature of life insurance business in 1930s, Opinion of Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt expressed, Soup kitchens and other welfare measures recalled, Recalls Prohibition.

Tape 1, Side 2: Blank

Range Dates: 1929-1939

Bulk Dates: 1929-1939


Access Information

Original Recording Format:

Recording Format Notes:

Transcript:



Thank you for your interest in this oral history interview. Our oral history collection is available to patrons in the Southwest Collection's Reading Room, located on the campus of Texas Tech University. For reading room hours, visit our website. Please contact Reference Staff at least one week prior to your visit to ensure the oral history you are interested in will be available. Due to copyright issues, duplications of our oral histories can only be made for family members. If an oral history transcript has been made available online, the link will be provided on this page. More information on accessing our oral histories is located here. Preferred citation style can be found here.