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Mrs. Ora Robinson, age 92, discusses events in her life.
  
 
==General Interview Information==
 
==General Interview Information==
  
'''Interviewee Name:'''
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'''Interviewee Name:''' Mrs. Ora Robinson
  
'''Additional Parties Recorded:'''
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'''Additional Parties Recorded:''' None
  
'''Date:'''  
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'''Date:''' July 01, 1974
  
'''Location:'''
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'''Location:''' Lubbock, Texas
  
'''Interviewer:'''
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'''Interviewer:''' Beth Schneider
  
'''Length:'''
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'''Length:''' 25 minutes
  
  
 
==Abstract==
 
==Abstract==
  
'''Tape 1, Side 1:'''
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'''Tape 1, Side 1:''' Family background told,
 
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People came down from the North to buy land from Mr. Allen,
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Worked for Mr. Allen as a cook,
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Began running a kitchen for a hotel,
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Lived in a two-room shack,
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Moved to Hale Center because of husband’s wealth,
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Lived in wagon for a month,
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Anecdote told about a woman with tuberculosis,
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Continues discussion of shack,
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Describes the move to Hale Center,
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Tells a story about quicksand,
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Discusses the weather and sandstorms,
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Husband farmed 40 acres,
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Grew cotton and maize.
 
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'''Tape 1, Side 2:'''
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'''Tape 1, Side 2:''' Blank
 
 
 
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'''Range Dates:'''
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'''Range Dates:''' 1882-1974
  
'''Bulk Dates:'''
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'''Bulk Dates:''' 1890s-?
  
  
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Latest revision as of 15:24, 7 August 2019

Mrs. Ora Robinson, age 92, discusses events in her life.

General Interview Information

Interviewee Name: Mrs. Ora Robinson

Additional Parties Recorded: None

Date: July 01, 1974

Location: Lubbock, Texas

Interviewer: Beth Schneider

Length: 25 minutes


Abstract

Tape 1, Side 1: Family background told, People came down from the North to buy land from Mr. Allen, Worked for Mr. Allen as a cook, Began running a kitchen for a hotel, Lived in a two-room shack, Moved to Hale Center because of husband’s wealth, Lived in wagon for a month, Anecdote told about a woman with tuberculosis, Continues discussion of shack, Describes the move to Hale Center, Tells a story about quicksand, Discusses the weather and sandstorms, Husband farmed 40 acres, Grew cotton and maize.

Tape 1, Side 2: Blank

Range Dates: 1882-1974

Bulk Dates: 1890s-?


Access Information

Original Recording Format:

Recording Format Notes:

Transcript:



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