Seay, Euphemia 1975-09-19

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Mrs. Seay, retired schoolteacher, reminisces about the early Tulia area.

General Interview Information

Interviewee Name: Euphemia Seay

Additional Parties Recorded: None

Date: September 19, 1975

Location: Tulia, Texas

Interviewer: Byron Price

Length: 1 hour


Abstract

Tape 1, Side 1: Family history, Tulia, Texas, Description, Ranching, Early church services, First automobiles, Childhood games, Farming, Education, World War I, Social activities, Texas Tech, Teaching career, J. Evetts Haley, Ranches, Tulia businesses, Father in Texas, Land, Home, Politics, Mother, Family history, Irrigation wells, Pat O’Daniel, husband (1927), O’Daniel family history, Farming career, Black and Chicano leaders, Effects of Great Depression, Effects of World War II, Swisher County, Texas politics.

Tape 1, Side 2: Swisher County politics (continued), County commissioners, Activities for women, Social clubs, Church, Campaign speeches, Newspaper, Radios, Reading of poem, Death of father (1948).

Range Dates: Early 1900s-1948

Bulk Dates: Early 1900s-1948


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