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    "ocrText": "NATIONAL\nARCHIVES\nSupplemental User Note 1:\nRevised Slave Narrative Finding Aid\nWPA Slave Narrative Punchcards\nNARA Donated Historical Materials Group CUE\nWhen preparing these records for online access, staff found that the original finding aid to the\nnarratives had incorrect narrator names associated with some of the files. Using software that\nwas not available at when staff originally processed the records in 2000, staff opened each file to\nverify the name of the narrator. Staff also confirmed where multiple files containing variations\nof the same narration. The below finding aids provides the narrator name and the files associated\nwith that narrator. The original finding aid is still needed for locating the original punchcards.\nSorted by Narrator Name\nName and Narrative Identifier (if available)\nFile Name\nNational Archives\nIdentifier\nA M Moore [1724-TEX/#242]\nF171_moo.TXT\n2611051\nAaron Ford [0278-SC/#]\nF199_for.TXT\n2611080\nAbram Sells [1773-TEX/#027]\nf019_sel.txt\n2610897\nAddy Gill [78- NC/#434]\nF126_gil.TXT\n2611006\nAdeline Hodges [0522-ALA/#316]\nF196_hod.TXT\n2611077\nAlbert Hill [TEX #212]\nF110A_hil.TXT\n2610989\nAlbert Hill\nF110B_hil.TXT\n2610989\nAlbert Hill [GEO]\nF092_hil.TXT\n2610989\nAllen Price [1748-TEX/#195]\nF134_pri.TXT\n2611014\nAllen V. Manning [MS, Okla #30]\nF073_man.TXT\n2610953\nAllen V. Manning [MISS #139] & Robert Falls [Slave,\nF066_miss.TXT\n2610953\nNC, TN #145]\nAmy Penny [NC/#408]\nF123_pen.TXT\n2611003\nAndrew Boone [Y10]\nF213_boo.TXT\n2611096\nAndrew Goodman [Slave in ALA] [Tex #207]\nF088_goo.TXT\n2610968\nAndrew Goodman [Tex #207]\nF108_goo.TXT\n2610968\nAngie Garrett [0519-ALA/#335]\nF194_gar.TXT\n2611075\nNATIONAL ARCHIVES and\nRECORDS ADMINISTRATION\n8601 ADELPHI ROAD\nCOLLEGE PARK, MD 20740-6001\nNARA Reference www.archives.gov\nArnold Gragston [Slave in KY]\nF099_gra.TXT\n2610978\nBen Johnson [NC/#]\nF116_joh.TXT\n2610996\nBen Simpson [Slave in GA. and TX]\nF082_sim.TXT\n2610962\nBenjamin Johnson [GA, #49]\nF062_joh.TXT\n2610941\nBenjamin Russell [Data 1, SC 119]\nF086_rus.TXT\n2610966\nBenjamin Russell [Data 1]\nF059_dat1.TXT\n2610966\nBenjamin Russell [SC119]\nF060_dat119.TXT\n2610966\nBettie Suber [449-SC/#008]\nf003_sub.txt\n2610881\nBill Crump [0054-NC/#13]\nF004_cru.txt\n2610882\nBob Mobley [0728-GEO/#362]\nF180_mob.TXT\n2611061\nBob Samuels [1368-ARK/#070]\nF047_sam.TXT\n2610925\nBoston Blackwell [Y8]\nF211_bla.TXT\n2611094\nCalli Alder [0643-GEO/#353]\nF193_ald.TXT\n2611074\nCatherine Williams [0181-NC/ #212]\nF139_wil.TXT\n2611019\nCato [Slave in AL]\nF079_cat.TXT\n2610959\nChana Littlejohn [0115-NC/#347 [S2]]\nF159_lit.TXT\n2611039\nCharley Hurt [TEX #215]\nF093_hur.TXT\n2610973\nCharley Willams [Okla #37]\nF107_wil.TXT\n2610986\nCharley Williams [Okla #37]\nF071_wil.TXT\n2610986\nCharley Williams [Okla #37]\nF071_wil2.TXT\n2610986\nCharlie Hudson [0676-GEO/ #262]\nF150_hud.TXT\n2611030\nCharlie Robinson [0422-SC/#]\nF202_rob.TXT\n2611084\nCharlotte Beverly [1559-TEX/#325]\nF191_bev.TXT\n2611072\nCharly Hurt [TEX #215]\nF112_hur.TXT\n2610992\nCheney Cross [Y21]\nF219_cro.TXT\n2611102\nClara Brim [1574-TEX/#033]\nf022_bri.txt\n2610900\nCra M. Flagg [0074-NC/#186 [S2]]\nF153_fla.TXT\n2611033\nCynthia Jones [1174-ALA/#37]\nf024_jon.txt\n2610902\nDavid Blont [Y9]\nF212_blo.TXT\n2611095\nDavid Lee [TF/#001]\nF204_lee.TXT\n2611086\nDelia Garlic [519-ALA/#036]\nf023_gar.txt\n2610901\nDictionary file part 1\nF229_dicfile.1.TXT\n2611112\nDictionary file part 2\nF230_dicfile.2.TXT\n2611112\nDoc Edwards [0071-NC/#182 [S2]]\nF157_edw.TXT\n2611037\nDolly Whiteside [1486-ARK/#052]\nf034_whi.txt\n2610912\nEaster Norris [366-SC/#24]\nF016_nor.TXT\n2610894\nEaster Norris [366-SC/#24]\nf015_sim.txt\n2610894\nEd Barber [202-SC/#21]\nF013_bar.TXT\n2610891\nEliza Jones [1176-ARK/#014]\nf007_jon.txt\n2610885\nEllen Betts [Slave in LA]\nF084_bet.TXT\n2610964\nElson Lyles [0374-SC/#282]\nF128_lyl.TXT\n2611008\nNARA Reference Copy\nEmma Jeter [344-SC/#068]\nF046_jet.TXT\n2610924\nEmma Jones [545-Ala/#018]\nF012_jon.TXT\n2610890\nEssex Henry [0091-NC/#158 [S2]]\nF151_hen.TXT\n2611031\nEverette Ingram [538-ALA/#060]\nF041_ing.TXT\n2610919\nFannie Moore [0129-NC/#349]\nF178_moo.TXT\n2611059\nFanny Johnson [1157-ARK/#062]\nF042_joh.TXT\n2610920\nFleming Clark [Ohio #128]\nF106_cla.TXT\n2610985\nFleming Clark [Age 74, OH #128]\nF064_cla.TXT\n2610985\nFrank Bell [Y5]\nF207_bel.TXT\n2611090\nFrank Gill [0523-ALA/#319]\nF195_gil.TXT\n2611076\nGeorge Briggs [Slave in SC #61]\nF087_bri.TXT\n2610967\nGeorge McAlilley [376-SC/#055]\nF036_mca.txt\n2610914\nGeorge Taylor [AL. A6 (16)]\nF052_tay.TXT\n2610930\nGeorge Taylor [ALA #16]\nF102_tay.TXT\n2610930\nGeorge Young [Alabama (repeated 2x)]\nF051_you.TXT\n2610929\nGeorge Young [ALA #20]\nF103_you.TXT\n2610929\nGus Feaster [SC, #83]\nF228_fea.TXT\n2611111\nHannah Jones [0546-ALA/#277]\nF176_jon.TXT\n2611057\nHannah Plummer [NC/#404]\nF122_plu.TXT\n2611002\nHarre Quarls [1754-TEX/#206]\nF142_qua.TXT\n2611022\nHarriet Barret [1549-TEX/#368]\nF192_bar.TXT\n2611073\nHarrison Boyd [1562-TEX/#219]\nF141_boy.TXT\n2611021\nHarry Johnson [Slave in AR & TX]\nF090_joh.TXT\n2610970\nHarry Johnson [TEX #219]\nF113_joh.TXT\n2610970\nHattie Anne Nettles [ALA/#018]\nF011_net.TXT\n2610889\nHenrietta Evelin Smith [1397-ARK/#026]\nf018_smi.txt\n2610896\nHenrietta McCullers [0118-NC/#072]\nf049_mcc.txt\n2610927\nHenry Bobbitt [NC175/NC151-Set 1]\nF053_nc151.TXT\n2610931\nHenry Coleman [0240-SC/#333]\nF199B_col.TXT\n2611081\nHenry Cheatam #ALA #199 [0498-ALA/#199]\nF136_non.TXT\n2611016\nHenry Cheatam #ALA #199 [0498-ALA/#199]\nF135_hen.TXT\n2611016\nHenry Cheatam [Y18]\nF216_che.TXT\n2611016\nHenry James Trentham [177-NC/#13]\nF006_tre.txt\n2610884\nHenry Lewis [TEX #222]\nF114_lew.TXT\n2610994\nHenry Ryan\nF164_rya.TXT\n2611044\nHeyword Ford [516-ALA/#032]\nf021_for.txt\n2610899\nIran Nelson [1286-ARK/#044]\nf027_nel.txt\n2610905\nIsaac Adams [Y1]\nF206_ada.TXT\n2611088\nIsaac Martin [TEX #223]\nF104_mar.TXT\n2610983\nIsaac Martin [TEX #223]\nF111_mar.TXT\n2610983\nIsom Rogers [1353-ARK/#050]\nF032_rog.txt\n2610910\nNARA Reference Copy\nJacob Branch [1572-TEX/#216]\nF165_bra.TXT\n2611045\nJake McLeod [SC NE. 107 Age-83]\nF058_mcl.TXT\n2610936\nJake Mcleod [SC #107]\nF098_mcl.TXT\n2610936\nJake McLeod 2nd part\nF058_mcl2.TXT\n2610936\nJames Bolton [0017-GEO/ #257]\nF149_bol.TXT\n2611029\nJames Campbell [W.VA #127]\nF063_cam.TXT\n2610942\nJames Campbell [W.VA Ohio #127]\nF068_cam.TXT\n2610942\nJames Cape [Y16]\nF215_cap.TXT\n2611098\nJames Hayes [Slave in TEX]\nF091_hay.TXT\n2610971\nJames Hayes\nF109_non.TXT\n2610971\nJames Spikes [1403-ARK/#063]\nF044_spi.TXT\n2610922\nJames West [1816-TEX/#365]\nF181_wes.TXT\n2611062\nJane Arrington [NC/#344]\nF125_arr.TXT\n2611005\nJane Lee [NC/#360]\nF124_lee.TXT\n2611004\nJasper Battle [GA, #40]\nF061_bat.TXT\n2610940\nJasper Battle [Slave in GA #40]\nF101_bat.TXT\n2610940\nJeptha Choice [1595-TEX/#047]\nF030_cho.txt\n2610908\nJim Gillard [0524-ALA/ #232]\nF168_gil.TXT\n2611048\nJoanna Draper [Slave in MS]\nF080_dra.TXT\n2610960\nJoe Barnes [1547-TEX/#007]\nf002_bar.txt\n2610880\nJoe Clinton, Followed by three miscellaneous cards\nf026_cli.txt\n2610904\n[0950-ARK/#040]\nJoe Rutherford [0428-SC/ #240]\nF166_rut.TXT\n2611046\nJoe Tillman [1440-ARK/#051]\nf033_til.txt\n2610911\nJohn Boyd [212-SC/#065]\nF045_boy.TXT\n2610923\nJohn Brown [Y14]\nF227_bro.TXT\n2611110\nJohn Coggin [0047_NC/#249]\nF144_cog.TXT\n2611024\nJohn Coggin [0047-NC/#249 [S2]]\nF155_cog.TXT\n2611024\nJohn Ellis [1626-TEX/#056]\nf037_ell.txt\n2610915\nJohn Moody [1704-TEX/#370]\nF185_moo.TXT\n2611066\nJoseph Leonides [Age 81, TN #148]\nF070_leo.TXT\n2610949\nJosh Hart [0536-ALA/#223]\nF169_har.TXT\n2611049\nJulia Brown [Y15]\nF162_bro.TXT\n2611042\nKatherine Eppes [514-ALA/#25]\nf017_epp.txt\n2610895\nKatie Darling [Y22]\nF220_dar.TXT\n2611103\nKatie Rowe [Slave in AR]\nF078_row.TXT\n2610958\nLee Guidon [Slave in SC]\nF074_gui.TXT\n2610954\nLiza Menton [0715-GEO/#039]\nf025_men.txt\n2610903\nLizzie Johnson [1162-ARK/#017]\nF010_joh.TXT\n2610888\nLizzie Jones [1686-TEX/#045]\nf028_jon.txt\n2610906\nLouisa Davis [0256-SC/#222]\nF167_dav.TXT\n2611047\nLucretia Alexander [Y2]\nF207_ale.TXT\n2611089\nNARA Reference Copy\nLucy Ann Dunn [0068-NC/#533 [S2]]\nF152_dun.TXT\n2611032\nLucy Daniels [0247-SC_/#191]\nF133_dan.TXT\n2611013\nMack Taylor [0451-SC/#255]\nF147_tay.TXT\n2611027\nMama Duck [0786-FLA/#058]\nf039_duc.txt\n2610917\nMandy [0558-ALA/#433]\nF182_man.TXT\n2611063\nMandy Coversion [0048-NC/#292 [S2]]\nF154_cov.TXT\n2611034\nMandy Leslie [0551-ALA/#290]\nF131_les.TXT\n2611011\nManuel Johnson [0691-GEO/#200]\nF137_joh.TXT\n2611017\nMargaret E. Dickens [0064-NC#210]\nF143_dic.TXT\n2611023\nMargaret Dickens [0064-NC/#210 [S2]]\nF158_dic.TXT\n2611023\nMariah Robinson [Slave in GA and TX]\nF077_rob.TXT\n2610957\nMariah Snyder [1785-TEX/#250]\nF148_sny.TXT\n2611028\nMartha Allen [0018-NC/#059]\nF040_all.TXT\n2610918\nMartha Colquitt [Y20]\nF218_col.TXT\n2611101\nMartha Spence Bunton [1583-TEX/#334]\nF190_bun.TXT\n2611071\nMartin Jackson [Y53]\nF222_jac.TXT\n2611105\nMary A. Bell [Y6]\nF209bel.TXT\n2611091\nMary Grayson [Indian Terr]\nF081_gra.TXT\n2610961\nMary Johnson [0352-SC/#]\nF200_joh.TXT\n2611082\nMary Overton [1737-TEX/#355]\nF184_ove.TXT\n2611065\nMary Raines [0410-SC/#221]\nF140_rai.TXT\n2611020\nMary Reynolds [Slave in LA]\nF083_rey.TXT\n2610963\nMillie Bates [205-SC/#333]\nF198_bat.TXT\n2611079\nMillie Markham [0124-NC/ #211]\nF145_mar.TXT\n2611025\nMillie Marham [0124-NC/#211 [S2]]\nF156_mar.TXT\n2611025\nMindy Coversion [0048-NC/ #292]\nF146_cov.TXT\n2611026\nMolly Ammonds [479-ALA/#066]\nF043_amm.TXT\n2610921\nMom Jessie Sparrow [0466-SC/#]\nF203_spa.TXT\n2611085\nMorris Shephard [Age 85, OK #34]\nF072_she.TXT\n2610952\nMorris Sheppard [Age 85 OK#34]\nF067_she.TXT\n2610952\nMuse Minser [1255-ARK/#006]\nf001_min.txt\n2610879\nNancy King [1692-TEX/#309]\nF186_kin.TXT\n2611067\nNannie Bradfield [0490-ALA/#308]\nF189_bra.TXT\n2611070\nNeal Upson [0753-GEO/#233]\nF177_ups.TXT\n2611058\nNed Walker [Sample 1 #SC/122]\nF085_wal.TXT\n2610965\nNellie Dunne [998-ARK/#015]\nf008_dun.txt\n2610886\nNellie Johnson [OK/#053]\nf035_joh.txt\n2610913\nNicey Kenny [Slave in GA]\nF075_kin.TXT\n2610955\nNina Scott [0436-SC / #291]\nF130_sco.TXT\n2611010\nNine Miscellaneous Cards\nF226_misc..TXT\n2611109\nOld Susan Hamlin [0315-SC_/#287]\nF161_ham.TXT\n2611041\nNARA Reference Copy\nParker Pool [NC175/NC151-Set 2]\nF054_nc151.TXT\n2610932\nParker Pool [Age 91, NC #175]\nF160_poo.TXT\n2611040\nParker Pool [Partial Repeat of NC- 151]\nF055_nc151.TXT\n2611040\nPauline Worth [0473-SC/#318]\nF188_wor.TXT\n2611069\nPeter Clifton [Y19]\nF217_cli.TXT\n2611100\nPhillip Evans [SC #82]\nF105_eva.TXT\n2610984\nPrince Johnson [Y58]\nF224_joh.TXT\n2611107\nRansom Sidney Taylor [NC/#]\nF117_tay.TXT\n2610997\nReverend W.E. Northcross [0505-ALA/#363]\nF183_nor.TXT\n2611064\nRichard Carruthers [1591-TEX/#285]\nF129_car.TXT\n2611009\nRichard Jones [0355-SC/#]\nF201_jon.TXT\n2611083\nRichard Jones [Y59]\nF225_jon.TXT\n2611083\nRichard Mack [0378-SC/ #207]\nF170_mac.TXT\n2611050\nRichard Slaughter [0013-VA_/#057]\nf038_sla.txt\n2610916\nRobert Barr [0881-ARK/#071]\nF048_bar.TXT\n2610926\nRobert Falls [NC, TN #145]\nF069_fal.TXT\n2610948\nRobert Falls [Slave, NC, TN #145]\nF065_fal.TXT\n2610948\nRobert Falls [Slave, NC, TN #145] & Allen V.\nF066_miss.TXT\n2610948\nManning [MISS #139]\nRobert Heard [0669-GEO/#229]\nF173_hea.TXT\n2611053\nRobert Shepherd [0737-GEO/#016]\nF009_she.TXT\n2610887\nRosa Green [1643-TEX/#281]\nF127_gre.TXT\n2611007\nSallie Paul [0399-SC /#205]\nF163_pau.TXT\n2611043\nSam Mcallum [Miss #139]\nF115_mca.TXT\n2610995\nSam Mcallum [Slave in MS]\nF095_mca.TXT\n2610995\nSarah Anderson [0862-ARK/#102]\nF132_and.TXT\n2611012\nSarah Harris [0086-NC/#022]\nF014_har.TXT\n2610892\nSarah Louise Augustus [0024-NC/#074]\nF050_aug.TXT\n2610928\nSarah Poindexter [0405-SC/ #275]\nF175_poi.TXT\n2611055\nSilas Jackson [Y54]\nF223_jac.TXT\n2611106\nSimuel Riddick [NC/#]\nF120_rid.TXT\n2611000\nSolbert Butler [0228-SC/ #271]\nF174_but.TXT\n2611054\nSolomon P. Patillo [1311-ARK/#048]\nf031_pat.txt\n2610909\nSusan Snow [MISS #143]\nF096_sno.TXT\n2610975\nTempie Herndon [Y49]\nF221_her.TXT\n2611104\nThomas Cole [1598-TEX/#343]\nF187_col.TXT\n2611068\nTillie [NC/#406]\nF121_til.TXT\n2611001\nTina Johnson [NC/#012]\nF005_joh.txt\n2610883\nTines Kendricks [Slave in GA]\nF076_ken.TXT\n2610956\nTom Mcalpin [556-ALA/#046]\nf029_mca.txt\n2610907\nTom Wilcox [0180-NC/#327]\nF197_wil.TXT\n2611078\nUnknown [GEO #49]\nF100_non.TXT\n2610979\nNARA Reference Copy\nUnknown [TF/#002]\nF205_non.TXT\n2611087\nVirginia Bell [Y7]\nF210_bel.TXT\n2611093\nVirginia Bell\nF209_bel.TXT\n2611093\nWL Bost [Y11]\nF214_bos.TXT\n2611097\nWashington Dozier [Slave in SC#75]\nF056_doz.TXT\n2610934\nWashington Dozier [Slave in SC#75]\nF057_eva.TXT\n2610934\nWashington Dozier [Slave in SC]\nF097_doz.TXT\n2610934\nWilliam Branch [1573-TEX/#030]\nf020_bra.txt\n2610898\nWilliam Green [1644-TEX/#204]\nF138_gre.TXT\n2611018\nWilliam Oliver [0395-SC/#217]\nF172_oli.TXT\n2611052\nWilliam Scott [NC/#]\nF119_sco.TXT\n2610999\nWilliam Ward [0758-GEO/#361]\nF179_war.TXT\n2611060\nWillie McCullough [NC/#]\nF118_mcc.TXT\n2610998\nWillis Winn [Slave in LA]\nF089_win.TXT\n2610969\nNARA Reference Copy\nSorted by File Name\nName and Narrative Identifier (if available)\nFile Name\nNational Archives\nIdentifier\nMuse Minser [1255-ARK/#006]\nf001_min.txt\n2610879\nJoe Barnes [1547-TEX/#007]\nf002_bar.txt\n2610880\nBettie Suber [449-SC/#008]\nf003_sub.txt\n2610881\nBill Crump [0054-NC/#13]\nF004_cru.txt\n2610882\nTina Johnson [NC/#012]\nF005_joh.txt\n2610883\nHenry James Trentham [177-NC/#13]\nF006_tre.txt\n2610884\nEliza Jones [1176-ARK/#014]\nf007_jon.txt\n2610885\nNellie Dunne [998-ARK/#015]\nf008_dun.txt\n2610886\nRobert Shepherd [0737-GEO/#016]\nF009_she.TXT\n2610887\nLizzie Johnson [1162-ARK/#017]\nF010_joh.TXT\n2610888\nHattie Anne Nettles [ALA/#018]\nF011_net.TXT\n2610889\nEmma Jones [545-Ala/#018]\nF012_jon.TXT\n2610890\nEd Barber [202-SC/#21]\nF013_bar.TXT\n2610891\nSarah Harris [0086-NC/#022]\nF014_har.TXT\n2610892\nEaster Norris [366-SC/#24]\nf015_sim.txt\n2610894\nEaster Norris [366-SC/#24]\nF016_nor.TXT\n2610894\nKatherine Eppes [514-ALA/#25]\nf017_epp.txt\n2610895\nHenrietta Evelin Smith [1397-ARK/#026]\nf018_smi.txt\n2610896\nAbram Sells [1773-TEX/#027]\nf019_sel.txt\n2610897\nWilliam Branch [1573-TEX/#030]\nf020_bra.txt\n2610898\nHeyword Ford [516-ALA/#032]\nf021_for.txt\n2610899\nClara Brim [1574-TEX/#033]\nf022_bri.txt\n2610900\nDelia Garlic [519-ALA/#036]\nf023_gar.txt\n2610901\nCynthia Jones [1174-ALA/#37]\nf024_jon.txt\n2610902\nLiza Menton [0715-GEO/#039]\nf025_men.txt\n2610903\nJoe Clinton, Followed by three miscellaneous cards\nf026_cli.txt\n2610904\n[0950-ARK/#040]\nIran Nelson [1286-ARK/#044]\nf027_nel.txt\n2610905\nLizzie Jones [1686-TEX/#045]\nf028_jon.txt\n2610906\nTom Mcalpin [556-ALA/#046]\nf029_mca.txt\n2610907\nJeptha Choice [1595-TEX/#047]\nF030_cho.txt\n2610908\nSolomon P. Patillo [1311-ARK/#048]\nf031_pat.txt\n2610909\nIsom Rogers [1353-ARK/#050]\nF032_rog.txt\n2610910\nJoe Tillman [1440-ARK/#051]\nf033_til.txt\n2610911\nDolly Whiteside [1486-ARK/#052]\nf034_whi.txt\n2610912\nNellie Johnson [OK/#053]\nf035_joh.txt\n2610913\nGeorge McAlilley [376-SC/#055]\nF036_mca.txt\n2610914\nJohn Ellis [1626-TEX/#056]\nf037_ell.txt\n2610915\nNARA Reference Copy\nRichard Slaughter [0013-VA_/#057]\nf038_sla.txt\n2610916\nMama Duck [0786-FLA/#058]\nf039_duc.txt\n2610917\nMartha Allen [0018-NC/#059]\nF040_all.TXT\n2610918\nEverette Ingram [538-ALA/#060]\nF041_ing.TXT\n2610919\nFanny Johnson [1157-ARK/#062]\nF042_joh.TXT\n2610920\nMolly Ammonds [479-ALA/#066]\nF043_amm.TXT\n2610921\nJames Spikes [1403-ARK/#063]\nF044_spi.TXT\n2610922\nJohn Boyd [212-SC/#065]\nF045_boy.TXT\n2610923\nEmma Jeter [344-SC/#068]\nF046_jet.TXT\n2610924\nBob Samuels [1368-ARK/#070]\nF047_sam.TXT\n2610925\nRobert Barr [0881-ARK/#071]\nF048_bar.TXT\n2610926\nHenrietta McCullers [0118-NC/#072]\nf049_mcc.txt\n2610927\nSarah Louise Augustus [0024-NC/#074]\nF050_aug.TXT\n2610928\nGeorge Young [Alabama (repeated 2x)]\nF051_you.TXT\n2610929\nGeorge Taylor [AL. A6 (16)]\nF052_tay.TXT\n2610930\nHenry Bobbitt [NC175/NC151-Set 1]\nF053_nc151.TXT\n2610931\nParker Pool [NC175/NC151-Set 2]\nF054_nc151.TXT\n2610932\nParker Pool [Partial Repeat of NC- 151]\nF055_nc151.TXT\n2611040\nWashington Dozier [Slave in SC#75]\nF056_doz.TXT\n2610934\nWashington Dozier [Slave in SC#75]\nF057_eva.TXT\n2610934\nJake McLeod [SC NE. 107 Age-83]\nF058_mcl.TXT\n2610936\nJake McLeod 2nd part\nF058_mcl2.TXT\n2610936\nBenjamin Russell [Data 1]\nF059_dat1.TXT\n2610966\nBenjamin Russell [SC119]\nF060_dat119.TXT\n2610966\nJasper Battle [GA, #40]\nF061_bat.TXT\n2610940\nBenjamin Johnson [GA, #49]\nF062_joh.TXT\n2610941\nJames Campbell [W.VA #127]\nF063_cam.TXT\n2610942\nFleming Clark [Age 74, OH #128]\nF064_cla.TXT\n2610985\nRobert Falls [Slave, NC, TN #145]\nF065_fal.TXT\n2610948\nAllen V. Manning [MISS #139] & Robert Falls\nF066_miss.TXT\n2610953\n[Slave, NC, TN #145]\nRobert Falls [Slave, NC, TN #145] & Allen V.\nF066_miss.TXT\n2610948\nManning [MISS #139]\nMorris Sheppard [Age 85 OK#34]\nF067_she.TXT\n2610952\nJames Campbell [W.VA Ohio #127]\nF068_cam.TXT\n2610942\nRobert Falls [NC, TN #145]\nF069_fal.TXT\n2610948\nJoseph Leonides [Age 81, TN #148]\nF070_leo.TXT\n2610949\nCharley Williams [Okla #37]\nF071_wil.TXT\n2610986\nCharley Williams [Okla #37]\nF071_wil2.TXT\n2610986\nMorris Shephard [Age 85, OK #34]\nF072_she.TXT\n2610952\nAllen V. Manning [MS, Okla #30]\nF073_man.TXT\n2610953\nLee Guidon [Slave in SC]\nF074_gui.TXT\n2610954\nNARA Reference Copy\nNicey Kenny [Slave in GA]\nF075_kin.TXT\n2610955\nTines Kendricks [Slave in GA]\nF076_ken.TXT\n2610956\nMariah Robinson [Slave in GA and TX]\nF077_rob.TXT\n2610957\nKatie Rowe [Slave in AR]\nF078_row.TXT\n2610958\nCato [Slave in AL]\nF079_cat.TXT\n2610959\nJoanna Draper [Slave in MS]\nF080_dra.TXT\n2610960\nMary Grayson [Indian Terr]\nF081_gra.TXT\n2610961\nBen Simpson [Slave in GA. and TX]\nF082_sim.TXT\n2610962\nMary Reynolds [Slave in LA]\nF083_rey.TXT\n2610963\nEllen Betts [Slave in LA]\nF084_bet.TXT\n2610964\nNed Walker [Sample 1 #SC/122]\nF085_wal.TXT\n2610965\nBenjamin Russell [Data 1, SC 119]\nF086_rus.TXT\n2610966\nGeorge Briggs [Slave in SC #61]\nF087_bri.TXT\n2610967\nAndrew Goodman [Slave in ALA] [Tex #207]\nF088_goo.TXT\n2610968\nWillis Winn [Slave in LA]\nF089_win.TXT\n2610969\nHarry Johnson [Slave in AR & TX]\nF090_joh.TXT\n2610970\nJames Hayes [Slave in TEX]\nF091_hay.TXT\n2610971\nAlbert Hill [GEO]\nF092_hil.TXT\n2610989\nCharley Hurt [TEX #215]\nF093_hur.TXT\n2610973\nSam Mcallum [Slave in MS]\nF095_mca.TXT\n2610995\nSusan Snow [MISS #143]\nF096_sno.TXT\n2610975\nWashington Dozier [Slave in SC]\nF097_doz.TXT\n2610934\nJake Mcleod [SC #107]\nF098_mcl.TXT\n2610936\nArnold Gragston [Slave in KY]\nF099_gra.TXT\n2610978\nUnknown [GEO #49]\nF100_non.TXT\n2610979\nJasper Battle [Slave in GA #40]\nF101_bat.TXT\n2610940\nGeorge Taylor [ALA #16]\nF102_tay.TXT\n2610930\nGeorge Young [ALA #20]\nF103_you.TXT\n2610929\nIsaac Martin [TEX #223]\nF104_mar.TXT\n2610983\nPhillip Evans [SC #82]\nF105_eva.TXT\n2610984\nFleming Clark [Ohio #128]\nF106_cla.TXT\n2610985\nCharley Willams [Okla #37]\nF107_wil.TXT\n2610986\nAndrew Goodman [Tex #207]\nF108_goo.TXT\n2610968\nJames Hayes\nF109_non.TXT\n2610971\nAlbert Hill [TEX #212]\nF110A_hil.TXT\n2610989\nAlbert Hill\nF110B_hil.TXT\n2610989\nIsaac Martin [TEX #223]\nF111_mar.TXT\n2610983\nCharly Hurt [TEX #215]\nF112_hur.TXT\n2610992\nHarry Johnson [TEX #219]\nF113_joh.TXT\n2610970\nHenry Lewis [TEX #222]\nF114_lew.TXT\n2610994\nSam Mcallum [Miss #139]\nF115_mca.TXT\n2610995\nNARA Reference Copy\nBen Johnson [NC/#]\nF116_joh.TXT\n2610996\nRansom Sidney Taylor [NC/#]\nF117_tay.TXT\n2610997\nWillie McCullough [NC/#]\nF118_mcc.TXT\n2610998\nWilliam Scott [NC/#]\nF119_sco.TXT\n2610999\nSimuel Riddick [NC/#]\nF120_rid.TXT\n2611000\nTillie [NC/#406]\nF121_til.TXT\n2611001\nHannah Plummer [NC/#404]\nF122_plu.TXT\n2611002\nAmy Penny [NC/#408]\nF123_pen.TXT\n2611003\nJane Lee [NC/#360]\nF124_lee.TXT\n2611004\nJane Arrington [NC/#344]\nF125_arr.TXT\n2611005\nAddy Gill [78-NC/#434]\nF126_gil.TXT\n2611006\nRosa Green [1643-TEX/#281]\nF127_gre.TXT\n2611007\nElson Lyles [0374-SC/#282]\nF128_lyl.TXT\n2611008\nRichard Carruthers [1591-TEX/#285]\nF129_car.TXT\n2611009\nNina Scott [0436-SC / #291]\nF130_sco.TXT\n2611010\nMandy Leslie [0551-ALA/#290]\nF131_les.TXT\n2611011\nSarah Anderson [0862-ARK/#102]\nF132_and.TXT\n2611012\nLucy Daniels [0247-SC_/#191]\nF133_dan.TXT\n2611013\nAllen Price [1748-TEX/#195]\nF134_pri.TXT\n2611014\nHenry Cheatam #ALA #199 [0498-ALA/#199]\nF135_hen.TXT\n2611016\nHenry Cheatam #ALA #199 [0498-ALA/#199]\nF136_non.TXT\n2611016\nManuel Johnson [0691-GEO/#200]\nF137_joh.TXT\n2611017\nWilliam Green [1644-TEX/#204]\nF138_gre.TXT\n2611018\nCatherine Williams [0181-NC/ #212]\nF139_wil.TXT\n2611019\nMary Raines [0410-SC/#221]\nF140_rai.TXT\n2611020\nHarrison Boyd [1562-TEX/#219]\nF141_boy.TXT\n2611021\nHarre Quarls [1754-TEX/#206]\nF142_qua.TXT\n2611022\nMargaret E. Dickens [0064-NC#210]\nF143_dic.TXT\n2611023\nJohn Coggin [0047_NC/#249]\nF144_cog.TXT\n2611024\nMillie Markham [0124-NC/ #211]\nF145_mar.TXT\n2611025\nMindy Coversion [0048-NC/ #292]\nF146_cov.TXT\n2611026\nMack Taylor [0451-SC/#255]\nF147_tay.TXT\n2611027\nMariah Snyder [1785-TEX/#250]\nF148_sny.TXT\n2611028\nJames Bolton [0017-GEO/ #257]\nF149_bol.TXT\n2611029\nCharlie Hudson [0676-GEO/ #262]\nF150_hud.TXT\n2611030\nEssex Henry [0091-NC/#158 [S2]]\nF151_hen.TXT\n2611031\nLucy Ann Dunn [0068-NC/#533 [S2]]\nF152_dun.TXT\n2611032\nCra M. Flagg [0074-NC/#186 [S2]]\nF153_fla.TXT\n2611033\nMandy Coversion [0048-NC/#292 [S2]]\nF154_cov.TXT\n2611034\nJohn Coggin [0047-NC/#249 [S2]]\nF155_cog.TXT\n2611024\nMillie Marham [0124-NC/#211 [S2]]\nF156_mar.TXT\n2611025\nNARA Reference Copy\nDoc Edwards [0071-NC/#182 [S2]]\nF157_edw.TXT\n2611037\nMargaret Dickens [0064-NC/#210 [S2]]\nF158_dic.TXT\n2611023\nChana Littlejohn [0115-NC/#347 [S2]]\nF159_lit.TXT\n2611039\nParker Pool [Age 91, NC #175]\nF160_poo.TXT\n2611040\nOld Susan Hamlin [0315-SC_/#287]\nF161_ham.TXT\n2611041\nJulia Brown [Y15]\nF162_bro.TXT\n2611042\nSallie Paul [0399-SC /#205]\nF163_pau.TXT\n2611043\nHenry Ryan\nF164_rya.TXT\n2611044\nJacob Branch [1572-TEX/#216]\nF165_bra.TXT\n2611045\nJoe Rutherford [0428-SC/ #240]\nF166_rut.TXT\n2611046\nLouisa Davis [0256-SC/#222]\nF167_dav.TXT\n2611047\nJim Gillard [0524-ALA/ #232]\nF168_gil.TXT\n2611048\nJosh Hart [0536-ALA/#223]\nF169_har.TXT\n2611049\nRichard Mack [0378-SC/ #207]\nF170_mac.TXT\n2611050\nAM Moore [1724-TEX/#242]\nF171_moo.TXT\n2611051\nWilliam Oliver [0395-SC/#217]\nF172_oli.TXT\n2611052\nRobert Heard [0669-GEO/#229]\nF173_hea.TXT\n2611053\nSolbert Butler [0228-SC/ #271]\nF174_but.TXT\n2611054\nSarah Poindexter [0405-SC/ #275]\nF175_poi.TXT\n2611055\nHannah Jones [0546-ALA/#277]\nF176_jon.TXT\n2611057\nNeal Upson [0753-GEO/#233]\nF177_ups.TXT\n2611058\nFannie Moore [0129-NC/#349]\nF178_moo.TXT\n2611059\nWilliam Ward [0758-GEO/#361]\nF179_war.TXT\n2611060\nBob Mobley [0728-GEO/#362]\nF180_mob.TXT\n2611061\nJames West [1816-TEX/#365]\nF181_wes.TXT\n2611062\nMandy [0558-ALA/#433]\nF182_man.TXT\n2611063\nReverend W.E. Northcross [0505-ALA/#363]\nF183_nor.TXT\n2611064\nMary Overton [1737-TEX/#355]\nF184_ove.TXT\n2611065\nJohn Moody [1704-TEX/#370]\nF185_moo.TXT\n2611066\nNancy King [1692-TEX/#309]\nF186_kin.TXT\n2611067\nThomas Cole [1598-TEX/#343]\nF187_col.TXT\n2611068\nPauline Worth [0473-SC/#318]\nF188_wor.TXT\n2611069\nNannie Bradfield [0490-ALA/#308]\nF189_bra.TXT\n2611070\nMartha Spence Bunton [1583-TEX/#334]\nF190_bun.TXT\n2611071\nCharlotte Beverly [1559-TEX/#325]\nF191_bev.TXT\n2611072\nHarriet Barret [1549-TEX/#368]\nF192_bar.TXT\n2611073\nCalli Alder [0643-GEO/#353]\nF193_ald.TXT\n2611074\nAngie Garrett [0519-ALA/#335]\nF194_gar.TXT\n2611075\nFrank Gill [0523-ALA/#319]\nF195_gil.TXT\n2611076\nAdeline Hodges [0522-ALA/#316]\nF196_hod.TXT\n2611077\nTom Wilcox [0180-NC/#327]\nF197_wil.TXT\n2611078\nNARA Reference Copy\nMillie Bates [205-SC/#333]\nF198_bat.TXT\n2611079\nAaron Ford [0278-SC/#]\nF199_for.TXT\n2611080\nHenry Coleman [0240-SC/#333]\nF199B_col.TXT\n2611081\nMary Johnson [0352-SC/#]\nF200_joh.TXT\n2611082\nRichard Jones [0355-SC/#]\nF201_jon.TXT\n2611083\nCharlie Robinson [0422-SC/#]\nF202_rob.TXT\n2611084\nMom Jessie Sparrow [0466-SC/#]\nF203_spa.TXT\n2611085\nDavid Lee [TF/#001]\nF204_lee.TXT\n2611086\nUnknown [TF/#002]\nF205_non.TXT\n2611087\nIsaac Adams [Y1]\nF206_ada.TXT\n2611088\nLucretia Alexander [Y2]\nF207_ale.TXT\n2611089\nFrank Bell [Y5]\nF207_bel.TXT\n2611090\nVirginia Bell\nF209_bel.TXT\n2611093\nMary A. Bell [Y6]\nF209bel.TXT\n2611091\nVirginia Bell [Y7]\nF210_bel.TXT\n2611093\nBoston Blackwell [Y8]\nF211_bla.TXT\n2611094\nDavid Blont [Y9]\nF212_blo.TXT\n2611095\nAndrew Boone [Y10]\nF213_boo.TXT\n2611096\nWL Bost [Y11]\nF214_bos.TXT\n2611097\nJames Cape [Y16]\nF215_cap.TXT\n2611098\nHenry Cheatam [Y18]\nF216_che.TXT\n2611016\nPeter Clifton [Y19]\nF217_cli.TXT\n2611100\nMartha Colquitt [Y20]\nF218_col.TXT\n2611101\nCheney Cross [Y21]\nF219_cro.TXT\n2611102\nKatie Darling [Y22]\nF220_dar.TXT\n2611103\nTempie Herndon [Y49]\nF221_her.TXT\n2611104\nMartin Jackson [Y53]\nF222_jac.TXT\n2611105\nSilas Jackson [Y54]\nF223_jac.TXT\n2611106\nPrince Johnson [Y58]\nF224_joh.TXT\n2611107\nRichard Jones [Y59]\nF225_jon.TXT\n2611083\nNine Miscellaneous Cards\nF226_misc..TXT\n2611109\nJohn Brown [Y14]\nF227_bro.TXT\n2611110\nGus Feaster [SC, #83]\nF228_fea.TXT\n2611111\nDictionary file part 1\nF229_dicfile.1.TXT\n2611112\nDictionary file part 2\nF230_dicfile.2.TXT\n2611112\nLynn Goodsell, Reference Branch Chief\nElectronic Records Division (RDE)\nDecember 29, 2020\nNARA Reference Copy\nRECORDS AND ARRCHIVES ADMINISTRATION TYNOLLYN\nNational Archives and Records Administration\n8601 Adelphi Road\n1985\nCollege Park, Maryland 20740-6001\nList of Documentation for the\nThe Slave Narrative Collection, Random Sample of Interviews\nConducted by the Work Projects Administration, 1936-38\nCenter for Urban Ethnology, University of Pennsylvania\nDonated Materials Group CUE\nNARA Prepared Documentation:\n# Pages\nUser Note describing technical characteristics of the file\n2\nDescription of technical processing of materials\n2\nFinding Aid for available narratives\n8\nDescription of Slave Narrative Collection on Ancestry.com\n2\nDonor Documentation Contents:\nDescription of narratives and select pages from published narratives\n5\nNARA Processing Materials:\nSample Printout of the TAR file\n2\nNN3-CUE-00-001 (NWME)\nTheodore J. Hull\nFebruary 28, 2003\nNARA's web site is http://www.nara.gov\nNARA Reference Copy\nMAR 31 2000\nNational\nAND\nRECORDS\nArchives at College Park\nARCHIVES\n8601 Adelphi Road College Park, Maryland 20740-6001\nNATIONAL\n1985\nWPA SLAVE NARRATIVE PUNCHCARDS\nDonated by Dr. Jim Cahalan\nFormerly of the Center for Urban Ethnology\nUniversity of Pennsylvania\nNARA Donated Historical Materials Group CUE\nThis collection consists of 232 textual electronic records files\nof WPA Slave Narratives converted from punchcard to electronic\nformat by the Center for Electronic Records, National Archives\nand Records Administration (NARA) Also included in this\ncollection are two donor created \"dictionary\" files. Please see\nthe description of the conversion project (\"What's Old is New\nAgain\" ) for background on the creation and conversion of these\nmaterials. A finding aid to the punchcards and the electronic\nfiles is included in this documentation. A donor supplied\ndescription is also included.\nNARA chose to accept this donation because the donor suggested\nthis was the only extant electronic version of these narratives.\nThe collection has a clear relationship to a federal program and\nwas thought to be a unique compilation of such materials.\nDuring early FY2000, NARA also used this donation as a test of\nits ability to convert and accession a set of unstructured\ntextual materials. Only later (March 2000) did the staff of the\nCenter for Electronic Records become aware of the work of George\nRawick and the commercial vendor ANCESTRY. COM to make these\nnarratives available electronically. A description of the\nANCESTRY.C Slave Narrative collection is included in this\ndocumentation package. Given the easy accessibility of the\nANCESTRY.C materials, NARA then decided to preserve the 234\nfiles related to the Cahalan donation in TAR format anticipating\nlittle reference on the Cahalan materials.\nThe source materials for these files are 80-column IBM\npunchcards. During the course of the conversion, NARA staff\nnoticed that a number of characters appeared to be mis-punched,\nresulting in \"dirty\" electronic files. NARA \"verified\" these\nNational Archives and Records Administration\nNARA Reference Copy\nfiles by reading each file as it was converted to see that each\nline of text logically followed one another. The cards did not\ncontain any sort field or citation to the original source\nmaterials. The first card in each logical set (i.e. narrative)\nincludes the name of the interviewee and a code indicating state\nand, we presume, a unique WPA interview number.\nThe cards were converted sequentially as stored and transferred\nby Dr. Cahalan. NARA did not attempt to sort the cards, but in\na few cases did move some cards to correct obvious mis-sorting\nof text or identification cards. NARA did not attempt to\ncorrect text characters that were obviously in error. On\noccasions where numerous text errors were noted, NARA re-read\nthe punchcard decks to see whether the punchcard reader was at\nfault. NARA discovered that original mis-punching of the cards\ncaused most errors. Users should be aware that these errors\npotentially exist. In addition, in the conversion process files\nwere captured electronically by highlighting the text on the\nscreen and saving the text into an electronic ASCII file.\nBecause of this process sometimes the last record of the file\nmay not have been fully \"captured,\" resulting in a final record\nof something less than 80-characters. NARA decided to retain\nthe original punchcards for users to compare the original to the\nconverted cards.\nFinally, users should reference the published Slave Narratives\nto determine the correct characters in the electronic files.\nThe citation is the Works Progress Administration. Federal\nWriters Project. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in\nthe United States from Interviews with Former Slaves.\nWashington, D.C.: n.p.\nTHEODORE J. HULL\nArchivist\nCenter for Electronic Records\nNARA Reference Copy\nWhat's Old is New Again! (article published in National Archives\nAssembly newsletter, January 2000)\nAre you aware of computer punchcards among NARA's textual\nrecords holdings?\nDid you run across some permanent punchcards during the WNRC\ncleanout?\nPeripheral Dynamics Inc. recently went into its antique parts\nbin and manufactured a new, 1984 vintage punchcard\nreader/converter for the Electronic and Special Media Records\nServices Division (NWME) SO it could preserve such records. The\nreader processes punchcards into a contemporary computer format\nby passing light through the punchs and converting the\nconfiguration into the appropriate character. This will allow\nNARA to preserve and provide access to the records\nelectronically.\nThe first big test of the punchcard reader was to convert a set\nof donated historical materials from Dr. Jim Cahalan, formerly\nof the Center for Urban Ethnology, University of Pennsylvania.\nThe conversion of the records is complete and NWME is now\npreserving the files electronically. Ted Hull of NWME is\nprocessing this collection and Ijeoma Enendu, a new member of\nthe NWME staff, completed the conversion.\nIn the early-1970's, Dr. Cahalan created punchcards containing\nthe text of over 200 \"slave narratives\" - transcripts of the\nFederal Writers Project, Works Projects Administration,\ninterviews with former slaves conducted in the 1930's. One of\nthe products of his research, and the reason for converting them\nto punchcards, was to analyze the dialect and speech patterns of\nformer slaves. After leaving the University, Dr. Cahalan stored\nthe punchcard decks in the basement of his home in Pennsylvania.\nIn 1998, he contacted NWME about the possibility of donating the\ncards to NARA and having them converted to an electronic format\nfor further processing and analysis. NWME initially sent the\ncards to the former NARA computer center in St. Louis (NHTOS),\nbut they could not process the cards. The NARA computer center\nshutdown their punchcard processing operations (the IBM 2540) in\nthe summer of 1998. NWME decided to pursue obtaining a\npunchcard reader, not only to process the slave narratives, but\nto provide NARA with the capability of converting punchcard\nrecords found among NARA's textual records holdings. The first\ntest of this new capability has been extremely successful!\nNARA Reference Copy\nIf you happen to run across a collection of punchcards that you\nthink should be converted to a contemporary electronic format,\nplease contact Tom Brown, NWME, by e-mail or at 301-713-6630,\next. 232.\nNARA Reference Copy\nSlave Narrative Finding Aid\nBox 1\n(Files F001_min (Muse Minser) through F019_sel (Abram Sells) )\n1.\nMuse Minser\n1255-ARK/#006\nF001_min\n2.\nJoe Barnes\n1547PTEX/#007\nF002_bar\n3.\nBettie Suber\n449-SC/#008\nF003_sub\n4.\nBill Crump\n0054-NC/#13\nF004_cru\n5.\nTina Johnson\n-NC/#012\nF005_joh\n6.\nHenry James Trentham\n177-NC/#13\nF006_tre\n7.\nEliza Jones\n1176-ARK/#014\nF007_jon\n8.\nNellie Dunne\n998-ARK/#015\nF008_dun\n9.\nRobert Shepherd\n0737-GEO/#016\nF009 she\n10.\nLizzie Johnson\n1162-ARK/#017\nF010_joh\n11.\nHattie Anne Nettles\nALA/#018\nF011_net\n12.\nEmma Jones\n545-Ala/#018\nF012_jon\n13.\nEd Barber\n202-SC/#21\nF013_bar\n14.\nSarah Harris\n0086-NC/#022\nF014 har\n15.\nGeorge Simmons\n1777-Tex/#023\nF015_sim\n16.\nEaster Norris\n366-SC/#24\nF016_nor\n17.\nKatherine Eppes\n514-ALA/#25\nF017_epp\n18.\nHenrietta Evelin Smith\n1397-ARK/#026\nF018_smi\n19.\nAbram Sells\n1773-TEX/#027\nF019_sel\nBox 2\n(Files F020_bra (William Branch) through F038_sla (Richard Slaughter) )\n20.\nWilli M Branch\n1573-TEX/#030\nF020_bra\n21.\nHeyword Ford\n516-ALA/#032\nF021_for\n22.\nClara Brim\n1574-TEX/#033\nF022_bri\n23.\nDelia Garlic\n519-ALA/#036\nF023_gar\n24.\nCynthia Jones\n1174-ALA/#37\nF024_jon\n25.\nLiza Menton\n0715-GEO/#039\nF025_men\n26.\nJoe Clinton\n0950-ARK/#040\nF026_cli\n(followed by 3 misc. cards)\n27.\nIran Nelson\n1286-ARK/#044\nF027 nel\n28.\nLizzie Jones\n1686-TEX/#045\nF028_jon\n29.\nTom Mcalpin\n556-ALA/#046\nF029_mca\n30.\nJeptha Choice\n1595-TEX/#047\nF030_cho\n31.\nSolomon P. Patillo\n1311-ARK/#048\nF031_pat\n32.\nIsom Rogers\n1353-ARK/#050\nF032_rog\n33.\nJoe Tillman\n1440-ARK/#051\nF033_til\n34.\nDolly Whiteside\n1486-ARK/#052\nF034_whi\nNARA Reference Copy\n35.\nNellie Johnson\nOK/#053\nF035_joh\n36.\nGeorge McAlilley\n376-SC/#055\nF036_mca\n37.\nJohn Ellis\n1626-TEX/#056\nF037_ell\n38.\nRichard Slaughter\n0013-VA_/#057\nF038_sla\nBox 3\n(Files F039_duc (Mama Duck) to F058_mcl (Jake Mcleod) )\n39.\nMama Duck\n0786-FLA/#058\nF039_duc\n40.\nMartha Allen\n0018-NC/#059\nF040_all\n41.\nEverette Ingram\n538-ALA/#060\nF041_ing\n42.\nFanny Johnson\n1157-ARK/#062\nF042_joh\n43.\nMolly Ammonds\n479-ALA/#066\nF043 amm\n44.\nJames Spikes\n1403-ARK/#063\nF044_spi\n45. John Boyd\n212-SC/#065\nF045_boy\n46.\nEmma Jeter\n344-SC/#068\nF046_jet\n47.\nBob Samuels\n1368-ARK/#070\nF047_sam\n48.\nJake McLeod\nSC NE. 107 Age-83\nF058_mcl\n(Repeated 2x; split between box 3&4)\n49.\nPhilip Evans\nSlave in SC#82\nF057_eva\n50.\nWashington Dozier\nSlave in SC#75\nF056_doz\n51.\nNC175/NC151-2 Sets\nsame interview\nF055_NC151\nBox 4.\n(Files F051_you (George Young) to F055_NC151) )\n52.\nGeorge Young\nAlabama (repeated 2x)\nF051_you\n53.\nGeorge Taylor\nAL. A6 (16)\nF052_tay\n54.\nHenrietta McCullers\n0118-NC/#072\nF049_mcc\n55.\nSarah Louise Augustus\n0024-NC/#074\nF050_aug\n56.\nRobert Barr\n0881-ARK/#071\nF048_bar\n57.\n2nd part of McLeod\n(data 1)\nF059_dat\n58. Data 1\nF059_dat\n59. SC119\nF060_dat119\n60.\nJasper Battle\nGA, #40\nF061_bat\n61.\nPartial Repeat of NC- 151\nNARA Reference Copy\nBox 5\n(Files F062_joh (Benjamin Johnson) to F074_gui (Lee Guidon) )\n62.\nBenjamin Johnson\nGA, #49\nF062_joh\n63.\nJames Campbell\nW.VA #127\nF063_cam\n64.\nFleming Clark\nAge 74, OH #128\nF064_cla\n65.\nRobert Falls\nSlave, NC, TN #145\nF065_fal\n66.\n[MISS #139]\nF066_miss\n67.\nMorris Sheppard\nAge 85 OK#34\nF067_she\n68.\nJames Campbell\nW.VA Ohio #127\nF068_cam\n69. Robert Falls\nNC, TN #145\nF069_fal\nBox 6\n(Files F070_leo (Joseph Leonides) to F080_dra (Joanna Draper) )\n70.\nJoseph Leonides\nAge 81, TN #148\nF070_leo\n(name card moved to front of set)\n71.\nCharley Williams\nOkla #37\nF071_wil\n72.\nMorris Shephard\nAge 85, OK #34\nF072_she\n73.\nAllen V. Manning\nMS, Okla #30\nF073_man\n74.\nJoanna Draper\nSlave in MS\nF080_dra\n75.\nMary Grayson\nIndian Terr\nF081_gra\n76.\nBen Simpson\nSlave in GA. and TX\nF082_sim\n77.\nLee Guidon\nSlave in SC\nF074_gui\nBox 7\n(Files F075_kin (Nicey Kinney) to F084_bet (Ellen Betts) )\n75.\nNicey Kenny\nSlave in GA\nF075_kin\n76.\nTines Kendricks\nSlave in GA\nF076 ken\n77.\nMariah Robinson\nSlave in GA and TX\nF077_rob\n78.\nKatie Rowe\nSlave in AR\nF078_row\n79.\nCato\nSlave in AL\nF079_cat\n83.\nMary Reynolds\nSlave in LA\nF083_rey\n84.\nEllen Betts\nSlave in LA\nF084_bet\nBox 8\n(Files F085_wal (Ned Walker) to F100_non (No Name) )\n85.\nNed walker\nSample 1 #SC/122\nF085_wal\n86.\nBenjamin Russell\n[Data 1, SC 119]\nF086_rus\n87.\nGeorge Briggs\nSlave in SC #61\nF087_bri\nNARA Reference Copy\n88. Andrew Goodman\nSlave in ALA,\nF088_goo\n89. Willis Winn\nSlave in LA,\nF089_win\n90.\nHarry Johnson\nSlave in AR & TX\nF090_joh\n91.\nJames Hayes\nSlave in TEX,\nF091_hay\n92.\nJasper Battle\nSlave, GEO #40\nF101_bat\n93.\nNo Name\nGEO #49 [Data #3]\nF100_non\nBox 9\n(F099_gra (Arnold Gragston) to F103_you ( George Young) )\n94.\nArnold Gragston\nSlave in GA\nF099_gra\n95.\nJake Mcleod\n[SC #107]\nF098_mcl\n96.\nWashington Dozier\nSlave in SC,\nF097_doz\n97. Susan Snow\nSlave in MS,\nF096_sno\n98. Henry Lewis\nSlave in TEX,\nF094_lew\n99.\nCharley Hurt\nSlave in GA,\nF093_hur\n100. Albert Hill\nSlave in GA,\nF092_hil\n101.\nGeorge Taylor\nALA #16\nF102_tay\n102.\nGeorge Young\nALA #20\nF103_you\nBox 10\n(Files F104_mar (Isaac Martin) to F118_mcc (Willie McCullough) )\n103.\nIsaac Martin\nTEX #223\nF104_mar\n104.\nPhillip Evans\nSC #82\nF105_eva\n105.\nFleming Clark\nOhio #128\nF106_cla\n106.\nCharley Willams\nOkla [okla37]\nF107_wil\n107.\nAndrew Goodman\nTex #207\nF108_goo\n108.\nAlbert Hill\nTEX #212\nF110A_hil\n109. Willie McCullough\n-NC/#\nF118_mcc\nBox 11\n(Files F110A_hil (Albert Hill) to F111_mar))\n110A. Albert Hill\n110.\nRansom Sidney\n-NC/#\nF117_tay\n111.\nBen Johnson\n-NC/#\nF116_joh\n112.\nSam Mcallum\nMiss #139\nF115_mca\n113.\nHenry Lewis\nTEX #222\nF114_lew\n114. Harry Johnson\nTEX #219\nF113_joh\nNARA Reference Copy\n115. Charly Hurt\nTEX #215\nF112_hur\n116. Isaac Martin\nTEX #223\nF111_mar\nBox 12\n(Files F119_sco (William Scott) to F137_joh (Manuel Johnson) )\n117. William Scott\n-NC/#\nF119_sco\n118.\nSimuel Riddick\n-NC/#\nF120_rid\n119. Tillie\n-NC/#406\nF121_til\n120.\nHannah Plummer\n-NC/#404\nF122_plu\n121.\nAmy Penny\n-NC/#408\nF123_pen\n122.\nJane Lee\n-NC/#360\nF124_lee\n123.\nJane Arrington\n-NC/#344\nF125_arr\n124.\nAddy Gill\n78-NC/#434\nF126_gil\n125.\nRosa Green\n1643-TEX/ #281\nF127_gre\n126.\nElson Lyles\n0374-SC/#282\nF128_lyl\n127.\nRichard Carruthers\n1591-TEX/#285\nF129_car\n128.\nNina Scott\n0436-SC / #291\nF130_sco\n129.\nMandy Leslie\n0551-ALA/#290\nF131_les\n130.\nSarah Anderson\n0862-ARK/#102\nF132_and\n131.\nLucy Daniels\n0247-SC_/#191\nF133_dan\n132.\nAllen Price\n1748-TEX/#195\nF134_pri\n133.\nJim Henry\n0324-SC_/#196\nF135_hen\n134.\nNo Name #ALA #199\n0498-ALA/#199\nF136_non\n135.\nManuel Johnson\n0691-GEO/#200\nF137_joh\nBox 13\n(Files F138_gre (William Green) to F154_cov (Mandy Coversion)\n136.\nWilliam Green\n1644-TEX/#204\nF138_gre\n137.\nCatherine Williams\n0181-NC/ #212\nF139_wil\n138.\nMary Raines\n0410-SC/#221\nF140_rai\n139.\nHarrison Boyd\n1562-TEX/#219\nF141_boy\n140.\nHarre Quarls\n1754-TEX/#206\nF142_qua\n141.\nMargaret E. Dickens\n0064-NC#210\nF143_dic\n142.\nJohn Coggin\n0047_NC/#249\nF144_cog\n143.\nMillie Markham\n0124-NC/ #211\nF145_mar\n144.\nMindy Coversion\n0048-NC/ #292\nF146_cov\n145.\nMack Taylor\n0451-SC/#255\nF147_tay\n146. Mariah Snyder\n1785-TEX/#250\nF148_sny\nNARA Reference Copy\n147.\nJames Bolton\n0017-GEO/#257\nF149_bol\n148.\nCharlie Hudson\n0676-GEO/ #262\nF150_hud\n149.\nEssex Henry\n0091-NC/#158 [S2]\nF151_hen\n150.\nLucy Ann Dunn\n0068-NC/#533 [S2]\nF152_dun\n151.\nCra M. Flagg\n0074-NC/#186 [S2]\nF153_fla\n152.\nMandy Coversion\n0048-NC/#292 [S2]\nF154_cov\nBox 14\n(Files F155_cog (John Coggin) to F170_mac (Richard Mack)\n153. John Coggin\n0047-NC/#249 [S2]\nF155_cog\n154. Millie Marham\n0124-NC/#211 [S2]\nF156_mar\n155. Doc Edwards\n0071-NC/#182 [S2]\nF157_edw\n156.\nMargaret Dickens\n0064-NC/#210 [S2]\nF158_dic\n157.\nChana Littlejohn\n0115-NC/#347 [S2]\nF159_lit\n158. Parker Pool\nAge 91, NC #175\nF160_poo\n159.\nOld Susan Hamlin\n0315-SC_/#287\nF161_ham\n160.\nJulia Brown\n[Y15]\nF162_bro\n161.\nSallie Paul\n0399-SC /#205\nF163_pau\n162.\nJosh Hart\n0536-ALA/#223\nF169_har\n163. Richard Mack\n0378-SC/ #207\nF170_mac\nBox 15\n(Files F164_ray (Henry Ryan) to F178_Moo (Annie Moore)\n164.\nHenry Ryan\nF164-rya\n165.\nJacob Branch\n1572-TEX/ #216\nF165_bra\n166.\nJoe Rutherford\n0428-SC/ #240\nF166_rut\n167.\nLouisa Davis\n0256-SC/#222\nF167_dav\n168. Jim Gillard\n0524-ALA/ #232\nF168_gil\n169.\nA M Moore\n1724-TEX/#242\nF171_moo\n170.\nWilliam Oliver\n0395-SC/#217\nF172_oli\n171.\nRobert Heard\n0669-GEO/#229\nF173_hea\n172.\nSolbert Butler\n0228-SC/ #271\nF174_but\n173.\nSarah Poindexter\n0405-SC/ #275\nF175_poi\n174.\nHannah Jones\n0546-ALA/#277\nF176_jon\n175.\nNeal Upson\n0753-GEO/#233\nF177_ups\n176.\nAnnie Moore\n0129-NC/#349\nF1.78_moo\nNARA Reference Copy\nBox 16\n(Files F179_war (William Ward) to F193_ald (Callie Alder) )\n177.\nWilliam Ward\n0758-GEO/#361\nF179_war\n178. Bob Mobley\n0728-GEO/#362\nF180_mob\n179.\nJames West\n1816-TEX/#365\nF181_wes\n180. Mandy\n0558-ALA/#433\nF182_man\n181.\nReverend W E Northcross\n0505-ALA/#363\nF183_nor\n182.\nMary Overton\n1737-TEX/#355\nF184_ove\n183.\nJohn Moody\n1704-TEX/#370\nF185_moo\n184.\nNancy King\n1692-TEX/#309\nF186_kin\n185.\nThomas Cole\n1598-TEX/#343\nF187_col\n186. Pauline Worth\n0473-SC/#318\nF188_wor\n187.\nNannie Bradfield\n0490-ALA/#308\nF189_bra\n188.\nMartha Spence Bunton\n1583-TEX/#334\nF190_bun\n189.\nCharlotte Beverly\n1559-TEX/#325\nF191_bev\n190.\nHarriet Barret\n1549-TEX/#368\nF192_bar\n191. Calli Alder\n0643-GEO/#353\nF193_ald\nBox 17\n(Files F194_gar (Angie Garrett) to F203_spa (Mom Jessie Sparrow)\n192.\nAngie Garrett\n0519-ALA/#335\nF194_gar\n193. Frank Gill\n0523-ALA/#319\nF195_gil\n194.\nAdeline Hodges\n0522-ALA/#316\nF196_hod\n195.\nTom Wilcox\n0180-NC/#327\nF197_wil\n196.\nMillie Bates\n205-SC/#333\nF198_bat\n197. Aaron Ford\n0278-SC/#\nF199_for\n198.\nHenry Coleman\n0240-SC/#\nF200_col\n199.\nMary Johnson\n0352-SC/#\nF201_joh\n200.\nRichard Jones\n0355-SC/#\nF202_jon\n201.\nCharlie Robinson\n0422-SC/#\nF203_rob\n202.\nMom Jessie Sparrow\n0466-SC/#\nF204_spa\nBox 18\n(Files F204_lee (David Lee) to F212_blo (David Blont)\n203. David Lee\nTF/#001\nF204_lee\n204. Unknown\nTF/#003\nF205_non\n205.\nIsaac Adams\n[Y1]\nF206_ada\n206.\nLucretia Alexander\n[Y2]\nF207_ale\nNARA Reference Copy\n207. Frank Bell\n[Y5]\nF208_bel\n208. Mary A. Bell\n[Y6]\nF209_bel\n209. Virginia Bell\n[Y7]\nF210_bel\n210. Boston Blackwell\n[Y8]\nF211_bla\n211.\nDavid Blont\n[Y9]\nF212_blo\nBox 19\n(Files F213_boo (Andrew Boone) to F224_joh (Prince Johnson) )\n212.\nAndrew Boone\n[Y10]\nF213_boo\n213.\nW L Bost\n[Y11]\nF214_bos\n214.\nJames Cape\n[Y16]\nF215_cap\n215. Henry Cheatam\n[Y18]\nF216_che\n216.\nPeter Clifton\n[Y19]\nF217_cli\n217.\nMartha Colquitt\n[Y20]\nF218_col\n218. Cheney Cross\n[Y21]\nF219_cro\n219. Katie Darling\n[Y22]\nF220_dar\n220.\nTempie Herndon\n[Y49]\nF221 her\n221. Martin Jackson\n[Y53]\nF222_jac\n222. Silas Jackson\n[Y54]\nF223_jac\n223. Prince Johnson\n[Y58]\nF224_joh\nBox 20\n(Files F225_jon (Richard Jones) to F229_dicfile.1 (dictionary file pt. 1)\n224.\nRichard Jones\n[Y59]\nF225_jon\n225. 9 misc. cards\nF226_car\n226. John Brown\n[Y14]\nF227_bro\n227.\nGus Feaster\nSC, #83\nF228_fea\n228.\nDictionary file pt. 1\nF229_dicfile.1\nBox 21\n(Dictionary File pt. 2)\n229. Dictionary File- part 2\nF230_dicfile.2\nNARA Reference Copy\nAncestry.com - Slave Narratives\nwysiwyg://4/http://ancestry.com/se..rectype/biohist/slavnar/promo.hm\nAncestry.com\nMember Login My Account Guest Registry\nThe No. 1 Source for Family History Online\nSearch\nAdvanced Search\nSearch by Locality\nSearch by Record Type\nSearch Help\nDiscover\nAncestry.com\nClick Here\nSearch > Record Type > Biography & History Records > Slave\nNarratives\nMarch 21, 2000\nCensus Records\nSlave Narratives\nVital & Church\nRecords\nMilitary Records\nPerhaps no other resource approaches the range of human experience found\nBiography &\nin Ancestry com's Slave Narratives. 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[database online] Orem, UT: Ancestry,\nInc., 2000. Original source: Works Project Administration. Federal Writers\nProject. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States\nfrom Interviews with Former Slaves. Washington, D.C.: n.p.\nAbout Us I Contact Us I Partner with Us I Terms & Conditions I Privacy Statement\nCopyright © 1998-2000, MyFamily.com Inc. and its subsidiaries.\n1 of 1\n03/21/2000 8:01 AM\nNARA Reference Copy\nMAR-11-98 WED 05:15 AM MANSFIELD PLANTATION INC 717 426 2372\nP.01\nMANSFIELD PLANTATION INC.\n1776 MANSFIELD ROAD\nGEORGETOWN, SC 29440\n803-546-6961\nTO: Ted Hall, Center for Electronic Media (301-713-6911 fax)\nFROM: Jim Cahalan (803-546-5235 fax)\nThank you for taking time to help me with my data conversion\nproblem.\nThe material I have on hollerith cards are interviews with ex-slaves\ntaken during the 1930s under the auspices of the WPA; 2,200\ninterviews with ex-slaves were taken in southern states by the WPA.\nAdditional interviews were collected by separate state projects.\nThese interviews have been used extensively by scholars of slavery\nin the United Stated (for instance, Eugene Genovese's ROLL, JORDAN,\nROLL (New York, 1974)).\nTypescripts of the interviews were deposited in the Library of\nCongress, and in the individual state archives. The Library of\nCongress made the collection available on microfilm. In 1972\nGreenwood Press published the collection in nineteen volumes titled\nTHE AMERICAN SLAVE: A COMPOSITE AUTOBIOGRAPHY. I am sending herewith\na copy of the title page of this publication, and a brief\nintroduction to the project by Benjamin Btnik, the WPA project\ndirector.\nThe material I have is a random sample of 500 of the WPA'a 2200\ninterviews. So far as I know it is the only machine readable version\nof this material.\nAs we discussed, I would be willing to donate this material to\npreserve it, and to have it converted to standard magnetic media. I\nunderstand that the National Archives can do the conversion, and\nthat a copy of the material would be provided to me on diskette.\nNARA Reference Copy\nP.02\nTHE AMERICAN SLAVE:\nA COMPOSITE\nTHE AMERICAN SLAVE:\nA COMPOSITE AUTOBIOGRAPHY\nAUTOBIOGRAPHY\nSeries One\nValume :: From Sundown to Sunup: The Making of\n1\nthe Black Community\n2: South Carolina Narratives, Parts 1 and I\nMAR-11-98 WED 05:16 AM MANSFIELD PLANTATION INC 717 426 2372\nVolume Volume 3: South Carolina Narratives, Parts 3 and 4\nVolume Volume 5: Texas Narratives, Parts 3 and 4\n4: Texas Narratives, Part , and 2\nFROM SUNDOWN TO SUNUP\nVolume 6: Alabama and Indiana Narratives\nThe Making of\nVolume\n7: Oklahoma and Mississippi Narratives\nthe Black Community\nSeries Two\nVolume 8: Arkansas Narratives, Parts I and 2\nVolume 9: Arkansas Narratives, Parts 3 and 4\nVolume 10: Arkansas Narratives, Parts s and 6\nVolome\n: Arkansas Narratives, Part 7. and\nGEORGE P. RAWICK\nMissouri Narratives\nVolume 12:\nGeorgia Narratives, Parts ' and 2\nVolume 13:\nGeorgia Narratives, Parts 3 and 4\nVolume 14:\nNorth Carolina Narratives, Parts I and 2\nContribucions in Afro-American and\nVolume 15:\nNorth Carolina Narratives, Parts 3 and 4\nAfrican Studies\nVolume 16:\nKansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio,\nNumber 11\nVirginia, and Tennessee Narratives\nVolume\nVolume 18:\n17: Unwritten History of Slavery (Fisk University)\nFlorida Narratives\nGod Struck Me Dead (Fisk University)\nVolume 19:\nP\nGREENWOOD PUBLISHING COMPANY\nWESTPORT, CONNECTICUT\n1972\n166 / APPENDIXES\nNot only has this work slighted the historical development of\nthe black community, it has not emphasized the regional differences\nin American slavery. That has been done in order to establish certain\noverall realities: there was a black community under slavery, there\nSLAVE NARRATIVES*\nwas the development of distinct Afro-American behavior patterns\n(for example, black religion), slaves were treated harshly but the\nA Folk History of Slavery in the United States\nwere able to resist in specific ways, and so forth. But the slave narra\nFrom Interviews with Former Slaves\ntives offer wonderfully clear material on regional differences. For ex\nample, the Texas narratives are filled with accounts of black COW\nboys and black slave cowboys. It is clear that the slave cowbo\nhad much more individual autonomy than did slave field hand\non cotton plantations. It is hoped that these narratives will be utilize\nTYPEWRITTEN RECORDS PREPARED BY\nMAR-11-98 WED 05:17 AM MANSFIELD PLANTATION INC 426 2372\nto probe such differences, and their relationships to regional diffe\nences, as we!! as to develop 2 comprehensive picture of the change\nTHE FEDERAL WRITERS PROJECT\n1936-1938\nin slave life.\nASSEMBLED BY\nThis volume is an introduction to a body of material in while\nTHE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PROJECT\nthe slaves speak for themselves. If the volume is to have any. me\nWORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION\nbeyond the presentation of the views of the author on certain TH\nFOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA\nters concerning American slavery and racism, it will come\nSPONSORED BY THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS\nits linkage with the slave narratives-a body of material intrinsic\nof greater significance because it presents the reflections upon't\nexperiences of those who were there, who suffered, and wholl\nfor themselves and those who were to come after them a way\nlife upon which people stand and challenge modern Amer\nIllustrated with Photographs\nsociety.\nNotes\n1. There is, despite a flurry of recent republications of some\nslave narratives, only the beginning of an awareness of the importar\nthese documents. Even when the complete WPA narratives will be put\nINDIANA NARRATIVES\nthere will remain scores of items either unpublished or published\nnineteenth century in obscure places (such as church bulletins\nnewspapers) not generally available.\n2. Fisk University, \"God Struck Me Dead,\" mimeographed (N\nSocial Science Institute, 1945); Fisk University, \"Unwritten History\nery,\" mimeographed (Nashville: Social Science Institute, 1945). \"Gy H.\nMe Dead\" was republished, with an introduction by Clifron.\nby Pilgrim Press of Philadelphia in 1969. The \"Unwritten History\nwas republished by Microcard Editions of Washington, D.C.,\nWASHINGTON 1941\n3. Sterling Sruckey, \"Twilight of Our Past: Reflections on\nof Black History,\" Amistad 2 (1971) :261-295.\nFront matter of the Work Projects Administration Project.\nNARA Reference Copy\nINTRODUCTION\nFEDERAL WORKS AGENCY\nWORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION\nI\nFOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA\nThis collection of slave narratives had its beginning in the second\nyear of the former Federal Writers' Project (now the Writers' Pro-\ngram), 1936, when several state Writers' Projects-notably those of\nFlorida, Georgia, and South Carolina-recorded interviews with ex-\nslaves residing in those states. On April 22, 1937, a standard questionnaire\nPaul Edwards, Administrator\nfor field workers drawn up by John A. Lomax, then National Advisor\nMAR-11-98 WED 05:17 AM MANSFIELD PLANTATION INC 717 426 2372\nAmelle S. Fair, Director, Division of Community Service Programs\non Folklore and Folkways for the Federal Writers' Project,' was issued\nMary Nan Gamble, Chief, Public Activities Programs\nfrom Washington as \"Supplementary Instructions #9-E to The Ameri-\ncan Guide Manual\" (appended below). Also associated with the direc-\ntion and criticism of the work in the Washington office of the Federal\nTHE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PROJECT\nWriters' Project were Henry G. Alsberg, Director; George Cronyn,\nOfficial Project No. 165-2-26-7\nAssociate Director; Scerling A. Brown, Editor on Negro Affairs; Mary\nWork Project No. 540\nLloyd, Editor; and B. A. Botkin, Folklore Editor succeeding Mr. Lomax.'\nOn August 31, 1939, the Federal Writers' Project became the Writers'\nProgram, and the National Technical Project in Washington was termi-\nnated. On October 17, the first Library of Congress Project, under\nthe sponsorship of the Library of Congress, was set up by the Work\nProjects Administration in the District of Columbia, to continue some\nMary Nan Gamble, Acting Project Supervisor\nof the functions of the National Technical Project, chiefly those con-\nFrancesco M. Bianco, Assistant Project Supervisor\ncerned with books of a regional or nationwide scope. On February\nB. A. Botkin, Chief Editor, Writers' Unit\n12, 1940, the project was reorganized along strictly conservation lines,\nand on August 16 it was succeeded by the present Library of Congress\nProject (Official Project No. 165-2-26-7, Work Project No. 540).\nThe present Library of Congress Project, under the sponsorship of\nthe Library of Congress, is a unit of the Public Activities Program of\nthe Community Service Programs of the Work Projects Administration\n, Mr. Lomax served from June 25, 1936, to October 13, 1937. with a ninety-\nday furlough beginning July 24, 1937. According to a memorandum written by\nMr. Alsberg on March i3, 1937, Mr. Lomax was \"in charge of the collection of\nfolklore all over the United States for the Writers' Project. In connection with\nthis work he is making recordings of Negro songs and cowboy ballads. Though\ntechnically on the payroll of che Survey of Historical Records, his work is\ndone for the Writers and the results will make several national volumes of\nfolklore. The essays in the State Guides devoted to folklore are also under his\nsupervision.\" Since '933 Mr. Lomax has been Honorary Curator of the Archive\nof American Folk Song, Library of Congress.\n' Folklore Consultant, from May 2 to July 31, 1938; Folklore Editor, from\nAugust 1, 1938, to August 31, 1939.\n169\nNARA Reference Copy\n170 / APPENDIXES\nFRONT MATTER OF THE WPA PROJECT / 171\nfor the District of Columbia. According to the Project Proposal (WPA\nII\nForm 301). the purpose of the Project is to \"collect, check, edit, index,\nand otherwise prepare for use WPA records, Professional and Service\nSet beside the work of formal historians, social scientists, and novelists,\nProjects.\" The Writers' Unit of the Library of Congress Project processes mate-\nslave autobiographies, and contemporary records of abolitionists and\nplanters, these life histories, taken down as far as possible in the narrators'\nrial left over from or not needed for publication by the state Writers'\nwords, constitute an invaluable body of unconscious evidence or indirect\nProjects. On file in the Washington office in August, 1939, was a large\nsource material, which scholars and writers dealing with the South,\nbody of slave narratives, photographs of former slaves, interviews with\nespecially, social psychologists and cultural anthropologists, cannot\nwhite informants regarding slavery, transcripts of laws. advertisements,\nafford to reckon without. For the first and the last time, a large number\nrecords of sale, transfer, and manumission of slaves, and other documents.\nof surviving slaves (many of whom have since died) have been permitted\nAs unpublished manuscripts of the Federal Writers' Project these records\nto tell their own story, in their own way. In spite of obvious limitations-\npassed into the hands of the Library of Congress Project for processing;\nbias and fallibility of both informants and interviewers, the use of leading\nand from chem: has been assembled the present collection of some two\nquestions, unskilled techniques, and insufficient controls and checks-chis\nthousand narratives from the following seventeen states: Alabama,\nsaga must remain the most authentic and colorful source of our knowl-\nArkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Mis-\nedge of the lives and thoughts of thousands of slaves, of their attitudes\nsissippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina,\nroward one another, toward their masters, mistresses, and overseers,\nTennessee, Texas, and Virginia.'\ntoward poor whites, North and South, the Civil War, Emancipation,\nMAR-11-98 WED 05:18 MANSFIELD PLANTATION 426 2372\nThe work of the Writers' Unit in preparing the narratives for deposit\nReconstruction, religion, education, and virtually every phase of Negro\nin the Library of Congress consisted principally of arranging the manu-\nlife in the South.\nscripts and photographs by states and alphabetically by informants\nThe narratives belong to folk history-history recovered from the\nwithin the states, listing the informants and illustrations, and collating\nmemories and lips of participants or eye-witnesses, who mingle group\nthe contents in seventeen volumes divided into thirty-chree parts. The\nwith individual experience and both with observation, hearsay, and rradi-\nfollowing material has been omitted: Most of the interviews with in-\ntion. Whether the narrators relate what they actually saw and thought\nformants born too late to remember anything of significance regarding\nand felt, what they imagine, or what they have rhought and felt about\nslavery or concerned chiefly with folklore; a few negligible fragments\nslavery since, now we know why chey thought and felt as they did.\nand unidentified manuscripts; a group of Tennessee interviews showing\nTo the white myth of slavery must be added the slaves' own folklore\nevidence of plagiarism; and the supplementary material gathered in\nand folk-say of slavery. The patterns they reveal are folk and regional\nconnection with the narratives. In the course of the preparation of\npatterns-the patterns of field hand, house and body servant, and artisan;\nthese volumes, the Writers' Unit compiled data for an essay on the\nthe patterns of kind and cruel master or mistress; the patterns of South-\nnarratives and partially completed an index and a glossary. Enough\neast and Southwest, lowland and upland, ridewater and inland, smaller\nadditional material is being received from the state Writers' Projects,\nand larger plantations, and racial mixture (including Creole and Indian).\n25 part of their surplus, to make a supplement, which, it is hoped,\nThe narratives belong also to folk literature. Rich not only in falk\nwill contain several states not here represented, such as Louisiana.\nsongs, folk tales, and folk speech but also in folk humor and poetry,\nAll editing had previously been done in the scares or the Washington\ncrude or skilful in dialect, uneven in tone and treatment, they constantly\noffice. Some of the pencilled comments have been identified as those\nreward one with earthy imagery, salty phrase, and sensitive detail. In\nof John A. Lomax and Alan Lomax, who also read the manuscripts.\ntheir unconscious art, exhibited in many a fine and powerful short\nIn a few cases, two drafts or versions of the same interview have been\nstory, they are a contribution to the realistic writing of the Negro.\nincluded for comparison of interesting variations or alterations.\nBeneath all the surface contradictions and exaggerations, the fantasy\nand flattery, they possess an essential truth and humanity which surpasses\nas it supplements history and literature.\n'The bulk of the Virginia narratives is still in the state office. Excerpts from\nthese are included in The Negro in Virginia, compiled by Workers of the\nWriters' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Vis-\nWashington, D.C.\nB. A. Botkin\nginia, Sponsored by the Hampton Institute, Hastings House, Publishers, New Sur-\nYork, 1940. Other slave narratives are published in Drims and Shadows,\nJune 12, '94'\nChief Edicor, Writers' Unit\nvival Studies among the Georgia Coastal Negroes, Savannah Unit, Georgia\nLibrary of Congress Project\nWriters' Project, Work Projects Administration, University of Georgia Press,\nA composite article, \"Slaves,\" based on excerpts from three interviews,\nwas 1940. contributed by Elizabeth Lomax to the American Stuff issue of Direction,\nVol. 1, No. 3. 1938.\nNARA Reference Copy\nRECCORDS AND ARRCHIVES ADMINISTRATION\nNational Archives and Records Administration\n8601 Adelphi Road\n1985\nCollege Park, Maryland 20740-6001\nSample Printout of\nThe Slave Narrative Collection, Random Sample of Interviews\nConducted by the Work Projects Administration, 1936-38\nCenter for Urban Ethnology, University of Pennsylvania\nDonated Materials Group CUE\nMay 1, 2002\nThe donor transferred 234 files of the The Slave Narrative Collection, Random Sample of Interviews\nConducted by the Work Projects Administration, 1936-38, to the National Archives and Records\nAdministration (NARA) on computer punch cards. The punch cards were converted by NWME to\nASCII data files with DOS labels (see separate description of the conversion project). NARA chose\nto preserve these files to 18-track 3480 tape cartridges using the Archival Preservation System\n(APSTAR) utility on job 00-0899. This utility created one TAR file by concatenating or grouping\nthe input files into a single output file, with file extension, indicated by a TAR extension. Except for\na header and a trailer in binary, the TAR files use the ASCII character set to store the input files in\n512-byte blocks. NARA staff then produced the following printout(s) from the NARA-created TAR\ncopy.\nNARA's web site is http://www.nara.gov\nNARA Reference Copy\nvolume ID = 010203 - MASTER copy\nAPS RECORD DUMP\nDate: 07/09/2000\nFILE #1 BLOCK # 0 RECORD # 0\n0000\nslvnar2/f001_min.txt\n0040\n666\n0\n0.\n0080\n13247 7061466374\n7516\n00C0\n0100\n0140\n0180\n01C0\nFILE #1 BLOCK # 0 RECORD # 1\n0200\nMOSE MINSER\n1255-ARK/#006\n0240\n1\nAH USE TER COULD TAWK AN. TELL A THI\n0280\nNG PLUM WELL BUT AH BEEN BROKE UP BY À CAH. CAH RUN OVAH MAH HA\n02C0\nID AN AH COULDN' TAWK FUH 30 DAYS. SO NOW AH AIN'T NO GOOD FUH\n0300\nNOTHIN. AH RECOLLECT ONE NIGHT AH DREAM A DREAM. DE DREAM AT AH\n0340\nDREAMT. NEXT MORNING DAT DREAM COME TRUE. JES LIKE AH DREAMT HI\n0380\nT. YES HIT DID. AH WUZ HE AH IN SLAVERY TIME. AH MEMBUH WHEN DE\n03C0\nY FREED US NIGGERS. SE HERE, AH WUZ À PURTY GOOD SIZE KID WHEN\nFILE #1 BLOCK # 0 RECORD # 2\n0400\nDEY FREE US. AH KIN MEMBUH OUR HOUSE. SOT DIS WAY. AN OLE MAR S\n0440\nTER CALLED ALL HIS NIGGERS UP. DEY ALL COME ALONG ROUN IN A SQUA\n0480\nD ON DE PORCH. AH DID NOT HEAH WHUT HE SAID TUH EM. BUT MAH STE\n04C0\nP-PA WUZ DERE AN TOLE US WE WUZ FREE. AN ATTER DEY FREED MAH ST\n0500\nEP-PA AH RECOLLECT HE WENT ON HOME AND FRIED SOME AIGS IN DE U\n0540\nBBEN. KNOW WE DIDN HAVE NO STOVE WE COOKED ON DE FIUHPLACE. AS\n0580\nAH SAID COOK DEM AIGS, GIMME SOME UV HIT. AN HE LEF' DEN. WENT\n05C0\nEAST AND AH AINT NEV AH SEED DAT MAN SINCE. AH MEMBUHS ONCE AH\nFILE #1 BLOCK # 0 RECORD # 3\n0600\nGOT A WHOOPIN BOUT GOIN TUH DE CHINQUE PIN TREE. SOME UV UM TOL\n0640\nE ME OLE MASTER WUZ GWIANTER LET US US QUIT AT DINNUH AN SO IN\n0680\nPLACE UV ME GOIN TER DINNUH AH WENT ON BY DE CHINQUEPIN TREE TUG\n06C0\nGIT SOME CHANKS AH HAD À BROTHUH WID ME. SO AH COME TUH FINE\n0700\nOUT DAT DEY GIN TUH CALLIN US. DEY HOLLERED TUH COME ON DAT WE\n0740\nWUZ GOINTER PICK COTTON. SO IN PLACE UV US G OIN ON TUH DE HOUS\n0780\nE WE WENT ON BACK TUH DE FIEL. OUR FIEL WUZ BOUT A MILE FUN DE\n07C0\nHOUSE. OLE MOSTER WAITED DOWN HERE AT DE GATE. HE CALL ME WHEN\nFILE #1 BLOCK # 0 RECORD # 4\n0800\nAH GOT DERE AN W ANTED TUH KNOW WHY AH DIDN COME AND GIT MAH DI\n0840\nNNAH SOS AH COULD PICK COTTON. SO HE TAKEN MAH BRITCHES DOWN DA\nPage 1\nNARA Reference Copy"
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