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Interview with James Curry (SdArch 5-7)

DescriptionTranscriptTranscript (PDF)Downloads Records the reminiscences of James Curry of Harrisonburg, VA, custodian of Spotswood Elementary School and first Black deacon of the Mennonite Church in VA. Describes childhood including life on the farm, discipline of...

Interview with Roberta Morgan Webb (SdArch 5-6)

DescriptionTranscriptTranscript (PDF)Downloads Records the reminiscences of Roberta Morgan Webb (b. 1889), a teacher for many years in the Harrisonburg, VA. area. Born in Raleigh, N.C., she spent her formative years with the Middleditches, a white family. Describes...

Interview with Helen Irvin Wells (SdArch 5-5)

DescriptionTranscriptTranscript (PDF)Downloads Records the reminiscences of Helen Irvin Wells (b. 1898) of Harrisonburg, VA., school teacher at Grottoes, Elkton and Bridgewater Elementary schools and cook at Madison College for fifteen years. Describes her childhood,...

Interview with Minnie Bell Stuart (SdArch 5-4)

DescriptionTranscriptTranscript (PDF)Downloads Records the reminiscences of Minnie Bell Stuart (b. 1894) of Harrisonburg, VA., known as Miss Minnie. Describes her childhood living in the Black community of Depot Hill and Tin Cup Alley; importance of church in life as...

Interview with Willie Nickens (SdArch 5-3)

DescriptionTranscriptTranscript (PDF)Downloads Records the reminiscences of Willie Nickens (b. 1895) of Harrisonburg, VA., school teacher and maid for twenty years at Madison College. Describes childhood, including experiences driving cattle through town for Siebert...

Interview with Peggy Curry (SdArch 5-2)

DescriptionTranscriptTranscript (PDF)Downloads Records the reminiscences of Peggy Curry of Harrisonburg, VA., wife of James Curry. Describes childhood including education (Effinger and Lucy Simms schools), busing of Black children from surrounding areas including...