Guide to the Dr. Anne Lorrance Oral History Class Collection

Record Group 149

Date Span: 1995

Extent: 0.5 cf

Biographical Sketch: Dr. Anne Lorance assigned her Spring 1995 students to conduct oral history interviews with Wiregrass residents.  She was a Prof. of Education at Troy State University Dothan. She earned her B.A., 1963, Southern Methodist; M.S.E., 1970, Central Arkansas; Ed.D, 1991, Memphis State. She was an adjunct professor and research associate at Memphis State University and a principal at Woodruff Primary School in Little Rock, Arkansas. She was invited by the Arkansas Society to attend the inaugural activities of President Clinton. She joined TSUD's faculty in Jan. 1993 and left ca. 2003. 

Scope / Content:  Most of the products concern rural life in south Alabama during the 20th century.  Contains releases from interviewers and narrators, transcripts, notes, correspondence and standard and mini sound cassette tapes of 36 oral history interviews concerning early lives of rural people from South Alabama. Some oral histories are incomplete.

Organization: Organized into 2 series by format: 1. Transcriptions / paperwork.  2. Audio Cassettes.  Each series arranged alphabetically by narrators' last names.

Processing Note: The tape ‘Rural Life in Southeast Alabama' has three narrators.  Cross reference files were included under the name of each narrator.

Provenance: Lorance gave the project's work product to Dothan Landmarks Foundation, Inc. ca. 1995.  DLF transferred it to WA ca. 2002.  WA postponed accessioning until mid-2010 in order to make decisions about missing releases. Collection transferred from subgroup of Dothan Landmarks Foundation, Inc., RG 030 to independent record group.

Preferred Citation: Dr. Anne Lorance Oral History Project, RG149.  Wiregrass Archives, Troy University Dothan Campus, Dothan, AL.

Access/User Limits?: Closed; see Archivist for permission.

Proc Date: 06/25/2013                      

Processors: S.Bryant/DS

 

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INVENTORY

 

Series 1:  Transcriptions. Also available as PDFs

File I.D.                                            Narrator / Date / Topics

149-10-0618-001-001                    Beasley, Lee Walker, 1/31/1995.
Topics: School life and childhood in Montgomery, AL, in the interwar     years (1917-1939)

149-10-0618-001-002                    Bell, Mattie, 1/27/1995.  
Topics: School and childhood in Dothan, AL, during interwar years and WW2. Father was 1st black policeman in Dothan; family café (Blue Front Café), beauty shop, changes in the black community,

149-10-0618-001-003                    Bradshaw, Mitchell, [1995]. 
Topics:  Life in the Depression Era Houston County, AL.

149-10-0618-001-004                    Lester, Weatha Louisa Bundrick, 4/1/1993.  
Topics:  Childhood and family life in Cordele, GA, in the interwar years. Family history of Lesters.

149-10-0618-001-005                    Carthon, Golder Lee (See Rural Life in Southeast Alabama, file 149-10-0618-001-027)

149-10-0618-001-006                    Clearman, Barbara C., 1/27/1995.  
Topics: Teaching in Miller County, Colquitt, GA, 1949-1900s.

149-10-0618-001-007                    Cross, H. B., 1/26/1995.  
Topics:  Rural life in the Depression Era and New Deal Era Seminole County, GA.

149-10-0618-001-008                    Culpepper, Mary, 1/31/1995.  
Topics:  Going to School in Brussels, Belgium, during WWII.

149-10-0618-001-009                    Dillionare, Sylvia, 1/28/1995.  
Topics:  Life at home in Enterprise and Ft. Rucker (Ft. Novosel) during Vietnam War, esp. 1967.

149-10-0618-001-010                    Espy, Jane, 2/7/1995.  
Topics:  History of Abbeville H. S. beginning in ca. 1910s.

149-10-0618-001-011                    Faine, Jerry L., 1/31/1995.  
Topics: Faine was principal of Stringer Street Elementary School in Dothan, AL, 1967 - 1995. Summary of interview about Stringer Street Elementary's history.

149-10-0618-001-012                    Gamble, Lynwood, n/a

149-10-0618-001-013                    Green, Berta, 1/30/1995.  
Topics:  Rural life and school in Southern AL (Louisville, AL) in the 1920s/1930s

149-10-0618-001-014                    Green, James, 1/31/1995.  
Topics:  Green was mayor of Columbia, AL. Effects of major floods of 1990 & 1994 in Columbia, AL.

149-10-0618-001-015                    Grubbs, Rebecca (See Rural Life in Southeast Alabama, file 149-10-0618-001-027)

149-10-0618-001-016                    Hannah, Edward. 1/28/1995.  
Topics:  History and Changes of the Cotton Mill in Geneva, AL, beginning in 1940.

149-10-0618-001-017                    Hogans, Malcolm, 1/31/1995.  
Topics:  Different jobs: farming, sawmill, logging. Also discusses glaucoma-induced blindness at 37 and how his family managed economically. He attended AIDB and afterwards made baskets. Includes a newspaper article about him and two photos.

149-10-0618-001-018                    Jordan, Faye Joyce, [1995].  
Topics:  Cotton Picking, Education, recreation in the 1940s/50s, in SE AL. Poverty and working at young ages.

149-10-0618-001-019                    Kirkland, Irene, [1995].  
Topics:  History of Webb (AL) Jr. High Lunchroom after 1946 reopening. Ms. Kirkland was a cook there.

149-10-0618-001-020                    Kline, Lavadous Snell, 1/28/1995.  
Topics:  Life on the farm, School, in 1920s through 1940s, near Skipperville, AL.

149-10-0618-001-021                    Knight, Bobby Ray, 1/28/1993.  
Topics:  History of Opp & Micholas Mills. Mr. Knight began work in 1949, at 16, part time, then college. Returned 1959, worked 35 years.

149-10-0618-001-022                    Louis, Evelyn, 1/29/1995.  
Topics:  Ozark, AL schools, esp. Carroll H.S. in the 1980s while she attended.

149-10-0618-001-023                    Marsh, Beatrice; 1/20/1995.  
Topics:  Attending school in Pansey, AL, in the 1920s, grades 1-9, starting late because of family duties, dropping out because of a move.

149-10-0618-001-024                    Martin, Marjorie, 1/26/1995.  
Topics:  Changes in education since Ms. Martin began teaching in 1948 (to her 1995 position as DCS Elementary coordinator). Also, her student days in Utah.

149-10-0618-001-025                    Mixon, Teresa Smith (See Rural Life in Southeast Alabama, file 149-10-0618-001-027)

149-10-0618-001-026                    Purvis, Merle, 1/23/1995. 
Topics:  Great Depression and New Deal Eras, poverty, her life as a child and student in New Brockton, AL.

149-10-0618-001-027                    Rural Life in Southeast Alabama  1920-1995, [1995].  
Narrators:  Grubbs, Rebecca ; Carthbon, Golder Lee.  
Topics:  Attending Black schools (grades 1-4 and 1-6 for 3 months per year) near Gordon, AL, in 1910s, home life as sharecroppers, picking cotton.

149-10-0618-001-028                    Sellers, Louie, 1/25/1995.  
Topics:  Sellers was a teacher, principal, and superintendent of Houston County (AL) schools. Schooling in Webb and Columbia, AL, Military service (Navy) during Korean War, Teaching beginning in 1956 in Ashford, AL. Principal at Webb School, 1965-1981; Houston Co superintendent, 1981-85.

149-10-0618-001-029                    Singers, Betty, 1/28/1995.  
Topics:  History of Eufaula, AL, & the Shorter Mansion.

149-10-0618-001-030                    Smith, Grazia, 1/26/1995.  
Topics:  Growing up on a farm in Daleville, AL (1931-1946) then moving to town (Daleville), German POWs as farm help, family store, School, Living in France in 1960s as Army wife.

149-10-0618-001-031                    Scott, Mary Ann Standland, 1/29/1995.  
Topics:  Life on the farm in Kynesville, FL, during and after WW2, jobs w/ World Book encyclopedia and Marianna (FL) HS, marriage and family

149-10-0618-001-032                    Strang, Florence Foy, 1/25/1995.  
Topics:  Life in early 20th century Eufaula, AL: Cars, telephones, movies, Chautauqua, family store, hard times beginning in 1919.

149-10-0618-001-033                    Tate, A. W. (Bill), 1/27/1995.  
Topics:  History of Newton (AL) Baptist Collegiate Institute by son of founder.

149-10-0618-001-034                    Thompson, Sam D. (father) and Sarah P. (daughter), 1/29/1995.  
Topics:  Life in Columbia, AL beginning in 1910s.  Flooding in 1916, 1929, 1941, 1994; labor unions, railroad transport, work as a carpenter on dams, paper mills, Ft. Rucker (now Ft. Novosel), Farley Nuclear Plant.

149-10-0618-001-035                    Trawick, Milton, 1/30/1995.  
Topics:  Trawick was principal of Rucker Blvd. Elementary School in Enterprise, AL. since 1971 (3 years classroom before that). His career in education.

149-10-0618-001-036                    Williams, Cornelia, 1/21/1995.  
Topics:  Environment and history of Chattahoochee River and Eufaula, AL, before & after building of Walter F. George Dam and creation of Lake Eufaula. Ca. 1955. Construction of dam.

149-10-0618-001-037                    Wise, Mary Agnes, 1/30/1995.  
Topics:  Her and her family's life during WWII. Family lived and farmed (using tenants) in Geneva and Coffee counties (AL), she was at AL Women's College in 1941, brothers deployed around US.

 

Series 1: Audiocassettes, arranged by Narrator (Standard size cassette unless noted)

 

File I.D.                               Arranged by narrator

149-10-0618-002-001     Beasley, Lee Walker

149-10-0618-002-002     Bradshaw, Mitchell

149-10-0618-002-003     Clearman, Barbara C.

149-10-0618-002-004     Cross, H. B.

149-10-0618-002-005     Culpepper, Mary

149-10-0618-002-006     Dillionare, Sylvia

149-10-0618-002-007     Espy, Jane

149-10-0618-002-008     Gamble, Lynwood

149-10-0618-002-009     Green, James

149-10-0618-002-010     Hannah, Edward

149-10-0618-002-011     Hogans, Malcom

149-10-0618-002-012     Hogans, Malcom

149-10-0618-002-013     Jordan, Faye Joyce

149-10-0618-002-014     Kirkland, Irene

149-10-0618-002-015     Kline, Lavadous Snell

149-10-0618-002-016     Knight, Bobby Ray

149-10-0618-002-017     Louis, Evelyn

149-10-0618-003-001     Marsh, Beatrice

149-10-0618-003-002     Martin, Marjorie

149-10-0618-003-003     Purvis, Merle

149-10-0618-003-004     Rural Life in Southeast Alabama  1920-1995

149-10-0618-003-005     Sellers, Louie

149-10-0618-003-006     Singers, Betty

149-10-0618-003-007     Smith, Grazia

149-10-0618-003-008     Scott, Mary Ann Standland

149-10-0618-003-009     Strang, Florence Foy

149-10-0618-003-010     Trawick, Milton

149-10-0618-003-011     Wise, Mary Agnes

149-10-0618-003-012     Bell, Mattie   [Mini cassette tape]

149-10-0618-003-013     Green, Berta   [Mini cassette tape]

149-10-0618-003-014     Thompson, Sam D. and Sarah P.   [Mini cassette tape]

149-10-0618-003-015     Williams, Cornelia   [Mini cassette tape]

 

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