Collection: T. Pat Matthews interview with Martha Adeline Hinton | BYU Library (original) (raw)

File — Folder: 1

Identifier: MSS 2910

Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Hinton was interviewed by T. Pat Matthews in 1937 as part of the Federal Writer's Project for the Works Progress Administration. Hinton relates accounts given to her by her mother. Hinton says her family did reasonably well as slaves and tells how her father avoided being both sold and whipped.

Dates

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Interview must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.

Biographical / Historical

Hinton was a former slave who was living in North Carolina at the time of the interview.

Extent

1 item (2 p.)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Custodial History

This item was photocopied from reel 79 of the 920 microfilm collection. SCM 000 323. Andronicus Publ. Co., 1941. Five reels of microfilm were purchased for $115 in 1971.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from; Andronicus Publ. Co.; 1971.

Appraisal

19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title

Register of Martha Adeline Hinton interview

Author

Rose Frank

Date

20 May 2011

Description rules

Appm

Language of description

English

Script of description

Latin

Language of description note

Finding aid written in English in Latin script.

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository

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