Life on the Land: Interviews

Click on the purple link text below to hear segments of oral history interviews. If you'd like to download mp3s of these interviews, on the interview page, simply right-click on the linked text under the heading Download Complete Audio File and select "Save File As."
 

Eunice Austin talks about growing up on a farm in Catawba County, sharing her recollections about the work she, her mother, and her sisters did on the farm (often work that would ordinarily be done by boys and men). Click here to listen and read along.

Flossie Durham, born in 1883, describes her family's life on the farm and in the mill town of Bynum, NC. Click here to listen and read along.
George Dyer talks about his parents' decision to leave their farm and take George to a mill village in South Carolina. Click here to listen and read along.
 
Gladys Hollar discusses her life working her family farm with her mother and her siblings. Click here to listen and read along.