T. Pat Matthews interview with Mary Brodie Anderson
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typescript of an interview. Anderson was interviewed by T. Pat Matthews in 1937 as part of a Federal Writer's Project assignment for the Works Progress Administration. The item includes handwritten corrections. Anderson says that she was treated well as a slave. The slave children were allowed to eat with the master and family on Sundays. The slaves were well fed, well clothed, and had comfortable houses. The slave children loved and trusted their master, and he had much contact with them. The slaves were not allowed to read and write, but they could go to church. Anderson describes the arrival of Yankee troops at the end of the Civil War and says that many former slaves returned home after wandering. She says, "I think slavery was a mighty good thing for mother, father, [and] me."
Dates
- 1937
Creator
- Matthews, T. Pat, 1883-1958 (interviewer, Person)
- Federal Writers' Project (Organization)
- United States. Works Progress Administration (Organization)
- Anderson, Mary Brodie, 1851- (interviewee, Person)
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 T. Pat Matthews interview with Mary Brodie Anderson must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical / Historical
Anderson was a former slave living in North Carolina.
Extent
1 folder (0.01 linear ft.) : (7 p.)
Language of Materials
English
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.
- Title
- Register of T. Pat Matthews interview with Mary Brodie Anderson
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Rose Frank
- Date
- 18 May 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States