Interview with Ella Owle

Dublin Core

Title

Interview with Ella Owle

Subject

African American farmers
African Americans
African Americans -- Social life and customs
Autobiography
Cemeteries
Farm life
Owle, Ella, 1894-1987
Owle, Ella, 1894-1987 -- Childhood and youth
Herbs -- Therapeutic use

Description

Ella Owle is interviewed by Lorraine Crittenden on April 27, 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Owle was born in 1894 in Swain County. She talks about the chores she and her siblings did as children including laundry and farming. She recalls May Day celebrations, cemeteries, and gathering herbs for illnesses.

Creator

Owle, Ella, 1894-1987

Source

Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project

Publisher

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

Date

1900s (Decade); 1910s; 1920s; 1930s;
1986-04-27

Contributor

Crittenden, Lorraine

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Format

application/pdf; audio/mp3;
sound recordings
transcripts
interviews

Language

eng

Type

Sound
Text

Identifier

36201
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/36201

Date Created

2019-10-09

Rights Holder

All rights reserved. For permissions, contact Hunter Library Special Collections, Western Carolina U, Cullowhee, NC 28723;

Spatial Coverage

Swain County (N.C.)
North Carolina, Western

Extent

15 pages (transcript)(duration)
35:52 (sound recordings)(duration)

Is Part Of

Oral Histories of Western North Carolina

Citation

Owle, Ella, 1894-1987, “Interview with Ella Owle,” OAI, accessed May 1, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/36201.