Below are a number of short interviews with people who lived through the Great Depression. They include “Edna Hargett Interview”, “Clay East Interview” and “Julius Fry Interview”, among others. Choose two of these interviews, and read the excerpts carefully. You should also go to the section labeled “see entire interview” where you will be able to download and listen to an MP3 file of the entire interview. They are quite long, and you should get a good sense for the people in 20 to 30 minutes, but feel free to listen to the entire recording if you like.
Interviews:
Edna Hargett https://docsouth.unc.edu/sohp/H-0163/menu.html
Mary Price Adamson https://docsouth.unc.edu/sohp/G-0001/excerpts/excerpt_3859.html
Clay East https://docsouth.unc.edu/sohp/E-0003/excerpts/excerpt_5622.html
Christine and Dave Gallagher https://docsouth.unc.edu/sohp/H-0314/excerpts/excerpt_3783.html
Julius Fry https://docsouth.unc.edu/sohp/E-0004/excerpts/excerpt_2703.html
Eulla McGill https://docsouth.unc.edu/sohp/browse/topics.html?cat=20&sub=17
Note: you may need to follow the link out of Canvas to the original “Documenting the American South” website in order to access the entire interview and the audio recording.
Answer the following:
Find and copy the citation for the two interviews.
Tell me at least three items of significance of about each person or couple. Pretend you are telling me about a friend, and you want me to be interested in meeting them.
What are some of the strengths of using oral history as a source for the history of the Great Depression? What might be some of the drawbacks?
