Jimmie Underwood, Oral History, Part Two of Two
Files
Date
1985-05-07
Description
This is part two of a two-part audio recording of an oral history interview with Jimmie Underwood. It was conducted May 5, 1985. The interviewer is Francis Rosell.
Part two of the interview continues with Jimmie Underwood explaining where the lumber for his house came from. He details that he transported his cotton to Detroit via a railroad built in 1911. Underwood talks about himself and his employees getting a foot stuck in the hay baling machine. He recalls baling 300 bales of hay a day, mostly to feed the mules that worked his cotton. He then discusses how people would rather live on sand than the blacklands, and claims that’s why the population in the area decreased. He talks about his time at Paris Junior College running track and playing basketball against schools in Dallas. Underwood details how he started a dancing club at the community house in Bogata, Texas.
Type
Sound
Format
mp4
Language
eng
Department
Special Collections and University Archives
Identifier
2008-032_OH_00093-02_interview
Note
Audio enhanced with Adobe Creative Cloud AI tool
Recommended Citation
Underwood, Jimmie and Rosell, Francis, "Jimmie Underwood, Oral History, Part Two of Two" (1985-05-07). All Oral Histories. 129.
https://digitalcommons.tamuc.edu/scua-oral-history-all/129
Subject
Cotton growing; Great Depression; Agriculture; Red River County (Tex.)
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