ORAL HISTORY CENTER
AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY OF MADISON COUNTY
EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY

An Index of a Recorded Interview
With
Harris, Elsie Noland
A. G. Dunston, Interviewer
22 October 1992

The following is an unrehearsed taped interview with Elsie Harris.
Mrs. Harris describes her life as a resident of Madison County.
This interview was taped in conjunction with the African American
Community of Madison County Oral History Project at Eastern Kentucky University.

LOCATION: Ms. Harris' home in Richmond, Kentucky.
DATE: October 22, 1992
TIME:
LENGTH OF INTERVIEW: 60-Minutes
TYPE OF MACHINE USED: Califone cassette
000-010 Introduction.
010-022 Empty.
022-085 Personal information: full name, DOB,10-17-09, siblings, early life, parents.
085-119 Chores, Richmond High, lists teachers, educational background.
119-165 Job history: employed by families to cook and clean, employed by ordinance loading and unloading ammunition.
165-175 Retired at age 62.
175-225 Marriages: Hugh Singleton, Elmer Harris.
225-282 Grandparents: Mother's family, Phoebe Collins-Fish, Gerald Fish; Father's family, Georgia Stone, Cilia Ann.
282-298 Recalls living conditions from her childhood.
298-372 More on family background: George Washington Noland-- grandfather, Dennis Noland-- father, Cilia A. Clay-- grandmother; family tree and reunions.
372-384 Post retirement activities.
384-418 Church affiliation--Predestinerian, Elmer Harris, Pastor.
END OF SIDE ONE
BEGINNING SIDE TWO
000-005 Church, continued.
005-015 Elmer Harris.
015-027 Peyton Town.
027-032 Carry Noland, alternate voice on tape.
032-037 Her birthdays.
037-044 Recollects her life in Richmond.
044-055 Harris' land holdings.
055-067 Member of the Elks and various church organizations.
067-108 Harris describes her adult life, values, parents; additional comments by Carry Noland.
108-225 Soap operas; early life in Berea; Irvine, Ravena; Living in a boxcar.
225-265 More on black families living in box cars.
265-302 Water street and whiskey, Main Street.
302-313 Dr. Golston, a black doctor that delivered babies.
313-350 Birth of Harris' children and Aunt Ann Shepherd, a midwife.
350-381 Elm Street, Four Mile, East Irvine, residencies, Orange Street and Broaddus Ave.
381-405 Recalls when firemen used horses and buggies to put out fires in Richmond.
405-421 Closing.

END OF INTERVIEW

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