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

An Index of a Recorded Interview
With
Sweat, Frances Harris
A. G. Dunston, Interviewer
23 March 1993

The following is an unrehearsed taped interview with Frances Sweat.
Mrs. Sweat 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: Mrs. Sweat's home in Richmond, Kentucky.
DATE: March 23, 1993
TIME:
LENGTH OF INTERVIEW: 45-Minutes
TYPE OF MACHINE USED: Califone Cassette
000-008 Introdution.
008-025 Empty.
025-035 Sweat's personal information; her birthplace at Clay's Ferry.
035-065 Her mother Mariah Stone and father James Harris; her siblings.
065-077 Educational background.
077-087 Her grandmother Rosie Harris; discusses interim between school and work.
087-102 Job history.
102-115 Her first husband Jesse Miller and second husband Troy Sweat.
115-142 Continues with job history.
142-157 Member of the St. Paul AME Church.
157-167 Her activities with her church.
167-174 Residencies.
174-181 Interracial relations in Richmond.
181-217 Recalls her grandmother Millie Baker's slave stories.
217-257 Millie Baker Stone, first black teacher in Madison County.
257-270 Voting and political participation.
270-280 Sweat's love of children.
280-308 More on her siblings and driving.
308-318 Reflects on Richmond.
318-378 Sweat's love of reading; Anne Crabb, a possible contact.
378-413 Shows interviewer memorabilia.
END OF SIDE ONE
BEGINNING SIDE TWO
000-015 Her nephew James Harris.
015-068 Shows interviewer marriage certificates dating back to 1871.
068-075 Lester Stone.
075-155 Dunston reads Frances Sweat's family history onto tape. Includes names and dates important to her family. Includes comments from Sweat.
155-186 Requests permission to contact again.
186-230 Toll gate at Clay's Ferry; Kelley's grocery; her father's job as a mail carrier.
230-239 Recalls sewing her own clothes as a child.
239-415 Empty.

END OF INTERVIEW

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