T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History Collection

ABSTRACT

INTERVIEWEE: Elnora Robinson Colbert

COLLECTION: 4700.0222

IDENTIFICATION: [1940- ] Lifelong resident of Four Corners, an unincorporated community south of Franklin, La.; great-granddaughter of a slave; worked in cane fields as child

INTERVIEWER: Adrienne LaCour, graduate student in landscape architecture, LSU

PROJECT: Four Corners Community Center landscape design project.

DATE: 28 January 1993

FOCUS DATES: 1935-1955

ABSTRACT:

Tape 322

Work in cane fields as child; customs of family gatherings; custom of burial of the naval string (cord) of newborn; custom of cutting hair on Good Friday; difficulty of plantation life; christening vs. baptism traditions; natural remedies for illnesses.

TAPE: 322

TOTAL PLAYING TIME: 45 min.

INDEX: 2 pages

RESTRICTIONS: None