Ida Elizabeth Turner Bowman Oral History

Collection

Identifier: MC 1807

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Content Description

Oral history interview of Ida Elizabeth Turner Bowman, conducted by her granddaughters. She discusses her family history, including her grandfather owning slaves and a plantation in Alabama, and her father’s experience as a soldier in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. She also discusses her experience growing up in Arkansas and Texas.

The recording includes racial slurs.

Dates

circa 1970-1979

Creator

Bowman, Ida Elizabeth Turner, 1885-1980 (Person)

Language of Materials

Collection materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.

Conditions Governing Use

No Use Restrictions Apply.

No Interlibrary Loan.

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Biographical / Historical

Ida Elizabeth Turner Bowman (1885-1980) was born in DeWitt, Arkansas, where she lived until the age of 15 and where her father, Andrew Jackson Turner, owned a farm. She later moved to Texas, and then to Oregon, where she married Joseph Bowman on November 11, 1911. Ida Elizabeth Turner Bowman passed away January 8, 1980, in Nampa, Idaho.

Extent

0.01 Linear Feet (1 folder)

533 Megabytes (1 file)

Additional Description

Arrangement

The collection consists of a single recording.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The Ida Elizabeth Turner Bowman Oral History was donated to Special Collections by Bowman's granddaughter, Sharon Jarrett of Meridian, Idaho, on March 1, 2009.

Physical Description

The oral history was donated on a compact disc; during processing, CD was burned to a .wav file which is also available in the Special Collections Reading Room.