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Towns, and daughters Freda and Wanda, discuss the family store, gas station, and repair shop located at the southern edge of Huttig.

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In the interview, Tucker focuses on city services: sewer, water, garbage, law enforcement, finances, flow of information.

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The wife of the Ouachita River lockmaster near Felsenthal, Tugwell discusses work at the lock, growing up on a nearby Charlie Murphy cattle ranch, race relations, and the rough quality of life in early Felsenthal. Partly transcribed.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Included here are interviews with people connected with Huttig, its mills, and nearby Felsenthal. Most were conducted by Bob Besom in the homes of interviewees. Often others such as spouses participated. Most audio cassette tapes have been digitized. Some have been transcribed. There is a folder associated with each interview. The folders sometimes include notes made during the interview, Oral History Release forms, photographs, correspondence, and various sorts of supporting material....

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Young discusses his early experiences, including El Dorado jobs (printing plant, bridge painting, and plumbing); move to Felsenthal; marriage in 1934 to Sarah Hinson (whose family lived on the Charlie Murphy cattle ranch); race relations; alcoholism; boat camp; work for Houston Contracting on pipe lines; and commercial fishing.

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Topics include Felsenthal in the 1930s, race relations, pigs in the bottoms, fishing boat camp, Felsenthal sewer system.

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Topics include Young's efforts as Felsenthal mayor to deal with the construction of a sewer system, streets, town meeting hall, law enforcement, and Bream Festival.

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Continuation of June 6 discussion followed on with a discussion by Pete Young, Sarah Young, and Myrtle Sanders while studying antique pictures of a Felsenthal flood. Longhand transcription available in Box 54, Folder 63.

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Johnson's interview offers a detailed view of life in the Black community.

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Manning offers detailed observations about his family, the life of fisherman Dale Cheatham, and Huttig’s Black school.

Scope and Contents Begins with Ruby McCrary discussion of her life in early 1930s followed by Charlie H. McCrary on the Huttig Welfare Association; government distribution of commodities; company health insurance; Dr. Mayfield’s private practice; availability of shotgun shells during World War II; commissary manager D.M. Clowney. Transcribed in longhand. Because of tape recorder malfunction, portions of Tapes 10-11 did not record. Here are notes taken during the unrecorded portions: D.M. Clowney was “a tall,...

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Side A. Labor union strike, ca. 1953; work as an oilier; a death in the mill. Longhand transcription available in Box 54, Folder 46. Side B. Sawmill accidents; Huttig Welfare Association; death of a Black man in the mill; the work of a brakeman on a log train; the work of a saw filer; electrification of the mill; Olin modernization. Longhand transcription available in Box 54, Folder 46.

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This sub-series includes images of documents, places, people, and activities mostly in and around the sawmills and towns of Huttig and Felsenthal. Included are original photographs, slides, video items, copies of photographs, photographic negatives, and digital images.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This sub-series includes images of documents, places, people, and activities mostly in and around the sawmills and towns of Huttig and Felsenthal. Included are original photographs, slides, video items, copies of photographs, photographic negatives, and digital images.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This sub-series includes images of documents, places, people, and activities mostly in and around the sawmills and towns of Huttig and Felsenthal. Included are original photographs, slides, video items, copies of photographs, photographic negatives, and digital images.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Included here are interviews with people connected with Huttig, its mills, and nearby Felsenthal. Most were conducted by Bob Besom in the homes of interviewees. Often others such as spouses participated. Most audio cassette tapes have been digitized. Some have been transcribed. There is a folder associated with each interview. The folders sometimes include notes made during the interview, Oral History Release forms, photographs, correspondence, and various sorts of supporting material....

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Bolton focuses on life in Huttig during the Depression.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Included here are interviews with people connected with Huttig, its mills, and nearby Felsenthal. Most were conducted by Bob Besom in the homes of interviewees. Often others such as spouses participated. Most audio cassette tapes have been digitized. Some have been transcribed. There is a folder associated with each interview. The folders sometimes include notes made during the interview, Oral History Release forms, photographs, correspondence, and various sorts of supporting material....

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Boykin discusses the structure and operation of the Huttig mill.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Included here are interviews with people connected with Huttig, its mills, and nearby Felsenthal. Most were conducted by Bob Besom in the homes of interviewees. Often others such as spouses participated. Most audio cassette tapes have been digitized. Some have been transcribed. There is a folder associated with each interview. The folders sometimes include notes made during the interview, Oral History Release forms, photographs, correspondence, and various sorts of supporting material....

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Included here are interviews with people connected with Huttig, its mills, and nearby Felsenthal. Most were conducted by Bob Besom in the homes of interviewees. Often others such as spouses participated. Most audio cassette tapes have been digitized. Some have been transcribed. There is a folder associated with each interview. The folders sometimes include notes made during the interview, Oral History Release forms, photographs, correspondence, and various sorts of supporting material....

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Gardner offers a detailed description of life in logging Camp #8.

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In the interview Guinn offers a detailed discussion of logging, the organization of the mill, the box factory, planing mill, ice plant, Community House, political activity, race relations, social relationships, social activities, and pilferage of company assets.

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In this interview Lela Tugwell’s three daughters discuss various memories such as the death of their father, different ways their mother made money, and the market for may haws.

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Floyd Cramer [piano] Originals, 1990 Step One Records