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Title
Eliza Jane Coward Thomas
Subject
Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project
Description
Eliza Jane Coward Thomas is interviewed by Lorraine Crittenden on May 6, 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Thomas was born on Long Branch in Cullowhee in 1893. She talks about her childhood in Jackson County where she grew up living with her uncle in a tight knit community. She describes Asheville and working for E. B. Glenn, a doctor at Meriwether Hospital, watching his children, cleaning, and cooking and then working for the Frye family. Thomas had a good experience with both families and good relationships with white people in general her entire life.
Creator
Lorraine Crittenden
Source
HL_MSS98-03_Crittenden_ThomasE_1986-05-06
Date
05.06.1986
Rights
All rights reserved. For permissions, contact Hunter Library Special Collections, Western Carolina U, Cullowhee, NC 28723
Format
Language
en-US
Type
Oral History
Coverage
Buncombe Co. and Jackson Co. 1890s-1980s