Interview with Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and Her Maid Martha Mickens

Finding aid prepared by Dept. Staff

University of Florida Smathers Libraries - Special and Area Studies Collections
January 2006


Descriptive Summary
	Title:	Interview with Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and Her Maid Martha Mickens
	Dates:	Undated
	Abstract:	Recording of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings reciting poetry and her maid Martha Mickens singing spirituals.
	Extent:	0.01 Linear feet. Reel audio recording, 7 1/2 ips, Mono. Duration: 00:17:17.
	Identification:	Recording Number 10
	Language(s):	English
		Items from this collection have been digitized and are available online in the UF Digital Collections. For more information please see the note below.

Scope and Content

The recording is not in a standard interview format. A man's voice is heard at intervals but he is never identified. Martha Mickens, Rawlings' maid, sings four spirituals and then gives a prayer. Rawlings and Mickens talk briefly about how Mickens came to help out and then Mickens sings three more spirituals. Rawlings then recites a sonnet she composed, "Having Left Cities Behind Me", and a poem titled "Mountain Rain".

Access or Use Restrictions

Access

The recording is available for research.

Administrative Information

Alternative Format Available

The recording has been digitized and is available in UF Digital Collections here.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Interview with Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and Her Maid Martha Mickens, Audio Collection, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

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