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Finding aid prepared by Dept. Staff
University of Florida Smathers Libraries - Special and Area Studies Collections
January 2006
Descriptive Summary |
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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 | |
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Items from this collection have been digitized and are available online in the UF Digital Collections. For more information please see the note below. |
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".
The recording is available for research.
The recording has been digitized and is available in UF Digital Collections here.
[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.
For further information, please contact: Special Collections Access Services.