"Born and raised in tobacco fields : portrait of a changing American landscape." [sound recording] [compact disc]. [St. Mary’s City, Md.] : Talking Across the Lines., circa 2004
Scope and Contents
Documentary on Compact disc.
Voices: Christine Bergmark, Gilbert ’Buddy’ Bowling, S.L. Brady, Cassandra Briscoe, Butch Cantor, David Conrad, James W. Diggs, Helen I. Gray, Earl ’Buddy’ Hance, Carrie Kline, Michael Kline, Judy Leavitt, Elmer Mackall, John C. Prouty, Lindsey W. Reid, Kirsti Uunila, Walter Wilkerson, Frank Wood. Written by Carrie Nobel Kline & Adam Nordell ; engineered by Michael Kline.
"Fourteen voices weave together a richly textured tapestry of reflections on a rural way of life as old as our nation’s history, tobacco farming in Southern Maryland"
Contents:
Sharecropping stories
Tobacco’s deep traditions
Tobacco warehouse
Tractors and mules
Farming life and worship
With Dad between the rows
We were going anyway
At the auction house
Enactment of the buyout
Houses in the fields
Touch choices all around
Hot, dirty work
What the contract means
Pleasures of cultivating
Singing while we worked
A life sentence?
Finding alternatives
A lot to give up
Growed up in your blood
Capturing the story
Cataloged
Dates
- circa 2004
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open without restriction.
Extent
From the Collection: 19 Linear Feet (18 boxes and 48 items in oversize folders)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the St. Mary's College of Maryland Archives Repository
Calvert Hall
St. Mary's College of Maryland
47645 College Dr.
St. Mary's City MD 20686-3001 United States
240-895-4196
archives@smcm.edu