Toward an oral history of Cape Ann : Mitchell, William

Mitchell, William, Interviewee · May 1, 1978

2 sound files, digital, MPEG3 file The following names and terms were used in this interview: Amarillo, New Mexico, Cheyenne, El Paso, Texas, Cherokee. Linda Brayton and David Masters, principal oral historians; Interviewer:David Masters (5/1/1978). TRACKS: 1. A Gloucester artist, born in 1914 in Gloucester, experiences in the southwest, P.F. defined -- 2. The big Rt. 128 layoff of 1969, leading eventually to a job in Rockport -- 3. Family relationships a daughter and a son-in-law -- 4. Feelings on the Korean War and on war in general -- 5. Relationship with son -- 6. Some social observations concerning the American Indians -- 7. Rocky Neck -- 8. Some Gloucester people never got over Cut Bridge -- 9. Racial incidents experienced in the American Southwest, experiences in Texas and new Mexico during youth -- 10. Friendship with a Cheyenne Indian chief's son, The red man is my friend -- 11. Family lineage discussed, first arrivals in U.S. came from Scotland originally -- 12. Changes seen over the years, oil lamps, horse and buggies, electric cars -- 13. Theories on the Great Depression -- 14. I'm a hard worker -- 15. Gloucester people are more helpful due to the type of work engaged in -- 16. Remembrance of ethnic arrivals -- 17. Origin of the names Five Pound Island and Ten Pound Island -- 18. Gloucester schools attended -- 19. Types of art work done. Originally issued on sound cassettes and transferred to compact discs.