- Collection:
- Living Atlanta oral history collection
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Alice Adams, 1978 December 14
- Creator:
- Adams, Alice
- Contributor to Resource:
- West, Bernard
- Publisher:
- Living Atlanta oral history project records, MSS 637, Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, Georgia.
- Date of Original:
- 1978-12-14
- Subject:
- African American women household employees--Georgia--Atlanta--Interviews
Household employees--Social conditions--20th century
Atlanta (Ga.)--Race relations--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta--Religion--20th century
African Americans--Social life and customs--20th century
Depressions--1929--Georgia
Soup kitchens--Georgia--Atlanta
Revivals--Georgia--Atlanta
Baseball--Georgia--Atlanta
Atlanta Black Crackers (Baseball team)
African American neighborhoods--Georgia--Atlanta
Atlanta (Ga.)--Race relations--20th century
Auburn Avenue (Atlanta, Ga.)
Decatur Street (Atlanta, Ga.)
Lakewood Fairgrounds (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- Oral history interview with Alice Adams interviewed by Bernard West on 1978 December 14.
Atlanta, Georgia African American woman who worked as a domestic worker for 40 years and retired in 1972. Adams, a native of Monticello, Georgia, came to Atlanta at age 14 (around 1932). Labor union member
In this second part of her interview, Adams continues to discuss her life as a domestic, paying particular attention to issues of wages and hours. She also talks about her life outside of work and in particular about going to church and revivals. She also talks about nightlife on Auburn Avenue. Adams also touches on seeing soup kitchens during the Great Depression, attending baseball games, and obtaining medical care. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:geh_livatl_ahc-637-002-002
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/livingatlanta/do:ahc-637-002-002
- Rights Holder:
- ©WRFG
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: Living Atlanta oral history project records, MSS 637, Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center
- Extent:
- 1 interview : cira 40 minutes
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
