- Collection:
- Allen Thomas Oral History Collection
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Dolly Beall on January 4, 1975
- Creator:
- Beall, Dolly (C.A. Beall, Dolly Thompson), April 28, 1884-July 25, 1984
- Contributor to Resource:
- Thomas, Allen
- Date of Original:
- 1975-01-04
- Subject:
- Dublin (Ga.)
Artesian wells
Women automobile drivers
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Freemasons - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Laurens County, 32.46366, -82.92224
United States, Georgia, Laurens County, Dublin, 32.54044, -82.90375 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
sound recordings - Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- Abstract: In an interview on January 4, 1975, Mrs. Dolly Thompson discusses her memories of Dublin as a child as well as her own family and its history. Topics discussed include Mrs. Beall's life and memories of the city of Dublin, Ga., its artesian wells, businesses and weathering the Great Depression, as well as World War II and the Civil War. Synopsis: Mrs. Beall, 92, begins her interview at the Dublinair Nursing Home in Dublin, Georgia, where she has lived with her husband for 68 years. | Mrs. Beall discusses the service record of her two sons. Both served in World War II and retired from the Air Force and Army. | Mrs. Beall details her husband's tailoring business, which brought them to Dublin from Wrightsville in 1906. She discusses the character of the town and its people then. | Mrs. Beall identifies several artesian "natural flow" wells that existed in Dublin and were used to water horses. | Mrs. Beall talks more about Dublin in the early twentieth century, from the post office on Madison Street, to the department store, the Four Seasons, where her husband and his two brothers worked. She recalls that the city went from seven banks to none for a time, as many lost everything they had. | Mrs. Beall details her daily life in Dublin, which included driving the first Ford sedan in Dublin. At their house on Outler street, they raised 2 cows and 100 chickens, the products of which she delivered around town each day. | Mrs. Beall talks about maintaining her health, the old adages that her grandfather taught her, and relates a story of her grandmother's actions during a drought. | Mrs. Beall's grandparents had fifteen children who all lived to adulthood, each to be given a "plantation" when they were married. During Sherman's March to the Sea, Beall recalls the story of how their family home and the stores they were hiding were saved by the quick-thinking of her grandmother, who had been taught a masonic sign when her husband left in the war. | Mrs. Beall reminisces upon her oldest son, U.S. Army Col. C.A. Beall, Jr., who died in his 80s. She also briefly discusses more of her grandfather's service in the Civil War, and more of her memories of him as a child.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:zhe_atohc_zhe-atohc-001-bealldolly
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:zhe_atohc_zhe-atohc-001-bealldolly
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Beall, Dolly. "Oral history interview with Dolly Beall on January 4, 1975." Interviewed by Allen Thomas. Allen Thomas Oral History Collection, Laurens County Library, Dublin, GA.
- Extent:
- 1 audio interview : 40 min., 42 sec., sd.
- Original Collection:
- Allen Thomas Oral History Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Oconee Regional Library System
- Rights:
-
