- Collection:
- Allen Thomas Oral History Collection
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Blanche Metts in the early 1970s
- Creator:
- Metts, Blanche, December 19, 1881-February 16, 1975
- Contributor to Resource:
- Thomas, Allen, 1941-
- Date of Original:
- 1970/1975
- Subject:
- Dublin (Ga.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Genealogy--History
Politics and government - 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 from the early 1970s, Ms. Blanche Metts discusses "discrepancies" in local history, especially regarding the Civil War, some personal and family history, and reminisces on her life. Specific subjects include clarifying that Sherman's March did not pass through Laurens County, her own political views on President Nixon's administration, and her life growing up in Dublin as a sickly child. Ms. Metts never married, and worked twenty-one years for the New York Life Company.Synopsis: Metts says that Sherman's March to the Sea never reached this far South, rather that her father, who was living then, told her that they crossed at Falls Ferry. She talks about a home, on the property of the Davis', which was moved, and talks about some Metts family history. | Metts talks about the property once owned by her grandfather, Nathan Metts (Metz), where rumors incorrectly attributed bloodstains on the staircase to Sherman's March to the Sea. She talks about visiting her sister, Mary Ellen, and her husband, Horace Knight, many times when they lived at that home, and wishing to get a "true story of Laurens County." Metts then discusses her distaste for the current Democratic party, and her opinions on the current president, Richard Nixon, touching on his Vice President and the My Lai Massacre. | Metts returns to talking about the Metts family, recalling that the name was once spelled "Metz" but was changed by General James R. Metts during the Civil War. She ruminates on the prices of antiques and having been a pretty, well dressed teenager growing up, though she never married after losing her only love at a young age to TB. She mentions that she was one of the first girls in Laurens County to have a car.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:zhe_atohc_zhe-atohc-012-mettsblanche
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:zhe_atohc_zhe-atohc-012-mettsblanche
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Metts, Blanche. "Oral history interview with Blanche Metts in the early 1970s." Interviewed by Allen Thomas. Allen Thomas Oral History Collection, Laurens County Library, Dublin, GA.
- Extent:
- 1 audio interview : 47 min., 41 sec., sd.
- Original Collection:
- Allen Thomas Oral History Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Oconee Regional Library System
- Rights:
-
