Interview with Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and Her Maid Martha Mickens
Finding aid prepared by Dept. Staff
University of Florida Smathers Libraries - Special and Area Studies Collections
January 2006
Descriptive Summary |
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| Title: | Interview with Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and Her Maid Martha Mickens | |
| Dates: | Undated | |
| Abstract: | Recording of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings reciting poetry and her maid Martha Mickens singing spirituals. | |
| Extent: | Reel audio recording, 7 1/2 ips, Mono. Duration: 00:17:17 | |
| Identification: | Tape 10 | |
Scope and Content
The recording is not in a standard interview format. A man's voice is heard at intervals but he is never identified. Martha Mickens, Rawlings' maid, sings four spirituals and then gives a prayer. Rawlings and Mickens talk briefly about how Mickens came to help out and then Mickens sings three more spirituals. Rawlings then recites a sonnet she composed, "Having Left Cities Behind Me", and a poem titled "Mountain Rain".
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Interview with Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and Her Maid Martha Mickens, Audio Collection, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
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