Interview with James Caldwell
In this interview, James Caldwell describes his life as a hobo in the early 1900s. He explains that he never attended school; he worked for circuses, carnivals and minstrel shows. He was married from 1920 to 1973 and eventually moved to Birmingham, Alabama. He describes traveling throughout the coun...
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Oral histories Caldwell, James--Interviews; Tramps; Barnum and Bailey; Amusements; Race relations; United States--Civilization--1970-; interviews; transcripts |
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In this interview, James Caldwell describes his life as a hobo in the early 1900s. He explains that he never attended school; he worked for circuses, carnivals and minstrel shows. He was married from 1920 to 1973 and eventually moved to Birmingham, Alabama. He describes traveling throughout the country with Barnum and Bailey circus. He recounts various cities he visited and says race relations were basically the same in different regions of the country.The digitization of this collection was funded by a gift from EBSCO Industries. |
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Interview with James CaldwellCaldwell, James (Interviewee); Hamrick, Peggy (Interviewer)Sound; Text1984 August 6engelectronic; image/jpeg; 1 audio cassette; 1 transcriptIn this interview, James Caldwell describes his life as a hobo in the early 1900s. He explains that he never attended school; he worked for circuses, carnivals and minstrel shows. He was married from 1920 to 1973 and eventually moved to Birmingham, Alabama. He describes traveling throughout the country with Barnum and Bailey circus. He recounts various cities he visited and says race relations were basically the same in different regions of the country.The digitization of this collection was funded by a gift from EBSCO Industries.Caldwell, James--Interviews; Tramps; Barnum and Bailey; Amusements; Race relations; United States--Civilization--1970-; interviews; transcriptsUnited States--Alabama--Jefferson County--BirminghamThe University of Alabama Libraries Special CollectionsWorking Lives Oral History Projectu0008_0000003_0000012http://purl.lib.ua.edu/54294Images are in the public domain or protected under U.S. copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code), and both types may be used for research and private study. For publication, commercial use, or reproduction, in print or digital format, of all images and/or the accompanying data, users are required to secure prior written permission from the copyright holder and from archives@ua.edu. When permission is granted, please credit the images as Courtesy of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections.http://cdm17336.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/u0008_0000003/id/13 |
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