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HERSH, Authella (b. 1907)

ProfessionsCopper Craftswoman

Oral Histories

OH 1217

Copper craftswoman. Her reminiscences and childhood memories of her brothers, the architect O’Neil Ford, and the cabinetmaker Lynn Ford. Childhood games and construction projects; amateur theatrical presentations; design and construction of the Little Chapel in the Woods, Texas Woman's University, Denton, Texas, by the National Youth Administration under the direction of O’Neil and Lynn Ford; O'Neil's student days at North Texas State Normal College, Denton, Texas, 1923-24; O'Neil's funeral, 1982.