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OH 1620

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeSHORT, Elvira (b. 1922)

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 1620
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionFor the Eastland County African American Women’s Oral History Project. Longtime resident of Eastland, Texas. Experiences regarding rural life, racial segregation, and race relations in Eastland County, Texas; childhood in a land-owning farming family in Mansfield, Louisiana; marriage to Perry short and move to Ranger, Texas; religious and social life among African Americans in Eastland; family history.
Interviewer(s)DeAnn Rose
Physical Description48 pp.
Terms of UseOpen