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Oral Histories

The SFA oral history program documents life stories from the American South. Collecting these stories, we honor the people whose labor defines the region. If you would like to contribute to SFA’s oral history collections, please send your ideas for oral history along with your CV or Resume and a portfolio of prior oral history work to annemarie@southernfoodways.org.

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ORAL HISTORY

New Histories: Gadsden Farm Project Oral Histories

These oral history excerpts feature interviews conducted in 2018 with 9 Gadsden County farmers: Jewel Dixie, Max Vanlandingham, Calvin Davis, Gloria Rodriguez, Josephina Perez, Michael Brown, Rebecca Shaw, Ronnie Jackson, and James Brown.

Artists Holly Hannessian and Michael Diaz are the founders of the Gadsden Farm Project.  This project was made possible with help of DJ Wiggins, Gadsden County IFAS Extension Agent, as well as Amanda Hardeman, Adam Watson, and Eric Griffis from the Florida Folklife Program and State Archives.

The Gadsden Farm Project was generously supported by the Florida State University Council on Research and Creativity through the Arts and Humanities Program Enhancement Grant.

Interviewer:
Holly Hannessian and Florida Folklife

Photographer:
Florida Folklife Program

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"I grew up on a farm and stuff, and that's all I knew and that's all they did, was farming. On a tobacco farm, then after the tobacco farm, went to the tomato farm, pole beans, and squashes. I didn't want to be a truck-driver, no fisherman or hunter. I just loved farmin'. I loved the land, and I love watchin' stuff grow." - Calvin Davis

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