04465cidaa22007937i 4500 22371444 20250607112113.8 220103s2019 miunnn o t eng 22371444 0 ibc orignew u ncip 20 y-folklife masmit 2022-01-03 masmit 2022-01-12 masmit 2022-01-26 tmitchell 2022-01-27 tmitchell 2022-02-03 masmit 2022-03-24 tmitchell 2022-03-28 2021692527 DLC eng dacs DLC n-us-mi AFC 2019/028: 015 Lawson, Bill (Farmer), interviewee. William "Bill" Lawson interview conducted by Anna-Lisa Cox, 2019-10-14. Bill Lawson interview conducted by Anna-Lisa Cox, 2019-10-14 2019-10-14. 3 sound recordings (3:00:19) : digital, wav 3 manuscripts : digital, pdf 24 photograph : digital, jpg, color, black and white spoken word spw rdacontent still image sti rdacontent computer c rdamedia audio s rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Collection is open for research. To request materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.contact Recorded at the home of William Lawson, Van Buren, Michigan, October 14, 2019. Bill Lawson discusses farming his family land in southern Michigan that has been in his family since before the Civil War. He also speaks about family history, land ownership, segregation, racial identity, service in the Army, moving barns onto the land, and farming methods. Includes an audio tour of the farm and barns. Recording is impeded from noise from the wind. Multigenerational African-Descended Farmers of the Midwest: Surviving Erasure: Archie Green Fellows Project, 2019-2021 (AFC 2019/028:015), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Duplication of collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions. To honor the memory of Archie Green (1917-2009), a fellowship program was established at the American Folklife Center in 2010. Archie Green Fellowships support new research in the contemporary culture and traditions of American workers. Lawson, Bill (Farmer) Interviews. African American farmers Interviews. African American farmers Middle West. African American farmers Michigan. Agriculture Middle West. Farm life Middle West. Organic farming. Family farms. Racism. Colorism. Fugitive slaves. Freed persons. Slavery United States. Dairy farming. Digital photographs Color 2010-2020. gmgpc Digital images lcgft Sound recordings. lcgft Personal narratives. lcgft Oral histories. lcgft Interviews. lcgft Cox, Anna-Lisa, interviewer, photographer. Occupational Folklife Project, sponsor. Van Buren Township (Mich.), event place. Multigenerational African-Descended Farmers of the Midwest: Surviving Erasure: Archie Green Fellows Project, 2019-2021 AFC 2019/028 (DLC) 2021655282 Library of Congress American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home Part 1 of audio recording of William Lawson interview afc2019028 afc2019028_015_sr01 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc2019028.afc2019028_015_sr01 Part 2 of audio recording of William Lawson interview afc2019028_015_sr02 afc2019028 Part 3 of audio recording of William Lawson interview afc2019028_015_sr03 afc2019028 Images associated with interview. afc2019028_015_ph afc2019028 Part 1 log of William Lawson interview afc2019028_015_ms01 afc2019028 Part 2 log of William Lawson interview afc2019028_015_ms02 afc2019028 Part 3 log of William Lawson interview afc2019028_015_ms03 afc2019028 afc/ofp afc/agf afc/ofp/2019028