Oral history with Nancy Rie Barland; 2002

Oral history.; Interview conducted with Nancy Rie Barland in Port Gibson, Mississippi. Nancy Rie Disharoon Barland was born July 22, 1922 at Bowling Green Plantation, about eight miles east of Port Gibson, Mississippi. Her parents were Florine Levy and George Lindsay Disharoon. Mrs. Barland graduated from Port Gibson High School and attended Mississippi State College for Women in Columbus, Mississippi for two years. She married Charles Edward Barland on August 6, 1949. They have two children, Charles Edward Barland Jr., and Flo Ruth Barland. Mrs. Barland is a lifetime member of Port Gibson's First Presbyterian Church. She discusses memories of childhood, including games, friends, family, and household staff. Barland describes the family plantation and sharecropping arrangements with tenants. Discusses social life in Port Gibson, including dances. She also discusses her grandfather B. H. Levy who owned Levy's Produce, was on the original Board of Directors of the Port Gibson Bank, and also helped to establish the Synagogue in Port Gibson.

Oral history.; Transcript for interview conducted with Nancy Rie Barland in Port Gibson, Mississippi. Nancy Rie Disharoon Barland was born July 22, 1922 at Bowling Green Plantation, about eight miles east of Port Gibson, Mississippi. Her parents were Florine Levy and George Lindsay Disharoon. Mrs. Barland graduated from Port Gibson High School and attended Mississippi State College for Women in Columbus, Mississippi for two years. She married Charles Edward Barland on August 6, 1949. They have two children, Charles Edward Barland Jr., and Flo Ruth Barland. Mrs. Barland is a lifetime member of Port Gibson's First Presbyterian Church. She discusses memories of childhood, including games, friends, family, and household staff. Barland describes the family plantation and sharecropping arrangements with tenants. Discusses social life in Port Gibson, including dances. She also discusses her grandfather B. H. Levy who owned Levy's Produce, was on the original Board of Directors of the Port Gibson Bank, and also helped to establish the Synagogue in Port Gibson.