Ellen Cragin: Indian father and a mother’s escape | Source Catalog
Public source-catalog entry · INT-02
Record information
Original or catalog title: Ellen Cragin: Indian father and a mother’s escape
Record type: Interview. Date: 1930s (interview). Places or communities: Vicksburg; Mississippi; Atchison; Kansas; Little Rock; Arkansas.
Catalog summary
Cragin identifies her father as Indian and remembers being taunted about that identity. She recounts her mother Luvenia Polk resisting a beating and escaping toward Kansas on a cow. Her account also discusses secret Bible lessons and her later work sewing and quilting.
Source citation
Federal Writers’ Project / WPA interview transcript, 1930s. Page references below count the pages in this downloadable PDF.
Reading the source in context
These are recorded recollections. Separate what an interviewee remembered from an interviewer's wording and later editorial summaries. Interview dates and dates of remembered events can differ.
The summary above is a modern catalog description. It is separate from the original record and does not establish a connection to any reader's family. Consult the source, then corroborate people, places, dates, and relationships.
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