Oral History Interview with Ernest Griffith, November 4, 1982
Description:
Interview with Ernest Griffith, owner and operator of Griffith's Independent Ginner. The interview includes Griffith's personal experiences about education in Texola, Oklahoma, part-time employment as cotton picker, and being involved in building cotton gins and operating drug stores. Griffith also talks about his family background, the operation of Griffith and Stith cotton gin, buying cotton and retaining cotton seed, variations in cotton prices, sale of coal to farmers, buying grain for Kimb…
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Date:
November 4, 1982
Creator:
Jenkins, Floyd & Griffith, Ernest
Partner:
UNT Oral History Program