Interviewee	Downing, Avery R.
Interviewer	SoRelle, James M. Charlton, Thomas Lee
Title	Oral Memoirs of Avery R. Downing
Interview details	Interviewed by James M. SoRelle and Thomas L. Charlton on 23 August and 25 August 1983 in Waco, Texas
Number of interviews	2
Interview Date(s)	1983
Item type	Transcript
Genre	Oral histories
Description, transcript	91 pages
Description, sound recordings	analog audio tape; digital audio file; 4:00 hours; analog video tape; 4.00 hr.
Project	Waco and McLennan County Project
Summary	Avery R. Downing was superintendent of the Waco Independent School District; family background; early influences; community and educational experiences in Hallsville, Texas; education, College of Marshall and the University of North Texas; early teaching experiences in East Texas oil boom towns; rural life in Harrison County, Texas, 1910s-1930s: description of tenant farming arrangements; brush arbor revival meetings; rural home front during World War I; racial climate and the Ku Klux Klan; problems encountered in farming and local responses to introduction of progressive agriculture methods and mechanization; effects of Prohibition; Marshall, Texas, railroad strike in 1920s; effects of the Great Depression and responses to New Deal recovery programs; rural electrification, rural free delivery, improved roads; effects of East Texas oil boom.
Subject--Library of Congress	Farm life--Texas--History Ku Klux Klan (1915- )--Texas--History Texas, East--Race Relations--History Waco (Tex.)--Race relations
Sponsor	Baylor University Institute for Oral History
Sponsor Location	Waco, TX
Deposit Date	1996
Genre source	local
Resource Type	Interview
Format	Text
Rights	http://www.baylor.edu/lib/digitization/digitalrights

Interviewee	Downing, Avery R.
Interviewer	SoRelle, James M. Charlton, Thomas Lee
Title	Oral Memoirs of Avery R. Downing - Interview 1
Interview details	Interviewed by James M. SoRelle and Thomas L. Charlton on 23 August 1983 in Waco, Texas
Number of interviews	1
Interview Date(s)	1983
Item type	Transcript
Genre	Oral histories
Description, sound recordings	analog audio tape; digital audio file; 2.00 hr.; analog video tape; 2.00 hr.
Project	Waco and McLennan County Project
Summary	Avery R. Downing was superintendent of the Waco Independent School District; family background; early influences; community and educational experiences in Hallsville, Texas; education, College of Marshall and the University of North Texas; early teaching experiences in East Texas oil boom towns; rural life in Harrison County, Texas, 1910s-1930s: description of tenant farming arrangements; brush arbor revival meetings; rural home front during World War I; racial climate and the Ku Klux Klan; problems encountered in farming and local responses to introduction of progressive agriculture methods and mechanization; effects of Prohibition; Marshall, Texas, railroad strike in 1920s; effects of the Great Depression and responses to New Deal recovery programs; rural electrification, rural free delivery, improved roads; effects of East Texas oil boom.
Subject--Library of Congress	Farm life--Texas--History Ku Klux Klan (1915- )--Texas--History Texas, East--Race Relations--History Waco (Tex.)--Race relations
Sponsor	Baylor University Institute for Oral History
Sponsor Location	Waco, TX
Genre source	local
Rights	http://www.baylor.edu/lib/digitization/digitalrights

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