Call NumberOH170-2-2019-375CreatorRainey, BeatriceContributorPicher, MargaretDateMay, 1975SummaryBeatrice Rainey is interviewed by Margaret Picher at the interviewee’s home in May of 1975. The interview is a long, almost 2-hour conversation between the two women. Quite a bit of the tape is of Mrs. Rainey talking about people in photographs. Without copies of the photographs this information is of limited value. The substance of the interview is mostly about Dearfield, Colorado, a Negro settlement that many black people homesteaded in the late 1910s and early 1920s. Perhaps the most significant parts of the tape are a critique of Dearfield and the land deal that established the town. The interviewee states that the poor soil and climate made Dearfield an unsuitable place to earn a livelihood. She also gives a critique of - or an alternate view of - the motives of some of the principle people involved in the land deal.Physical Description1 audio file (2:17:05), 1 indexSubjectRainey, Beatrice--InterviewsDearfield (Colo.)--HistoryDearfield (Colo.)--Personal narrativesAfrican Americans--Colorado--DearfieldAfrican American women--Colorado--DearfieldGeographic AreaDearfield (Colo.)Digital Version Created FromOriginal recording held by Denver Public LibraryOriginal Material Found in CollectionOH170-2. Beatrice Rainey oral historyNotesIndex includes searchable text showing topics with time stampsDonorPicher, MargaretCollectionWestern Voices
