Oral History Tape 088

AUTHOR: Watson, Harold Cleon.
TITLE: An interview with Harold Watson former editor of the "The County Times", poet and songwriter /
PLACE: Martin, TN :
PUBLISHER: University of Tennessee at Martin, Paul Meek Library, Special Collections,
DATE: 1995
PUB TYPE: Recording
FORMAT: 1 sound cassette (52 min.) : analog, 2 track, mono. + 1 tape index (1 p. ; 28 cm.)
SERIES: Oral history tapes (University of Tennessee at Martin) ; 088
NOTES: Recorded by Weakley County State Bicentennial Committee at Martin, Tennessee, September 4, 1996. A discussion with the former editor of the "The County Times" which was published in Martin, Tennessee from 1937 to 1940. Includes recollections on the tornado that devastated Obion and Weakley counties in 1918 and the record setting snow storm of the same year. Includes personal stories and poetry focusing on the 1920's to 1960's.
SUBJECTS: Watson, Harold Cleon.
University of Tennesee at Martin -- History.
Editors -- Tennessee -- Martin.
Poets, American -- Tennessee.
Weakley County (Tenn.) -- History.
Martin (Tenn.) -- History.
Dresden (Tenn.) -- History.
OTHER: Pilcher, Janet.
University of Tennessee at Martin. Paul Meek Library. Special Collections.

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