Interview with Dudley Posey
Interviewer
Ron Chepesiuk
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Abstract
IN PROCESSING
The Travelers (often referred to as “Gypsies”) are descendants of the Irish subculture of itinerant Irish men and women who emigrated from Ireland to the northern U.S. after the famine of 1840 and then migrated to the southeastern U.S. They settled in Aiken County, South Carolina in 1963. Interviewees include Peter Carroll, a Traveler who talks about the Traveler’s history, lifestyle and hopes for their children’s future, Joanne H. Spring, a newspaper reporter from North Augusta, who wrote about the Travelers, Mim Woodring of' the Aiken County Council, and Dudley Posey, a funeral director who describes burial practices of the Travelers.
Publication Date
1984
Unique Identifier
OH 334
Format
1 Cassette
Length
4 minutes
Restrictions
This interview is not open for use.
Disciplines
Oral History
Keywords
Village of Murphy’s Travelers
Recommended Citation
Posey, Dudley, "Interview with Dudley Posey" (1984). Winthrop University Oral History Program. OH 334.
https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/oralhistoryprogram/487
LC Subject Headings
Irish Travellers (Nomadic people) -- South Carolina -- Aiken County -- History, Irish Travellers (Nomadic people) -- Social life and customs, Funeral rites and ceremonies
