Interview with Dudley Posey

Interview with Dudley Posey

Interviewee

Dudley Posey

Interviewer

Ron Chepesiuk

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Abstract

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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

Interview with Dudley Posey

LC Subject Headings

Irish Travellers (Nomadic people) -- South Carolina -- Aiken County -- History, Irish Travellers (Nomadic people) -- Social life and customs, Funeral rites and ceremonies

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