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Accession no. W 3608 Date received 10/10/40 Consignment no. 1 Shipped from Wash. Office Label Amount 16p WPA L. C. PROJECT Writer's UNIT Form[md;]3 Folklore Collection (or Type) Title Postoffice workers -...
Contributor:
Aaron, Abe
Date:1939-06-22
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W3608 Forms to be Filled out for Each Interview FOLKLORE [md;] CHICAGO FORM A Circumstances of Interview STATE Illinois NAME OF WORKER Abe Aaron ADDRESS 5471 Ellis DATE 6/22/39 SUBJECT American Lives...
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Aaron, Abe
Date:1939-06-22
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FORM C FOLKLORE [md;] CHICAGO Text of Interview ( Unedited ) STATE Illinois NAME OF WORKER Abe Aaron ADDRESS 5471 Ellis Ave., Chicago, Ill. DATE 6/22/39 SUBJECT Post Office Workers - (Carriers)...
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Aaron, Abe
Date:1939-06-22
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Post Office Workers FORM C But this old goat—I'm glad you reminded me—he'd just chortle with [glee?] when the calendar wasn't changed; he was normal in most respects, but he had scads...
Contributor:
Aaron, Abe
Date:1939-06-22
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I've got a check to deliver to a guy named H. G. His name's not up, but I sort of remembered that an H. G. 'd lived on the first floor so...
Contributor:
Aaron, Abe
Date:1939-06-22
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first thing he said was, “Jesus, I'm glad I'm out o' that!” The fellow he transferred with is startin' to notice the length of the workin' day already. The only thing is,...
Contributor:
Aaron, Abe
Date:1939-06-22
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if there ever was one. I wouldn't want that detail. Those girls work piece work and you have to keep up with them. A girl sits at the conveyor an' puts one...
Contributor:
Aaron, Abe
Date:1939-06-22
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X For that matter, a clerk does everything but clerk. He fill sacks, drags them around, throws {Begin deleted text}mailk{End deleted text} [mail,?] yes, sometimes even cleans up garbage. He does everything...
Contributor:
Aaron, Abe
Date:1939-06-22
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XIII The only time there was life in that damn postoffice was when them Goddamn temps were there. That was because they could tell the boss to go to hell. XIV I've...
Contributor:
Aaron, Abe
Date:1939-06-22
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o' you in the service, just like anyone else. But where else can you be sure of a job for life long 's you keep your nose clean. What would these guys...
Contributor:
Aaron, Abe
Date:1939-06-22
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or other that he thinks is funny to the Negroes in the station, things like “Move over, it's gettin' kind o' dark around here.” We fixed him last Christmas though. We sent...
Contributor:
Aaron, Abe
Date:1939-06-22
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XXV When we were temps, on payday they'd never give us our checks in the morning. If they did we'd get drunk and {Begin deleted text}siappear{End deleted text} disappear and they'd never...
Contributor:
Aaron, Abe
Date:1939-06-22
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It used to be a point of honor with us not to pay carfares. We had lots of trouble with conductors. Because we didn't have the full uniform, only the hat. One...
Contributor:
Aaron, Abe
Date:1939-06-22
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“come here.” Imagine that: carrier come here! -pursing up her lips and being prim and commanding about it. Me, I say, “If you want to see me, come over here.” Finally she...
Contributor:
Aaron, Abe
Date:1939-06-22
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XXXIII One day I tore a woman's blouse right off her. It wasn't my fault; it was hers. She wanted her WPA check. I had it all right, but she couldn't wait....
Contributor:
Aaron, Abe
Date:1939-06-22
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the rent out of those poor bastards before they give up the checks. Sometimes you find a landlady and maybe four-five WPA workers all waiting, and they start fighting with the landlady...
Contributor:
Aaron, Abe
Date:1939-06-22
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wacky. 'E's a big goofy carrier. We was standin' at the registry window one day, an' he was signin' for thirteen registers. But 'e' didn't know how to spell “thirteen”, so 'e...
