Interview with Henry Ratliff about his biography

Audio file
Date recorded: September 16, 1959
Contributor(s): Performer: Ratliff, Henry; Performer: Lomax, Alan; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: interview/commentary
Culture: African American, Southern U.S.
Instruments: voice
Setting: Camp 7, Parchman Farm (Mississippi State Penitentiary)
Location: Parchman, Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T883
Track Number: 9
Archive ID: T883R09
Note: Very brief interview in which Lomax asks Ratliff for his name (very indistinct) and hometown (Clarksdale). We have gone with "Ratliff," as there are two Henry Ratliffs in the Social Security Death Index listed as having received their last benefits in Yazoo City and in Clarksdale, although Ratcliffs are listed as having lived in Bay Springs and McComb, Mississippi, east of the Delta.
Belongs to: Parchman 9/59 (Camp 7)
About the session: Work songs and hollers recorded at Camp 7 at the Mississippi State Penitentiary, better known as Parchman Farm.
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