Name/Title
Interview with Edgar NowlinEntry/Object ID
2021.8.171Tags
Library, Logging, Lumber, Public, SawmillScope and Content
unknown interviewer and date; Nowlin was born in 1912 in Standard, LACollection
Southern Forest Heritage MuseumAcquisition
Accession
2021.8Acquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
*title of entry*, Southern Forest Heritage Museum Collection, *Accession Number*, *Exhibition Title (if it's in an exhibit)*, Southern Forest Heritage Museum, Long Leaf, LA.Oral History Details
Interviewee
Edgar NowlinPrimary Language
EnglishArchive Items Details
Title
Interview with Edgar NowlinDescription
Nowlin's father moved to Clarks with his father from Pine Bluff, Missouri; grandfather worked at Central Louisiana Lumber Co. and his father joined to after being married; Nowlin's parents moved to Standard in 1910 and his father worked on the log trains; the town was split into housing groups of the Italians (Dagos), the Blacks (Negros), Stump Town (mainly whites) and the (log) camps; Nowlin lived in Stump Town; tells of the layout of the town and where the buildings were located and who worked there; Nowlin went to the Olla-Standard school and started work at age 12 at the mill pond; other jobs he did was build furnaces and "in the mill" at 10 cents and hour; went into the Air Force at 21Other Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
00#Other Number
SFHM.SFHM.2021.001.017Relationships
Related Places
Place
City
StandardState/Province
LouisianaContinent
North America
