Goodman, Mrs. E.C. (Sally), 1986 March 8

File — Box: 2, Folder: 2

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Scope and Contents

Sally Goodman discusses her upbringing in Waco, Texas. She recounts her experiences as a student and later as a teacher in Waco. She also addresses topics such as farming, local religious life and revivals, World War I, the Great Depression, and practices such as canning and refrigeration.
Interviewed by Joseph Lee Bailey

Dates

1986 March 8

Creator

From the Collection: Southwest Texas State University. Department of History (Organization)
From the Collection: Brown, Ronald C., 1945- (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Open to researchers without restriction.

Biographical note

Sally Goodman was born in 1897 in Falls County. She grew up on a farm where her family raised cotton and corn. She worked as a public school teacher in small rural schools and later at a federal cannery. She and her husband E.C. Goodman moved to West, Texas after the Great Depression, where she later worked at a Methodist home in Waco.