Interview with Sherman Wooten, undated

Partial Transcript: I went into a three room..

Segment Synopsis: Sherman Wooten talks about attending a one-room school.

Keywords: Few students; Seven month schools; Tutoring; Walking to school

Subjects: Education; Illiteracy; One-room schools; Rural schools

Partial Transcript: My oldest brother he went, he went into the Army in 1918...

Segment Synopsis: Sherman Wooten mentions his brother and his high school graduation.

Keywords: Brother in the Army at Age 14; Graduated from high school at 22

Subjects: Education; Rural schools

Partial Transcript: A big birch limb about five feet long...

Segment Synopsis: Sherman Wooten talks about student discipline in the schools.

Keywords: Dunce caps; Put nose in a circle; School teachers' names; whipping children

Subjects: School discipline

Partial Transcript: Oh, yeah, yeah, had, um, thats way we raised money...

Segment Synopsis: Sherman Wooten talks about the raising of funds at the school.

Keywords: Box suppers; Marriage age

Subjects: Fund raising; Rural schools

Partial Transcript: Probably, well, at lest at 20.

Segment Synopsis: Sherman Wooten talks about his marriage while in the service.

Keywords: Wife:Ex-wife

Subjects: Married life; Military

Partial Transcript: I learned that at the, mostly at the Pine Mountain Boarding School.

Segment Synopsis: Sherman Wooten talks about the various schools he attended.

Keywords: Craftsman; Mother died; Student life

Subjects: Boarding schools; Sports; Vocational training

Partial Transcript: Well, theres--people go fishing a lot and the go hunting...

Segment Synopsis: Sherman Wooten talks about the social activities and his learning to dance.

Keywords: Learning to dance

Subjects: Fishing; Hunting; Square dancing