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Interview with blacksmith Thomas Rains

Date: 1978-04-17
Description: One audio cassette. Side 1, C78-48: Rains, born December 24, 1894, discusses wrought ironwork. He learned the trade from his father, a former slave from Americus, Georgia. Rains began the practice himself in 1912. He discusses his work on wagons, wheels, and tools and talks of how he does restoration work for historical societies. Side 2, C78-48: Rains discusses his philosophy on life, making decorative hinges and tie backs; making unusual items; making white oak baskets; work on the farm, etc. Side 1, C78-49: Discusses his family, his blacksmith shop and equipment, his church, his membership in the Farmers' Union, Elizabethan Missionary Baptist Church, exhibiting for fairs and events, shoeing horses, etc.
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Interview with blacksmith Thomas Rains

Date: 1977
Description: One audio cassette. Side 1: Rains describes how he started working as a blacksmith in 1912; talks about the projects he works on; talks about how he was born in and raised in the same home he still lives in; describes how his father was also a blacksmith and his brother taught him much of the trade; talks about how he gets business for his shop. On Side 2, he discusses shoeing horses; sharpening; tractors; using hickory to make ax handles.
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Interview with blacksmith Thomas Rains

Interview with Charlie Mae Williams

Date: 1983-03-18
Description: One audio cassette. Side A Williams discusses her life history and family history; canning traditions and methods for preserving. Side B She discusses where she learned to can; her early education; making cane syrup.
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Interview with Charlie Mae Williams

Blacksmith Thomas Rains

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Description: Four black and white prints, with negatives. c. 1977 See also S 1577, Box 16, folders 102. 106, and 58.
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Blacksmith Thomas Rains

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Description: One black and white print. December 1978. See also S 1577, Box 16, folders 102, 20, 58.
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Blacksmith Thomas Rains

Date: 1982
Description: Five color slides. Rains standing next to his log house.
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Blacksmith Thomas Rains

Blacksmith Thomas Rains in his shop

Date: 1978-04
Description: Seven color slides.
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Blacksmith Thomas Rains in his shop

Blacksmith Thomas Rains in his workshop

Date: 1977
Description: Forty color slides. Images of Rains in his blacksmith workshop. Also includes images of his home. Finally, several images feature folklorist Peggy Bulger interviewing Rains.
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Blacksmith Thomas Rains in his workshop

Blacksmith Thomas Rains on a front porch

Date: 1983
Description: One black and white print.
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Blacksmith Thomas Rains on a front porch

Blacksmith Thomas Rains talking about his craft

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Description: Two black and white prints. 17 April 1978. See also S 1577, Box 6, folders 106, 58, 20.
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Blacksmith Thomas Rains talking about his craft

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a_s1576_01_c77-032	Interview with blacksmith Thomas Rains	Sound	Blacksmiths Interviews Oral histories Life histories Oral narratives African Americans Blacksmithing Metal craft Metalwork Occupational groups Horseshoers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_13_c84-052	Interview with Charlie Mae Williams	Sound	Fieldwork Interviews Oral histories Family history Canning and preserving Sugarcane grinding Sugarcane products Cane syrup Cookery (syrups) Life histories	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
Blacksmith Thomas Rains	Blacksmith Thomas Rains	Still Image	African Americans Blacksmithing Work Occupational groups Metal craft Material culture Blacksmiths	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Blacksmith Thomas Rains	Blacksmith Thomas Rains	Still Image	Blacksmithing Metal craft Horseshoes Occupational groups Work Labor Material culture Blacksmiths Horseshoers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Blacksmith Thomas Rains	Blacksmith Thomas Rains	Still Image	Fieldwork African Americans Houses Dwellings Architecture Blacksmithing Log buildings Structures Buildings Blacksmiths	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Blacksmith Thomas Rains in his shop	Blacksmith Thomas Rains in his shop	Still Image	Blacksmiths Fieldwork Blacksmithing Metal craft Occupational groups Tools Workshops Workplace Labor African Americans	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Blacksmith Thomas Rains in his workshop	Blacksmith Thomas Rains in his workshop	Still Image	Blacksmiths Fieldwork Blacksmithing Metal craft Material culture Workplace African Americans Workshops Architecture Folklorists Research methods Occupational groups	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Blacksmith Thomas Rains on a front porch	Blacksmith Thomas Rains on a front porch	Still Image	Blacksmiths Fieldwork African Americans Porches Swings Occupational groups	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Blacksmith Thomas Rains talking about his craft	Blacksmith Thomas Rains talking about his craft	Still Image	African Americans Metal craft Blacksmithing Oral narratives Occupational groups Occupational folklore Material culture Blacksmiths	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg

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Blacksmith Thomas Rains in his workshop

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Interview with blacksmith Thomas Rains

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Interview with blacksmith Thomas Rains

Interview with blacksmith Thomas Rains

Interview with Charlie Mae Williams

Interview with Charlie Mae Williams

Blacksmith Thomas Rains

Blacksmith Thomas Rains

Blacksmith Thomas Rains

Blacksmith Thomas Rains

Blacksmith Thomas Rains

Blacksmith Thomas Rains

Blacksmith Thomas Rains in his shop

Blacksmith Thomas Rains in his shop

Blacksmith Thomas Rains in his workshop

Blacksmith Thomas Rains in his workshop

Blacksmith Thomas Rains on a front porch

Blacksmith Thomas Rains on a front porch

Blacksmith Thomas Rains talking about his craft

Blacksmith Thomas Rains talking about his craft