Tom Mitchell, Virginia Mitchell
Section A
Audio 1
birth and movement to Block Island, used to visit before moving to the Island, Grandfather’s house, getting married
Audio 2
preserved house, names of parts of the island
Audio 3
baking bread and other goods, taxiing, trips to town
Audio 4
canning vegetables, drew water from the pond, history of who lived in their house
Audio 5
improvements for the house, hurricanes and radio news, father died of heart attack, didn’t like step father, going to school on the island
Audio 6
teacher called Broomsticks, penmanship, Luella teaching, learning about birds at school
Audio 7
cousins, genealogy, getting fish, getting ice
Audio 8
ice skating, parents moved to Block Island for work, house as the medical center during winter, building the runway for planes
Audio 9
cooking, learning to cook from mother and father-in-law, picking blackberries
Audio 10
cows, garden and canning, lard, salvaging wrecks
Audio 11
relationship with mother-in-law, family in and trips to Nova Scotia, caring for those with health issues
Audio 12
taxis
Section B
Audio 1
grandparents’ deaths, not been back to Detroit, driving from Detroit to Point Judith, visiting Aunt in New York City, never met a lot of family
Audio 2
mail-order clothes for kids, cross-stitched the Lord’s Prayer, painting by numbers, singing
Audio 3
flowers in the garden, all pears swiped, granddaughter sings and plays piano, basketball
Audio 4
people in their class, birdwalks and birdwatching
Audio 5
Christmas and Thanksgiving, butchering a cow, change on the island, seeing improvements that kids get to experience
Audio 6
basketball games building community, more opportunity, self-sufficient