- Created by
- National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003
- Interview of
- Morrison Holmes, Mattie Payne, American, born 1924
- Interviewed by
- Navies, Kelly Elaine, American
- Interview of
- Dr. Holmes, Brenda, American, born 1950
- Recorded by
- Hutcherson, Trudy, American
- Subject of
- Morrison, George Sr., American, 1889 - 1951
- Morrison, George Emmett Jr., American, 1925 - 1991
- West Dublin Colored School
- Christiansburg Industrial Institute, American, 1866 - 1966
- Calfee Training School
- 367th Infantry Regiment, American, 1917 - 1919
- Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church
- Dublin United Methodist Church
- Ku Klux Klan, 2nd, American, 1915 - 1944
- Ku Klux Klan, 3rd, American, founded 1946
- Date
- 2022
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 59 min., 44 sec.
- File size (Total): 36.8 GB
- Description
- An oral history interview with Mrs. Mattie Payne Morrison Holmes. It consists of a single .mov file .mov (file codec Apple ProRes HQ 422). The interview was captured at her home in Dublin, Virginia, on May 26, 2022, as part of the NMAAHC Collection Donor Oral History Collection. Ms. Holmes donated a collection of objects related to the military service of her father, George Emmett Morrison, Sr., who served in the 367th Infantry, 92nd Division, during World War I.
- The interview begins with a discussion of Mrs. Morrison Holmes’s early life in Dublin and her educational experiences in segregated schools in Dublin, Pulaski, and Christiansburg, Virginia. Mrs. Morrison Holmes also recounts how her family lost a portion of their land, including their family home, when a state highway was re-routed through their property. Throughout the interview, Mrs. Morrison Holmes talks about different dimensions of her father’s life: his role in the family, his business activities and status in the community, and his service in World War I. She also talks about the panoramas she donated to the Museum. She discusses her lifelong involvement with her church (first, Mt. Pleasant Methodist, and later, Dublin United Methodist) and her work organizing family reunions. Toward the end of the interview, Mrs. Morrison Holmes reflects on what she would like people to know about her parents and how she would like to be remembered. She also recalls the difficulties she had securing medical care for her son, due to segregation in medical facilities, when she discovered he had polio as a child. In conclusion, Mrs. Morrison Holmes discusses contemporary racial tensions.
- Place captured
- Dublin, Pulaski County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Dublin, Pulaski County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Pulaski, Pulaski County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Christiansburg, Montgomery County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- The Collection Donor Oral History Project
- Classification
- Time-based Media - Moving Images
- Type
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- sound films
- color films (visual works)
- Topic
- American South
- Civil rights
- Education
- Families
- Fatherhood
- Housing
- Methodist
- Motherhood
- Race discrimination
- Race relations
- Religion
- Segregation
- White supremacy movements
- World War I
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2024.50.1.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




