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Nancy Reynolds begins her third interview, conducted on June 18, 1980, with a discussion about young adults, alcohol, and underage consumption in the mid-to-late 1920s. The remainder of the interview concerns her later years, particularly about her life on Quarry Farm in Greenwich, Connecticut, property purchased with her first husband, Henry Bagley. She gives much attention to operating the farm during the Depression and later World War II. She also recounts her contribution to local war efforts during World War II–working as a nurse’s aid in a maternity ward.
ProvenanceThe Reynolda House Museum of American Art Oral History Project, established in 1980, gathered recollections from Reynolds family members and former employees, residents, and guests of the Reynolda estate. The interviews explore life at Reynolda and in Winston-Salem, N.C., during the early and mid-twentieth century, touching on the area’s socioeconomic, political, business, and cultural history. Early interviews conducted in 1980 were done by Lu Ann Jones; later interviews were conducted by museum staff.
DepartmentEstate Archives
Nancy Susan Reynolds Interview 3
DateJune 18, 1980
MediumDocument
Credit LineReynolda House Museum of American Art Archives
CopyrightPublic Domain
Object numberOH.01.004.3
DescriptionNancy Susan Reynolds (1910-1985), daughter of R.J. and Katharine Reynolds, was interviewed by Lu Ann Jones in the summer of 1980 as part of the Reynolda Oral History Project. The interviews took place at Reynolda House and at Reynolds’ home, Quarry Farm, in Greenwich, Connecticut. Over the course of four interviews, Reynolds intimately discussed her parents and early childhood, growing up at Reynolda, and what life was like for her and her three siblings after the deaths of their parents.Nancy Reynolds begins her third interview, conducted on June 18, 1980, with a discussion about young adults, alcohol, and underage consumption in the mid-to-late 1920s. The remainder of the interview concerns her later years, particularly about her life on Quarry Farm in Greenwich, Connecticut, property purchased with her first husband, Henry Bagley. She gives much attention to operating the farm during the Depression and later World War II. She also recounts her contribution to local war efforts during World War II–working as a nurse’s aid in a maternity ward.
ProvenanceThe Reynolda House Museum of American Art Oral History Project, established in 1980, gathered recollections from Reynolds family members and former employees, residents, and guests of the Reynolda estate. The interviews explore life at Reynolda and in Winston-Salem, N.C., during the early and mid-twentieth century, touching on the area’s socioeconomic, political, business, and cultural history. Early interviews conducted in 1980 were done by Lu Ann Jones; later interviews were conducted by museum staff.
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