Bio
Elliott West, born August 27, 1920 in Darien, Georgia, has lived on countless turpentine camps since he was six years old. His father was employed on a camp in Nahunta when West was very small, and much of West’s childhood was spent playing games with other children in the dusty roads of south Georgia’s and northern Florida’s turpentine quarters.
Having worked for over sixty years to bring turpentine from pine trees, West knows little else when it comes to work. He remained active in the woods until economic factors (“They can buy it cheaper across the water,” he says) removed turpentine from the area entirely just a few short years ago.
West lives alone today in Folkston, Georgia, and he continues to labor under the sun, nowadays landscaping for friends and neighbors.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
File — Box 1: Series Series 1, Folder: 31
Collection number: Folder 31
Scope and Contents
Equipment Used:Timothy C. PrizerInformant Name:Timothy C. PrizerFieldworker:Front porch of Elliott West's home . in Folkston, GeorgiaEngineer:Original tape number 03.3Location:Original tape number 03.3Content Summary:This recording, unfortunately, loses whatever it is worth in content in its extremely poor sound quality. On Mr. West's front porch the sounds of passing cars, whistling trains, buzzing bugs, bleating goats, and everything else...
Dates:
July 15, 2003
File — Box 1: Series Series 1, Folder: 32
Collection number: Folder 32
Scope and Contents
Equipment Used:Timothy C. PrizerInformant Name:Timothy C. PrizerFieldworker:Front porch of Elliott West's home in Folkston, GeorgiaEngineer:Original tape number 03.4Location:Original tape number 03.4Content Summary:This recording, unfortunately, loses whatever it is worth in content in its extremely poor sound quality. On Mr. West's front porch the sounds of passing cars, whistling trains, buzzing bugs, bleating goats, and everything else...
Dates:
July 15, 2003
