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Willistine McClain - Holiday Memories (clip)

Interviewed on January 25, 2012

Willistine McClain remembers her mother's holiday fruitcakes.

To hear more from Willistine McClain, listen to her full oral history "Williestine McLean - On her childhood, parents, food, and farming."

Willistine McClain - Holiday Memories (clip)

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Oral history interview of McClain, Willistine on January 25, 2012.

Citation: Marian Cheek Jackson Center, “Willistine McClain - Holiday Memories (clip),” From the Rock Wall, accessed November 22, 2024, https://fromtherockwall.org/oral-histories/williestine-mclean-holiday-memories.

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