usm_coh_ohreyerj ohreyerj coh usm yes Oral history with Mr. Joe Reyer, native Mississippian Reyer, Joe, 1893- Pearl River County (Miss.)--Social conditions Pearl River County (Miss.)--Economic conditions Pearl River County (Miss.)--Social life and customs Pearl River County (Miss.)--Race relations Poplarville (Miss.)--Race relations Lumber--Transportation--Mississippi--Poplarville Lumber--Transportation--Mississippi--Pearl River County Reyer, Joe, 1893- Oral history. Two interviews conducted on August 23 and October 30, 1974 with Mr. Joe Reyer at his home in Poplarville, Mississippi. Reyer was born in 1893 in the Pearl River County, Mississippi. He attended an agricultural high school, now Pearl River College. During his working life Reyer farmed, built a few houses, worked on road construction, and lumbered. He drove teams of Oxen hauling lumber from isolated sawmills to the town of Poplarville. In 1929, Reyer married his first wife, Miss Edna Varnado, whose mother was former Governor Theodore G. Bilbo's sister. He touches upon race relations in the Pearl River County-Poplarville area. Electronic version made available through a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute for Museum and Library Services. Hattiesburg, Miss.: University of Southern Mississippi Libraries Garvey, Michael 2002-03-18 Transcripts Oral histories http://digilib.usm.edu/u?/coh,9084 (Extent) Digital reproduction of 93-page document. Mississippi Oral History Program of the University of Southern Mississippi, vol. 90, McCain Library, University of Southern Mississippi. Forms part of the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive. Forms part of the Mississippi Oral History Program Collection in the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive. Forms part of University of Southern Mississippi Digital Collections. Forms part of the Mississippi Digital Library. 1974-10-30 1974-10-23 Mississippi Poplarville (Miss.) Pearl River County (Miss.) Copyright protected. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required. 20090817 151132