2011-04-30

Center for Public History, University of Houston; University of Houston Libraries, University of Houston

This is an oral history interview with Marva Smith conducted as part of the Houston History Project. Ms. Marva Hicks Smith was born in Hungerford, Texas in 1930s. She and her sister, Shirley, attended the Wharton County schools until they went to Los Angeles, California to stay with an aunt for two years. Schools in Los Angeles offered more opportunities during those years and when the girls returned to Texas, they had to make some adjustments. Ms. Smith graduated from Powell Point High School in Fort Bend County, then went on to nursing school. She worked in Houston’s Medical Center at St. Luke’s Hospital. Throughout her life, she has carried with her a love of cooking. She recounts favorite dishes including biscuits, jelly cake, tea cakes, cobblers, turkey and greens.  She was interviewed on 30 April 2011 in her home. The interview was conducted by Sandra Davidson and Toni Tipton-Martin. The interview is available at M.D. Anderson Library on the main campus of the university.

interviews

Culture; Cooking; Smith, Marva H.

Houston, Texas

Oral Histories from the Houston History Project

University of Houston Libraries Special Collections

English

Collection
University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
Houston History Archives
Oral Histories from the Houston History Project

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