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Title A name given to the resource Growing Up In Mobile: Depression & Wartime, 1929-1949 Subject The topic of the resource Mobile during the Depression and World War II Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Judy Walton, MPL Youth Services, Erin Kellen, MPL Youth Services, & George Schroeter, MPL Local History & Genealogy Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Mobile Public Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1983 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource USA Photographic Archives, Spring Hill College, Mobile Historic Development Commission Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf jpeg mp3 Language A language of the resource English Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This file may be freely used for educational uses as long as it is not altered in any way. 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Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Paper Text Any textual data included in the document Descriptions of Oral History Interview Tapes Dorothy Bivens -father's business - black - owned coal yard -children's games and pet pig Timmy, city ordinance forbidding in city livestock -her girlfriends -neighborhood and Mobile descriptions -overcrowding in Mobile - soldiers everywhere -deterioration of race relations as a result of war build-up -segregation George Taylow -childhood on the Eastern Shore-Montrose -first car family owned -lived in Mobile after marriage -in Merchant Marine before and during war, torpedo-ed 3 times -lived in New York, different perspective on Mobile for a black man at this time -black apprenticeship and place in shipping, going to sea as a very young boy, father was a sailor Mrs. LeFlore -living in a little, mostly white neighborhood on the (then) outskirts of town. Whites and blacks were friendly with one another -segregation -Civil Rights -Mardi Gras (Joe Cain) Col. Lockett -white middle-class neighborhood description -neighbors knew each other because people walked instead of driving -streetcars -talks extensively of his wartime and Army career, service in the Pacific during World War II -short interview - 30 minutes - one side only Frank Fields (no photo) -description of pre-World War I black neighborhoods -hard work for blacks, low pay -mail carrier, highest pay available to blacks -worked at Scottish Rite Temple -segregation - Civil Rights -member of the Knights of Pythias, a black fraternal organization -joined Army towards the end of World War I, does not see action -organized picnics in Africatown, every week, remembers seeing Cudjo Lewis GROWING UP IN MOBILE; DEPRESSION AND WARTIME. 1929-1939 Oral History Interviews Summer, 1983 Walter Lee Allen Date of birth: July 1, 1922 Date of Interview: June 22, 1983 Interviewer: Reve Carlson Assistants: Tom Oberding Frank McCloskey Joaquin M. Holloway, Sr. Date of Birth: January 27, 1908 Date of Interview: June 27, 1983 Interviewer: Lalie Felis Assistants: De Juan Kidd Patricia Harrison Dorothy Steele Bivens Date of Birth: November 23, 1925 Date of Interview: June 20, 1983 Interviewer: De Juan Kidd Assistant: Joey Brackner Robert Hunter Date of Birth: 1920 Date of Interview: June 25, 1983 Interviewer: Frank McCloskey Assistant: None (Two tapes) Elizabeth Vickers Courtney Date of Birth: February 2, 1930 Date of Interview: July 1, 1983 Interviewer: Lalie Felis Assistants: Sherrie Chavis Rebecca Harrison Archbishop Oscar Lipscomb Date of birth: Date of Interview: July 14, 1983 Interviewer: Frank McCloskey Assistant: None Susan Randolph Crichton Date of Birth: October 8, 1896 Date of Interview: June 23, 1983 Interviewer: Reve Carlson Assistant: Frank McCloskey Col. Herbert S. Lockett Date of Birth: Date of Interview: June 24, 1983 Interviewer: De Juan Kidd Assistant: Joey Brackner Frank Fields Date of Birth: August 26, 1900 Date of Interview: June 30, 1983 Interviewer: Joey Brackner Assistant: None (Two tapes) Edith Eliza Thompson McClain Date of Birth: January 6, 1904 Date of Interview: June 24, 1983 Interviewer: Frank McCloskey Assistant: None (Two tapes) Ann Battle Hawkins (Mrs. Donald A. Hawkins) Date of Birth: August 27, 1912 Date of Interview: June 21, 1983 Interviewer: Lalie Felis Assistant: Sherry Chavis (Two tapes) Elizabeth Barbour Pipes (Mrs. R. Ford Pipes) Date of Birth: January 30, 1918 Date of Interview: June 20, 1983 Interviewer: Lalie Felis Assistant: Sherry Chavis Mary Frances Young Plummer Date of Birth: October, 1913 Date of Interview: June 21, 1983 Interviewer: Reve Carlson Assistants: Tom Oberding Frank McCloskey Delores Jenkins Taylor (Mrs. George O. Taylor) Date of Birth: Date of Interview: June 22, 1983 Interviewer: Jeffrey Hunter Assistant: Sherry Chavis George O. Taylor Date of Birth: July 23, 1915 Date of Interview: June 22, 1983 Interviewer: De Juan Kidd Assistant: Joey Brackner Arch R. Winter Date of Birth: September 13, 1913 Date of Interview: June 23, 1983 Interviewer: Lalie Felis Assistant: Sherry Chavis Patricia G. Harrison Coordinator - Oral History Project Notes: The general theme of the oral history interviews was "Growing Up in Mobile: Depression and Wartime, 1929-1949." Many of the questions pertained to the Depression or to World War II. However, many of the persons interviewed were young adults during the Depression or World War II. Some of these interviews, therefore, are valuable in illustrating what it was like to grow up in Mobile during an earlier period. The young people prepared a standard interview. They adapted this interview to fit the individual. Two of the interviews - those of Elizabeth Vickers Courtney and Robert Hunter - pertain to growing up in Spring Hill . Robert Hunter also includes some information regarding Spring Hill College. He also discusses historic preservation in Mobile. The interview with Mrs. Edith McClain contains information relating to black Episcopalians in the South. She also discusses black leadership in Mobile. She was the first black librarian with a degree in Mobile. Mrs. Dorothy Bivens was interviewed in her office at Bishop State Junior College. A central air conditioner ran during the interview. The tape is audible. However, this tape is not as clear in portions as are most of the other tapes. Walter Allen did not grow up in Mobile., He states that he grew up "out in the country". He was drafted into the army in 1942. Tom Oberding, the assistant, began interviewing Mr. Allen when the interview was underway. The Young Interviewees were not always able to change their prepared interviews when the subject did not fit the pattern. This is apparent in parts of this interview. Most of the remaining interviews pertain to Mobile during the Depression or World War II. Many of the interviews are excellent and are historically valuable. Mrs. Teach Beck LeFlore (Mrs. John L. LeFlore, Sr.) was interviewed during this project. Unfortunately the recorder malfunctioned or some other problem prevented this tape from being audible. Joey Brackner who assisted with the interview has included some notes relating to this interview. The interviews were conducted during the summer of 1983. Project Coordinator: Patricia G. Harrison Research Assistants: Joey Brackner Sherry Chavis Frank McCloskey Young people working on oral history project: Reve Carlson, age 11, Leinkauf School Lalie Felis, age 14, Daphne Jr. High School Jeffrey Hunter, age 14, Palmer Pillans Middle School De Juan Kidd, age 12, St. Mary's Middle School Tommy Oberding, age 10, Aquinas Academy Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Descriptions of Oral History Interview Tapes Subject The topic of the resource Oral history interviews Description An account of the resource Summaries and notes for the oral history interviews Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Patricia G. Harrison Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Growing Up in Mobile: Depression & Wartime Project Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Mobile Public Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1983 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Growing-up-in-Mobile-Descriptions of Oral Histories-1983 Ann Battle Hawkins Arch Winter De Juan Kidd Delores Jenkins Taylor Dorothy Steele Bivens Edith Eliza Thompson McClain Elizabeth Barbour Pipes Elizabeth Vickers Courtney Frank Fields George Taylor Great Depression Herbert Lockett Jeffrey Hunter Joaquin Holloway Sr. Lalie Felis Mary Francis Plummer Mobile oral history Oscar Lipscomb Patricia Harrison Reve Carlson Susan Randolph Crichton Teah LeFlore Tommy Oberding Walter Lee Allen World War II https://digital.mobilepubliclibrary.org/files/original/d81dfaa2dd0df0ac15187d3fb0c05bea.mp4 8fb638ad818a1ceba2836ccc133c0cbc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mobile Tricentennial Video Oral History Project Interview Clips Subject The topic of the resource Mobile, African American History Description An account of the resource Oral history interviews of elders in Mobile's African American communities. These items are clippings, and the full interviews are available for viewing at the Local History &amp; Genealogy division of the Mobile Public Library. A full listing of available interviews may be viewed <a href="http://digital.mobilepubliclibrary.org/items/show/2732">here</a>. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource National African American Archives & Museum, Museum of Mobile Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Mobile Tricentennial Video Oral History Project Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Mobile Public Library, Local History & Genealogy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1999-2002 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Kern Jackson Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource mp4 Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Oral history interviews Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Mobile-VOHP-Clips Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Kern Jackson Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Paulette Davis Horton Location The location of the interview 1454 Ohio Street Mobile, AL 36604 Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Jackson: The uh, when you started doing the work on the Avenue, what caused that to come about? Horton: Believe it or not, I don’t know where that came from. I was at uh a patient’s house. You know I’m a nurse. And I was at a patient’s house named Evelyn Cox. It was December 16, 1998. And I was at her just doing my work and something Davis Avenue wasn’t on my mind, it wasn’t in my thoughts or anything. And something just said write a history of Davis Avenue. I mean just out of the blue. And I said, you know I don’t where that thought, it just came, you know. And I said, “That is interesting.” Because I remember back back in ’72, I did ask the question, “Why they call this str..” because I was going to Bishop State, I said “Why they call this street Davis Avenue?” And someone said it was because it was black man named Dave Patton. I said “Was does that got to do with Davis?” I said, “His name is not Davis.” “Yeah, but they call it because he built the area.” I said, “Davis, his name is Dave.” And they said, “We don’t that.” So, I went and looked it up. I went out I wanted to find this Dave Patton. So, I went out in the cemetery and looked him up in the census and everything. No where is his name Davis or anything like that. So when I found out it wasn’t. That’s when I found it wasn’t Davis at all. You know, it was Dave Patton and Jefferson Davis, name of the street. But, I learned a lot about this man. I talked to people that knew Dave Patton and he leveled that area off. That was a hilly area years ago. And he his mules leveled it off, you know, kinda leveled it you know. And they thought, you know, the street was named after him. In fact, it was Davis Avenue even before he was born. Jackson: And what did you think about the irony that it actually was Jefferson Davis Avenue? Horton: Oh, I didn’t uh. Considering that it was after the Civil War it didn’t come in as a surprise to me. You know, cause I saw it in 1867 Davis Avenue. And that’s when I knew it wasn’t Dave Patton. I ruled that out. But it didn’t, uh, I don’t think it was as ironic you know back then because you know if you look back then uh considering what it was back then. Just a little straight street with uh, you know and who lived there years ago. Ah, that was not unusual because their were white people living there years years years ago. Jackson: I’m a tell you something just about the impact of that book. Um, there there are people, older people in their ‘70s ‘80s, who’ll go “You know, I I hadn’t thought about Live Oak Street and I read that book,’ and their just get real big, ‘And you know, it made think about when the Davis Avenue was paved up to that point. Horton: Uh, huh. Jackson: And they then just go on and on and their eyes roll back and get this look like the book took them somewhere they hadn’t been in awhile. You know, it’s really, it’s it’s really interesting because I believe people of Mobile, black folks in Mobile like to tell the story. It could be very guarded though. Horton: Yeah. Uh, huh. Jackson: Was that your experience when you were collecting these? Horton: What you mean guarded? Jackson: Guarded. They don’t necessarily wanna just open up. Horton: It it depends on who their talking to. Um, alots of times if they feel comfortable with you. I I didn’t I did not have, you know, that problem because sometimes when I’m interviewing ‘em and if it’s something that they wanna say. They’ll say, “Uh, now cut the tape recorder off.” You know, they’ll say, “Now, now cause I don’t want I don’t nobody to know ‘bout this.” Because there’re a lot of things that. And I’ll tell you this, because you know this, cause the person that, you know cause usually if the person that’s told you that’s dead. You know, I guess it wouldn’t really matter now. But, the thing that I found that was interesting um, like I have a friend that’s… Well she she died maybe 2 years ago. She’s a white lady and she’ll she’ll tell you ‘bout anything, she’ll tell you her feelings about anything or anything like that. And I compared her experiences with some of the older black women. And I said um, now this is what this is what and older person told me happened. Uh, they said that it was a lot of uh back then in order to make ends meet white people white men in Mobile would have a black women. And the way they and I said well how was that so. And they told me this cause I I wasn’t aware of this and she said they said if it wasn’t see the white man had a better job and they furnished this black women with a nice home and gave her money and he told her I don’t want you to work. I want you, now this is the white man telling the black woman, “I don’t want you to work, I want you for me.” And I asked a white lady, I said, “Where you aware that this was?” They said, “Sure.” I say well what did your husband tell you, “They told us to be a lady and don’t worry about his personal…’ Jackson: Business. Horton: …’business.” And I said, “Well, how did they get away with it?” He said, “What they would do was they would go to the battle house and check in.” And so if someone asked about his whereabouts, they would say, “Oh, he’s at.” “Well, I can prove I was at the battle house.” But that’s not really where he was, he was on the other side of town at night. And they and they put the white man put his children through college. They made sure they made that was that was number one priority that if he had a child by a black woman, he always put his child through college. That’s what they, that’s what they told me. And they said, um, there was a saying back then, that the um, how did how did she put it, well, they was laughing about it, I mean they, this is what they told me. Uh, they said that the uh, as for as the black women, uh, you know the white woman liked the black man because uh, they said that the white man makes love like a chicken, like a rooster. I said, “What you mean by he make love like a rooster?” They say he’s… You ever seen a rooster? You’re not familiar with chickens? Jackson: No, I was raised in a city where they didn’t have no chickens. [They laugh] Horton: Well… this this lady she was a old old. She said that the white woman says that the white man make love like a rooster. He’s quick. And a black man goes on and on. That’s what they…[she laughs] Jackson: Now this woman told you this. Horton: Yeah. Uh, huh. Yeah. An older I mean they told her this and they was just passing on you know what they knew. Jackson: Because there I know that one of the things I’m interested in talking to you about is Mardi Gras. And I know that uh, Mobile was very similar to other towns on a cost with French history or Spanish or French history. And there were um, houses for the you know, the Bondevontes999 of the white family, the rich white family in particular. You know those houses down there next to the museum on Claiborne street where that it’s a it’s a place where the um, one of the Mystic societies has a home. It’s across the street from the Holiday Inn but on the back side of the museum sort of on Claiborne and on Church street is the lawyer’s office. But um, they say that that house used to be the house where all of the young white men kept their black concubines when they were before were married before they were had established uh, their, um identity of the business world, so… Horton: Oh, is that the red light district? Was that… Jackson: No, I don’t I don’t think so off of Claiborne, right there. Horton: I’m familiar with that house, I wouldn’t doubt it but… Jackson: This was a particular family. And they didn’t want the young men living in the house with everybody else because they were too wild. Horton: Oh, I didn’t… I’m not familiar. Jackson: And they were allowed to be too wild. But that’s kind of the the story. I don’t know whether it’s true or not. That’s just kind of the story. And it but it kind of matches up with what your saying. Because Mobile is really obsessive about whiteness, blackness, who’s white in your family, who’s black or did your people migrate from Hale County or were they Creoles in Mobile from Mount Vernon and all this mess and I think you alluded to it a little bit when you were talking about Cross Town versus Down the Bay, if I’m not mistaken. What do you think about, well that was a lot but, what do you think about all that? Uh, the… Horton: How people feel about, um… Jackson: Yeah, how people in the black community particularly so strictly identify neighborhood and even skin tone. Horton: Yes, now I did notice that uh, just like my husband is a darker complexion than me and like he would say that he noticed that when we’re public like we’re in a restaurant that if it’s a white waitress the eye contact with me is not same. They are more focused on me than him. He said he noticed that too. That people are um, I don’t know it’s just something about, um. I don’t I I I don’t understand it but I do have a friend one of my very dear friends lives in Texas. She was saying that if I was a lil’ darker my husband wouldn’t chose me for a wife. She said it’s her belief that a dark skinned man will not is not really interested in a darker skinned woman. That’s now that’s just her opinion. And I said, well, and I asked my husband about it um, he said, um that’s not true, that’s not who I fell in love with. But say but yeah but look who you chose. You know, they look at, they look at that. But, I I just never have really paid attention to it. Because in my family my mother was a very light-skinned lady and my father is a dark-skinned man. And some of the children, I had one sister that was much darker than everyone else and she used to have a problem with that. You know, she used, ‘cause people say, “Oh, you the black sheep of the family.” She used to get very angry about that. Jackson: I bet. But there seems that are a lot of, when we talk about black Mobile there seems to be a lot of ‘isms’ around those types of issues. And that are even still kinda prominent today. Um, and I wonder in your in the capacity of collecting your information for ‘The Avenue’ in particular, even the school book, maybe uh, did that, did that issue come up? Horton: Um, about… Jackson: Doing what black… Doing what black folks and um, color cast of these types of feelings or is it just an undiscussed thing of my… Horton: Oh, no. They’ll discuss it. Yeah, it’s discussed all the time. Um, I don’t recall when I was writing. Um, when I was interviewing for ‘Avenue’ um, maybe just on one occasion people were saying, you know Dave Patton, they were saying that um he had a white secretary. They look at that like “Ooh, that’s a big thing.” But I asked Mr. Besteda was Mr… you know Mr. Besteda knew Dave Patton personally and… Jackson: This is Samuel Besteda. Horton: Uh huh, yes. I interviewed him um, you know, you know when he was living. These people were living when I interviewed, you know when I… Well they had to be living. But um, and I said, “Was Dave Patton’s secretary a white lady?” He said, “No, she was..” You know how some people can be so light, you’ll think they’re white. But she lived off Davis Avenue. I forgot, he told me her name and I got it on tape somewhere. But she was maybe a Creole or something like that. But I did not, they were they were really telling me about themselves and um… Like Mr. Besteda’s family worked for white people, too. And I asked him, “How did they feel, how did, did you ever go in…” Just like you asked me the question did I ever go to work with him. Mr. Besteda was born in 1902. And I was asking him did he go to work in one of those white homes with his mother. And he said uh, on one occasion. The Mossellander family, that’s a very prominent family here back then on Springhill Avenue and I said, “Was it alright for you being a little black boy to go in that house?” And he said what he did was he went to the back through the back door and his grandmother would say, uh, no his mother would say, “Now, Sam, you, you sit there you know at the kitchen table and just have a sit but don’t go through anything. But I do recall a gentleman in the “Melody Masters.” That’s a black group. You know you you you saw an Avenue book, “The Melody Masters”? Jackson: Yeah. Horton: And I asked them ‘cause I was interested in knowing when they went to these affairs um, because they are around black people and white people, too. When y’all went to, ‘cause these people were born in 19.. Mr. Lucious was born in 1904. Okay I remember okay. And this was in the ‘30s. I say did y’all, what was understood? They said, “When you perform, it’s understood you are not to dance with their women, you are not to...” They may offer you food or something like that. You are not to mingle, you can mingle in a certain you know in a certain way but you are not to dance with their women of nothing like that. So, but they they really didn’t talk about black and white ‘cause they their skin tones in these groups were varied. So, I don’t I don’t know um, I didn’t run into anybody that talked about, you know “We couldn’t socialize with them ‘cause their light-skinned and so… “ But they tell me that the slaves, some of the older people, that the grandparents told ‘em that the slaves used to get in fusses about. Jackson: What do you mean? Horton: They uh, like one lady said, that the slaves um, there were some slaves living off Davis Avenue years ago and they would have a argument about uh, who’s master got the finest carriage. You know, just little silly little things like that. But I don’t recall uh us, you know, in my interviewing them talking about um, you know, who was Creole. Oh, oh, oh, I know on one occasion one lady said that if you’re a… they didn’t wanna socialize, “I’m a postman,” I’m a schoolteacher,” somehting like that. They wouldn’t socialize with someone who wasn’t of that caliber. They did talk about how people did treat people who were not… Jackson: In the same class. Horton: Yeah, that happened quite… They did mention that. That um, you know, “I’m a postman.” Like one lady said, she told her lil’ girl, “Don’t worry baby, ah, he, he, he’s a he’s a postman and and he don’t wanna he don’t wanna have nothing to do with you. You know, now, now that he’s a postman, he don’t wanna have anything to do with you. Jackson: And uh, ah, it’s seems to be a theme. We keep coming back to this thing about class. And very often like when we think about Civil Rights and everything we factor out inside the community difficulties and differences. And my grandmother calls it mess. Horton: Yes, that’s what it is. It’s mess. I think it’s misunderstanding. But when you when you really get to talking to people ‘cause I was surprised too when I started doing “Avenue”. I was really surprised at um, you know, when I called Dr. Goode. I had no idea what type of person he was, I had no idea. In fact, I didn’t know any of these people. And I just picked up the phone and I thought he would be, and see that’s just my misunderstanding, I thought that he would be uppity or you know, something like that… Jackson: Not accessible to you. Horton: Yes, but I was really surprised. You know, he said, “Come on in.” You know and he got had this rough, “Come on, Suga. Come on in.” I said, “Okay.” And I said, I said, “Can I ask you anything?” “Yeah, shoot.” We sitting at the table, you know, he moved the dishes and you know. I thought he would be more, just uppity. I just thought people would be uppity. But I guess it’s a matter of knowing people and just understanding them. And nobody I interviewed, they were nothing like I thought. I interviewed of the you know black-white Creole and you know, they were nothing like I thought. I just thought that they was gonna be sadity and uppity and nothing like that. And they let me ask ‘em anything I wanted to ask. Um, you know, just like they was telling me when they got married. Uh, I was able to ask them, “Well tell me ‘bout your wedding night.” You know. Jackson: Right, right, right. Horton: You know, I could just ask them anything. And they would you know answer the question. They just wasn’t how I thought. 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Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Long Gardens Azaleas - Camellias Tuthill Lane, Springhill Mobile, Alabama One of the most beautiful private gardens in the world In this natural setting of pine-needled knolls and beautifully landscaped ravines, exquisite beauty has deepened through the years. It blooms forth in azaleas and camellias now, rendering to you one of the most beautiful private gardens in the world...and truly the loveliest spot on Mobile's famous Azalea Trail. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Postcard Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Long Gardens 2 Subject The topic of the resource postcard Description An account of the resource View of a flowered walkway in Long Gardens, Tuthill Lane, Mobile, Alabama. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Photocolour Publishers, Inc. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Carter's News Agency Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource image Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context PostcardAlbum-LongGardens2 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This item may be used for educational and research purposes, but may be protected under U.S. Copyright Law. While MPL may own the physical object, it is up to the patron to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when using this material. 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Title A name given to the resource Growing Up In Mobile: Depression & Wartime, 1929-1949 Subject The topic of the resource Mobile during the Depression and World War II Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Judy Walton, MPL Youth Services, Erin Kellen, MPL Youth Services, & George Schroeter, MPL Local History & Genealogy Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Mobile Public Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1983 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource USA Photographic Archives, Spring Hill College, Mobile Historic Development Commission Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf jpeg mp3 Language A language of the resource English Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This file may be freely used for educational uses as long as it is not altered in any way. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this file is permitted without written permission from this institution. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Paper Text Any textual data included in the document "Growing Up in Mobile, Depression and War Time" Architectural Study Project: Compare and contrast wealthy upper-class housing of the 1930s with wealthy upper-class housing at the turn of the century. The Vickers House: built 1935-36, located at 29 Hillwood Road in Spring Hill, west of I-65. A modest two-story house, side-hall plan. Small one-bay porch front entrance, with brick stoop and steps and brick walkway leading up to pebbled half-circle driveway. A closed, private-looking house, with its screened-in porch in the southwest corner, (bottom floor) and, originally, a covered back porch off the kitchen (now walled-in and the kitchen expanded). Set in the middle of a huge lot, with a pebbled driveway offering two entrances to the front of the house, which is on a corner lot surrounded on the two street-sides by a white picket fence. Trees hide the house almost entirely from view from the road. Children played in the yard, the ditch behind the lot, the neighbors' yards, or the woods (where houses now stand). This meant that the children stuck close to home, a safer environment than if they had lived downtown and played in the streets. Ten-inch cypress boards side the exterior, red brick makes up the front stoop and steps, walkway, and stairwell leading outside from the southwest screened-in porch. The materials for the house came mostly from other houses being torn down at this time (1935). These "second-hand" materials were less expensive, but of high quality. The simple, rectangular design of the house, its modest size (the Vickers originally planned to add a wing on the north side eventually, but built a house over the Bay instead), and the second-hand materials used in its construction indicate the limitations set by the Depression, during which the general attitude, even among the wealthy, was one of caution and concern over the financial risk involved in the construction of a private home, especially since few people in the 1930s could afford to build, much less live in, a new house. Hillwood was a new area of Spring Hill when the Vickers built their house in 1935 (theirs was the first home built in the area, not including the three "model homes" in Hillwood built in the 1920s before the Depression, which temporarily ended further development of homes in the area). Hillwood is and was an obviously wealthy suburban street, in the same neighborhood as the "restricted" Mobile County Club. White families, with black servants, have always been the rule in Hillwood. The houses on Hillwood are nearly all different, having been built at different times and through different architects in the years since 1935. The interior of the house has hardwood floors and paneling (probably oak); a blue marble fireplace in the living room downstairs; indoor plumbing (two-and-a-half baths, 1 1/2 downstairs, one upstairs); a small kitchen with all modern convenience in the back of the house; electricity and a ceiling fan in the southwest screened-in porch; and a cellar-utility area for clothes-washer, servants' room. The house was probably heated through a combination of gas, electricity, and the fireplaces up- and downstairs. Fans and open windows cooled the house. Everything mentioned above in this paragraph was original to the house at the time it was built. The roof of the house is a moderately steep gable-style, practical for Mobile's rainy climate. Window arrangements are not practical - the kitchen has the fewest (and the smallest) windows, yet it is the hottest room in the house. The Vickers made sure that the other rooms in the house had enough strategically-placed windows to insure a "nice view of the yard"; in other words, the practical purpose of windows, i.e. to provide light and air-circulation, were not considered as important by the Vickers as the "nice view" the windows could provide. Many trees shade the yard, but these are not very close to the house, which would be very uncomfortable without air conditioning. The Vickers house has few details which would "date" it to the 1930s. Part of the reason for this is that the house was "made to order", its design reflecting the personal preferences of the Vickers when they built the house in 1935. Another reason it is difficult to "date" the house is that it was constructed of second-hand materials, from houses built years before 1935. For instance, the ten-inch wide cypress siding on the houses's exterior was more common in the 19th century than in the early twentieth century, during which time exterior siding was much narrower and consisted of non-organic shingles, asbestos, stucco, etc. (becomes typical of homes built in the inter-war period). However, several details of the Vickers house indicate that it was built in the Depression year. These details include the fact that the house is much less" street-oriented" than houses built in earlier periods when people would sit on their front porches and visit with their neighbors while the children played in the street. The Vickers house, with its large back yard, its private, screened-in porch, and its location on the lot (set back from the street and hidden from view by trees, the lot surrounded by a white picket fence as a symbol of "private property") is an example of the growing trend in the inter-war years towards privacy, when people more or less cut themselves off from their neighbors by moving inside their houses and into their back yards. The small one-bay porch/ stoop front entrance of the Vickers house is not as open and welcoming as the large front porches of Victorian houses built at the turn of the century or bungalows built in the 1920s. The Depression evidently caused a change in the general attitude towards money - people who had wealth in the 1930s were careful not to "show off" their wealth. The Vickers could have afforded to be much more extravagant in designing their house, but they kept it simple. The Vickers' rectangular-shaped "town house" has little or no decoration other than: dark green "false" shutters on windows at the front of the house; a wrought-iron handrail on the stairwell leading outside from the southwest screened-in porch; a sunburst window above the front door sill; a gas light/lamp at the end of the front brick walkway; a white picket fence around the street sides of the lot; and several flower beds and many different types of trees in the yard. Even inside the house everything is kept simple: wood paneling instead of wall paper; hardwood floors, with rugs in only a few rooms. The blue marble fireplace in the living room is perhaps the most decorative detail of the house. The Tissington House - built 1901, located at 1216 Government Street at Georgia Avenue, west of Broad Street but east of Ann Street, so it is extremely close to downtown and lies on the north side of Mobile's "main street" (Government). A very large house with an open, roomy front porch and second story balcony wrapping around the west side of the house from the front. Two-and-a-half stories, the Tissington house has numerous windows, balconies, dormers, and a large tower (turret). It was built on a central-hall plan. The house takes up most of the corner lot on which it was built. The front yard is somewhat larger than the backyard, and concrete steps lead from the front door/ porch to a wide concrete walkway, which empties onto a sidewalk surrounding the lot on its street sides (this sidewalk extends around the block and is typical of downtown Mobile, which has sidewalks in every area, residential and business). These sidewalks were important especially for the children of the Tissington house, since they lived on one of Mobile's busiest streets. The children probably played on the large porch or inside the house in bad weather, in the street or on the sidewalks otherwise. The Tissington house is so large it certainly offered the children enough room to play inside or to be alone if they wished. The house has five- to seven-inch clapboard exterior siding and the roof is shingled, with decorated fascia boards. The jigsaw and the spindle were among the advancements in technology of the nineteenth century, and both were used to create this typical Victorian house, with its spindle-wood balustrade and jigsaw railing on the front porch and second-story balcony, and the Victorian-turned columns and wooden handcarved decorations on the tower, dormer, and front-porch roof. The house also features stained glass windows. The size and design of the house indicate a type of extravagance in which the wealthy homebuilder of the turn-of-the-century could indulge, whereas the wealthy homebuilder in the Depression era was more inhibited and careful with his money. The Tissington house is one of several Victorian homes in the area of Georgia Avenue and Government Street. The families living in these houses were of the upper-middle/ wealthy class, and their racial background was white, their servants were probably black. One street over, north of the Georgia-Government area, is Caroline Avenue, which is lined with tiny low-income Victorian "shotgun" houses, also built near the turn-of-the-century, like the Tissington house. The Tissington has three parlors downstairs; a kitchen in the back of the house (with a marble sink); indoor plumbing; electricity for fans; probably gas for heating as well as the fireplaces (the fire-place in one of the parlors is dark brown marble); hardwood floors covered with narrow-cut carpets; oak paneling and large-patterned wallpaper on the walls. A house this large certainly required several servants to help with its upkeep and the owner's image. The Tissington is a pure Victorian house, like any other Victorian house built in California, Kansas, or Maine. It adapts to Mobile climate through its open spaces, high ceilings, steep-pitched roofs, and especially through its large porch and balconies. It has many windows, mostly placed wherever they would look best, some of them of stained/ leaded glass. This house might have been more comfortable without air-conditioning than would the Vickers house, which is smaller and not as well ventilated. Many details "date" the Tissington house to the turn-of-the-century, including: stained/ leaded glass in windows; narrow-cut carpet on the floors; Victorian-turned columns on the porch; wooden handcarved designs on the tower (turret) and dormers; the decorated balustrade around the porch and balconies (jigsaw design on the railing, spindled balusters); detailed molding around the windows; many different sizes and shapes of windows. The tower itself, in addition to cupolas and turrets, were also common to the Victorian style of architecture represented in the Tissington house's design and construction. The houses of the 1930s were built in the Depression era, a time when people either did not have money or were very careful wit hit. Therefore, the houses built at the turn-of-the-century, a time when most people had fewer financial problems, would be fancier than houses built thirty years later. The people living in the Tissington house in the early 1900s could probably walk to shops and schools because they lived in town. But at the time the Vickers house was built (1935), Spring Hill was a suburb, "out in the country", and the children had to ride bikes to school and the Vickers had to drive into town to work or shop. The Mobile Public Library Study Grant: Growing Up in Mobile, Depression and Wartime Evaluation of Rebecca's architectural project Project: To compare and contrast the wealthy upper class housing of 1930 with the wealthy upper class housing of the turn of the century. The two houses selected by Rebecca were well chosen to illustrate the contrast in architectural development of the two periods. They also demonstrated the changes in the suburban growth of their respective years. The drawings added much to the project. Not only were they well done but they brought out essential differences in the architectural elements. The written descriptions were detailed enough to bring out the purpose of the project, that of the effect of housing on a child growing up in those surroundings. It would have been helpful if Rebecca could have interviewed Mrs. Tissington as she did Mrs. Vickers and it was unfortunate that she could not go through the interior of the Tissington house to get an accurate picture of the plan, not because she did not try. From the social standpoint the conclusions drawn were well stated. From the architectural standpoint it might have been interesting to have added a comment on the difference in craftsmanship evidenced in the details of the building since that is the point brought out by the drawings. Both Rebecca and her advisor, Jennifer, did a good job with the subject selected and carried out within the allotted time. They took many trips to the buildings, the photography was excellent and the drawings show much talent on the part of Rebecca. Elizabeth B. Gould, architectural historian Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Architectural Study - Rebecca Harrison Project, with Evaluation - 1983 Subject The topic of the resource Architecture Description An account of the resource A comparison of a wealthy upper-class house of 1930 with a wealthy upper-class house of the turn of the century Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rebecca Harrison Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rebecca Harrison Project Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Mobile Public Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1983 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Elizabeth Barrett Gould Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Growing-Up-in-Mobile-Harrison Architectural Study-1983 1901 1930 architecture Elizabeth Barrett Gould Great Depression Hillwood Mobile Rebecca Harrison Spring Hill Tissington House Vickers House https://digital.mobilepubliclibrary.org/files/original/7a663817575aef439f8568ca9c273cb3.jpg b5924366981dcc8f94b8bf45e3677891 https://digital.mobilepubliclibrary.org/files/original/22ee06b323d0c37929ec70ba62518c2c.jpg 08aa15b2f12f1f969c321b8753484f7b https://digital.mobilepubliclibrary.org/files/original/93256116b8b7836fb3594961a4265106.jpg df27711ca0599f19eeb3c86690603f47 https://digital.mobilepubliclibrary.org/files/original/e3c425f569553606719778f422329c74.jpg 5c8cb59f0d3d018cb362af56fdb239ea https://digital.mobilepubliclibrary.org/files/original/9b73bf69774399ad98e739df1602d0db.jpg 2db343b50157c7d3f714023b5cdde4a7 https://digital.mobilepubliclibrary.org/files/original/5e22d0a63762c8f371978b6315998996.jpg 32cab5be08d10b62e33907d7b5f88a4b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Vickers House Drawings, 1935 - Rebecca Harrison Project Subject The topic of the resource Vickers House architecture Description An account of the resource Drawings by Rebecca Harrison of the Vickers House, built 1935-1936 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rebecca Harrison Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rebecca Harrison Project Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Mobile Public Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1983 Relation A related resource Architectural Study - Rebecca Harrison Project, with Evaluation - 1983 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Growing-Up-in-Mobile-Vickers House Drawings-1983 1935 architecture drawing Mobile Rebecca Harrison Vickers House https://digital.mobilepubliclibrary.org/files/original/15c2182dace38f13d54574392ba7e7a3.jpg d66968a36c893813d966f1614e9a0d59 https://digital.mobilepubliclibrary.org/files/original/13ff611b9e262c9a44090afdecea587c.jpg 983c241628395abe3a219ee2c426545d https://digital.mobilepubliclibrary.org/files/original/33151ddcef0d2c8b1849bd0f5d88f892.jpg 55a3e9452fc63f42a3802da2ba22e7c4 https://digital.mobilepubliclibrary.org/files/original/e9ed94c5db6e1a9acaab8b8c8b837545.jpg 9f426a3586292bd34ea90c90b8267eed https://digital.mobilepubliclibrary.org/files/original/4237d0e0d26e20c8b9fe2660a1d9abca.jpg ea1f6799f4e023a88a0d44005ba7b29e https://digital.mobilepubliclibrary.org/files/original/aed8dd876d1a0474f018906a502818c6.jpg a3a42eb926626d59e1d24ecbe9535fa6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Tissington House Drawings, 1901 - Rebecca Harrison Project Subject The topic of the resource Tissington House architecture Description An account of the resource Drawings by Rebecca Harrison of the Tissington House, built 1901 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rebecca Harrison Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rebecca Harrison Project Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Mobile Public Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1983 Relation A related resource Architectural Study - Rebecca Harrison Project, with Evaluation - 1983 Vickers House Drawings, 1935 - Rebecca Harrison Project Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Growing-Up-in-Mobile-Tissington House Drawings-1983 1901 architecture drawing Mobile Rebecca Harrison Tissington House https://digital.mobilepubliclibrary.org/files/original/bf9304f4d8909d5419ed9104caac7dfb.mp4 da52a0951f190f2ffd050dea07b64489 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mobile Tricentennial Video Oral History Project Interview Clips Subject The topic of the resource Mobile, African American History Description An account of the resource Oral history interviews of elders in Mobile's African American communities. These items are clippings, and the full interviews are available for viewing at the Local History &amp; Genealogy division of the Mobile Public Library. A full listing of available interviews may be viewed <a href="http://digital.mobilepubliclibrary.org/items/show/2732">here</a>. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource National African American Archives & Museum, Museum of Mobile Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Mobile Tricentennial Video Oral History Project Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Mobile Public Library, Local History & Genealogy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1999-2002 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Kern Jackson Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource mp4 Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Oral history interviews Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Mobile-VOHP-Clips Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Kern Jackson Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Rosemary Braziel Butler Location The location of the interview 470 West Creek Circle, Mobile, AL 36617 Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Jackson: Um, tough question? Um, as a historian and this is a big, broad question but whatever you wanna say about it would be fine. Could you comment on race relations in Mobile? Butler: I’m having to give some thought to that. Actually when I was growing up, I didn’t notice it too much. ‘Cause we all, you know, it was just a thing, and we just walked down to the Saenger and go up in the balcony and we had such a good time, you know, everybody you knew would be up there in the balcony, so it really didn't matter. We would see some of our friends standing in the line at the white theater but we knew not to speak to them when they were in that line because we knew that they were passing. Jackson: What is that? Butler: Passing for white. There were some who were light enough to pass for white and I won’t… They would go to the white theater. So, and we would pass on our way to the Saenger we would sometimes pass the Crown and we would see these kids in the line over there but we it was an unwritten rule that we didn’t break that, you know, even though we were all in school together. Jackson: You think that’s something that went back to the times of the Adam Onas Treaty… Butler: I think so. Uh, huh. But nobody knew that they were passing. The people if they knew they didn’t say anything. But ah, like I say, even when even when I had to go through that at the Welfare Department, it just really didn’t bother me because it was I figured that you know, I was going to achieve over and above whatever they threw at me and so you know I had that inner desire and inner feeling that you know whatever happened I was gonna withstand it because I was gonna I was gonna be above it. Jackson: Uh, huh. Butler: So, I just, I guess ah, when did I first begin to really, really feel bad about it, maybe during World War II. That might’ve been when uh, I begin to have my first feelings about the differences and wanted to fight and be a part of a fight that would happen. Jackson: In your memory, how did that that notion of fighting take shape and what form did the fighting come for you? Butler: The form and the fighting came for me really rather late and it came through my husband. We had moved back to Mobile from Boston. He had gone to school at Boston University. And we stayed on a while. Then, because the family being here, we decided to come back to the South. And uh, he was working for the Mobile Housing Board and he saw no future there. Jackson: You didn’t tell me his name. Butler: Herbert Butler. And he was working for the Housing Board and we saw no future there. And this exam came up for state housing commission. So, he took the exam and was the only person to pass the exam. And we he was the only person to pass the exam. Governor Wallace abolished the position. So we decided that, that was not going to be. So, my husband was a friend of Senator, the first black senator, Senator Edward Brooke, who had gone to school together in Boston. And we wrote Eddie and he got the justice department involved and the justice department sued the state of Alabama. Made them give Herbert the job as State Housing Commissioner and made Governor Wallace pay him all the back salary that he would have earned if had hired him two years earlier. And Judge Frank Johnson, who just died, was the one who made the ruling. And in that ruling which still have upstairs, it opened the way for all blacks to be hired within the state, in state offices. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource War Letters: Ruse "Bill" O'Neil Sullivan to Isabel "Dolly" Neel Sullivan, 1942-1943 Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence Army Life WWII Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ruse O'Neil Sullivan Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Mobile Public Library, Local History & Genealogy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1942-1943 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Gabrielle Jones, Transcriber Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This file may be freely used for educational and research purposes as long as it is not altered in any way. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this file is permitted without written permission from this institution. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf jpeg Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context War-Letters-Sullivan-1942-1943 Description An account of the resource This collection primarily features a collection of handwritten letters by PFC Ruse O'Neil Sullivan to his mother, Isabel, in Mobile, during his service in the U.S. Army, specialty Automotive Parts Clerk. Born in Perkington, MS, on 1/30/1911, Ruse O. Sullivan had been a resident of Mobile, AL, for 77 years when he passed away on 9/15/1989 at the age of 78, according to his obituary in The Mobile Register, 9/16/1989. He served in the army from 8/7/42 - 12/3/43, at which time he was honorably discharged at Camp Lockett, California, by reason of Sec II AR 615-360, signifying a physical disability that rendered him unfit for military service, according to his enlistment record. His character was listed as “Excellent.” This collection was donated to the Local History & Genealogy Division of Mobile Public Library by the family of Ruse Sullivan’s daughter, Marcia Ann Sullivan Biggs, after her passing in 2023. Ann Biggs was a Mobile Public Library retiree and a Local History & Genealogy Division supernumerary who was passionate about history and researching family ancestry. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document P.F.C. R.O. SULLIVAN 2ND PROV. CO. BAR.452 ATLANTA ORD. MTR. BASE ATLANTA, GA. 4 ATLANTA GA. NOV 17 1942 1130 AM [Stamped in black on top-center of envelope] FREE BUY DEFENSE SAVINGS BONDS AND STAMPS [Stamped in black on top-right of envelope] Mrs. D.O. Sullivan 2152 Senator St Mobile, Ala. __ U.S. ARMY [Printed on center-top of letter in black, under the symbol of the U.S. national coat of arms] Nov. 16, 1942 Dear Mama, Well, maybe I can write a few lines tonight without getting called out. Calling home yesterday made me feel about 100% better as I was getting kind of blue. I haven’t been paid yet but am expecting to sign the payroll one day this week. I will be able to send you some then and will have a pretty good pay day. I went to the Ala. & Georgia Tech football game Sat. [Saturday] and had a good time. This girl I met up here is really a swell girl and plenty good looking. I have a date with her Wed. [Wednesday] nite if I can get out of camp and have enough money. I had to stand guard duty last Wed. [Wednesday] nite but I didn’t do much but sleep. The war news we here now all seems to be pretty good. I am sending a little picture home of me and 2 fellows we had made Fri. nite. One sleeps on each side of me and both are yankees. (OVER) Mama tell Ella I will write her in a day or two as it is pretty hard to find time now. Mr Gunter sent me some real pretty handkerchiefs and a nice shoe shine kit. Our company commander called me out at inspection Sat. and complimented me on having such nice polished shoes. I am sorry to hear about Bud, I wonder what run him nuts. Most all the fellows in here are from the north but everyone gets along good. This is our fourth week here and it hasn’t rained yet, so everyone has a cold. Well, I guess Gerald will have to go in the army but I hate to see him do it. We have just been issued heavy comforts but it is to warm to use them. How is Mrs. Lil getting along and do you ever see Mrs. Ketchum. Out of all the fellow in the army I very seldom see one from Alabama. Mama Ill have to close tonight but will write plenty from now on. Godnight and Lots of love Bill xxxxxxxxxxxxx Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Paper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter: 16 Nov 1942 Description An account of the resource P.F.C. R.O. SULLIVAN 2ND PROV. CO. BAR.452 ATLANTA ORD. MTR. BASE ATLANTA, GA. 4 ATLANTA GA. NOV 17 1942 1130 AM [Stamped in black on top-center of envelope] FREE BUY DEFENSE SAVINGS BONDS AND STAMPS [Stamped in black on top-right of envelope] Mrs. D.O. Sullivan 2152 Senator St Mobile, Ala. __ U.S. ARMY [Printed on center-top of letter in black, under the symbol of the U.S. national coat of arms] Nov. 16, 1942 Dear Mama, Well, maybe I can write a few lines tonight without getting called out. Calling home yesterday made me feel about 100% better as I was getting kind of blue. I haven’t been paid yet but am expecting to sign the payroll one day this week. I will be able to send you some then and will have a pretty good pay day. I went to the Ala. & Georgia Tech football game Sat. [Saturday] and had a good time. This girl I met up here is really a swell girl and plenty good looking. I have a date with her Wed. [Wednesday] nite if I can get out of camp and have enough money. I had to stand guard duty last Wed. [Wednesday] nite but I didn’t do much but sleep. The war news we here now all seems to be pretty good. I am sending a little picture home of me and 2 fellows we had made Fri. nite. One sleeps on each side of me and both are yankees. (OVER) Mama tell Ella I will write her in a day or two as it is pretty hard to find time now. Mr Gunter sent me some real pretty handkerchiefs and a nice shoe shine kit. Our company commander called me out at inspection Sat. and complimented me on having such nice polished shoes. I am sorry to hear about Bud, I wonder what run him nuts. Most all the fellows in here are from the north but everyone gets along good. This is our fourth week here and it hasn’t rained yet, so everyone has a cold. Well, I guess Gerald will have to go in the army but I hate to see him do it. We have just been issued heavy comforts but it is to warm to use them. How is Mrs. Lil getting along and do you ever see Mrs. Ketchum. Out of all the fellow in the army I very seldom see one from Alabama. Mama Ill have to close tonight but will write plenty from now on. Godnight and Lots of love Bill xxxxxxxxxxxxx Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ruse Sullivan Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 16 Nov 1942 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context War-Letters-16Nov1942 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Mobile Public Library, Local History & Genealogy Division Atlanta GA Gunter Ketchum Lil sullivan https://digital.mobilepubliclibrary.org/files/original/edb7fbe731f92267274b225f3933d19b.pdf 021317d7b1fb38f3a690a216e2bb4faa Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource War Letters: Ruse "Bill" O'Neil Sullivan to Isabel "Dolly" Neel Sullivan, 1942-1943 Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence Army Life WWII Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ruse O'Neil Sullivan Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Mobile Public Library, Local History & Genealogy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1942-1943 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Gabrielle Jones, Transcriber Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This file may be freely used for educational and research purposes as long as it is not altered in any way. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this file is permitted without written permission from this institution. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf jpeg Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context War-Letters-Sullivan-1942-1943 Description An account of the resource This collection primarily features a collection of handwritten letters by PFC Ruse O'Neil Sullivan to his mother, Isabel, in Mobile, during his service in the U.S. Army, specialty Automotive Parts Clerk. Born in Perkington, MS, on 1/30/1911, Ruse O. Sullivan had been a resident of Mobile, AL, for 77 years when he passed away on 9/15/1989 at the age of 78, according to his obituary in The Mobile Register, 9/16/1989. He served in the army from 8/7/42 - 12/3/43, at which time he was honorably discharged at Camp Lockett, California, by reason of Sec II AR 615-360, signifying a physical disability that rendered him unfit for military service, according to his enlistment record. His character was listed as “Excellent.” This collection was donated to the Local History & Genealogy Division of Mobile Public Library by the family of Ruse Sullivan’s daughter, Marcia Ann Sullivan Biggs, after her passing in 2023. Ann Biggs was a Mobile Public Library retiree and a Local History & Genealogy Division supernumerary who was passionate about history and researching family ancestry. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document FROM [Printed in blue] P.F.C. R.O. SULLIVAN 3457TH ORD. AUTO. MAINT. CO. PHOENIX, ARIZONA 2 PHOENIX ARIZ. MAR 24 1943 1230 PM [Stamped in black on top-center of envelope] FREE GIVE + RED CROSS WAR FUND [Stamped in black on right-top of envelope] Mrs. D.O. Sullivan 2152 Senator St. Mobile, Alabama. USO UNITED SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS [Printed in blue on center-top section, back of envelope] __ USO UNITED SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS [Printed in blue and red on top-left of page] Feb. 23, 1943 Dear Mama - I hope this finds you feeling fine and the weather a lot better. Yesterday I pulled a muscle loose in my back but the doctor fixed me up so I am kind of sore today. I worked today but about all I do is sit around and check parts out. The clouds are awful black this afternoon but I doubt if we get more than a sprinkle of rain. I have been going to bed early for the last four nights so I think I will just stay in until about Sat. [Saturday] or Sunday night. I spent more than I intended to on my trip so I am just about broke and payday isn’t until next week sometime. Tell Norma and Janelle that I appreciated their letter and if I don’t feel too sore tomorrow night I will send them one back. The Young Men’s Christian Associations · The National Catholic Community Service · The Salvation Army · The Young Women’s Christian Associations · The Jewish Welfare Board · The National Travelers Aid Association [Printed in blue on center-bottom of page] __ USO UNITED SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS [Printed in blue and red on top-left of page #2] Well, I finally got my dog tags yesterday and am wearing them on the necklace Mr Gunter sent me. I also see that they put me down as being Catholic on them. Out of about every 100 people you meet out here only about half of them are from Arizona. I have just finished eating supper and I am so full that I feel like I will explode. We had sauerkraut and weiners, cabbage, boiled irish potatoes, carrots, bread and [Illegible] butter, iced tea and either cherry jello or ice cream. We eat only the best of everything but I still can’t eat beets or liver and thank goodness we very seldom have it. Mama, I am really proud of my fountain pen and all that have used it want to buy it but I wouldn’t sell it for any amount. The Young Men’s Christian Associations · The National Catholic Community Service · The Salvation Army · The Young Women’s Christian Associations · The Jewish Welfare Board · The National Travelers Aid Association [Printed in blue on center-bottom of page] __ USO UNITED SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS [Printed in blue and red on top-left of page #3] There is an old guy here trying to talk to me that has been in the army for over 20 years and once served in the Russian Army. He doesn’t do much of anything but they are just letting him get in enough time for a pension. Mama, what ever happened to Jennie Dee, does she work or does anyone every see her? Not that I care too much, as I have a sweet one out here, but I would just like to know. Mama, I would like for you to meet this one out are as she is a real sweet girl of 25 and a brunette. I like her a lot but as for staying in the west, well I’d rather be in Mississippi. Well, I will close now and play a little ping pong before bedtime, so Goodnight Lots & lots of love & kisses, Bill The Young Men’s Christian Associations · The National Catholic Community Service · The Salvation Army · The Young Women’s Christian Associations · The Jewish Welfare Board · The National Travelers Aid Association [Printed in blue on center-bottom of page] Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Paper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter: 23 Feb 1943 Description An account of the resource FROM [Printed in blue] P.F.C. R.O. SULLIVAN 3457TH ORD. AUTO. MAINT. CO. PHOENIX, ARIZONA 2 PHOENIX ARIZ. MAR 24 1943 1230 PM [Stamped in black on top-center of envelope] FREE GIVE + RED CROSS WAR FUND [Stamped in black on right-top of envelope] Mrs. D.O. Sullivan 2152 Senator St. Mobile, Alabama. USO UNITED SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS [Printed in blue on center-top section, back of envelope] __ USO UNITED SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS [Printed in blue and red on top-left of page] Feb. 23, 1943 Dear Mama - I hope this finds you feeling fine and the weather a lot better. Yesterday I pulled a muscle loose in my back but the doctor fixed me up so I am kind of sore today. I worked today but about all I do is sit around and check parts out. The clouds are awful black this afternoon but I doubt if we get more than a sprinkle of rain. I have been going to bed early for the last four nights so I think I will just stay in until about Sat. [Saturday] or Sunday night. I spent more than I intended to on my trip so I am just about broke and payday isn’t until next week sometime. Tell Norma and Janelle that I appreciated their letter and if I don’t feel too sore tomorrow night I will send them one back. The Young Men’s Christian Associations · The National Catholic Community Service · The Salvation Army · The Young Women’s Christian Associations · The Jewish Welfare Board · The National Travelers Aid Association [Printed in blue on center-bottom of page] __ USO UNITED SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS [Printed in blue and red on top-left of page #2] Well, I finally got my dog tags yesterday and am wearing them on the necklace Mr Gunter sent me. I also see that they put me down as being Catholic on them. Out of about every 100 people you meet out here only about half of them are from Arizona. I have just finished eating supper and I am so full that I feel like I will explode. We had sauerkraut and weiners, cabbage, boiled irish potatoes, carrots, bread and [Illegible] butter, iced tea and either cherry jello or ice cream. We eat only the best of everything but I still can’t eat beets or liver and thank goodness we very seldom have it. Mama, I am really proud of my fountain pen and all that have used it want to buy it but I wouldn’t sell it for any amount. The Young Men’s Christian Associations · The National Catholic Community Service · The Salvation Army · The Young Women’s Christian Associations · The Jewish Welfare Board · The National Travelers Aid Association [Printed in blue on center-bottom of page] __ USO UNITED SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS [Printed in blue and red on top-left of page #3] There is an old guy here trying to talk to me that has been in the army for over 20 years and once served in the Russian Army. He doesn’t do much of anything but they are just letting him get in enough time for a pension. Mama, what ever happened to Jennie Dee, does she work or does anyone every see her? Not that I care too much, as I have a sweet one out here, but I would just like to know. Mama, I would like for you to meet this one out are as she is a real sweet girl of 25 and a brunette. I like her a lot but as for staying in the west, well I’d rather be in Mississippi. Well, I will close now and play a little ping pong before bedtime, so Goodnight Lots & lots of love & kisses, Bill The Young Men’s Christian Associations · The National Catholic Community Service · The Salvation Army · The Young Women’s Christian Associations · The Jewish Welfare Board · The National Travelers Aid Association [Printed in blue on center-bottom of page] Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ruse Sullivan Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 23 Feb 1943 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context War-Letters-23Feb1943 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Mobile Public Library, Local History & Genealogy Division Dee dog tag food Gunter Phoenix AZ https://digital.mobilepubliclibrary.org/files/original/0d9a57810786c799f0d0d26b3f35648e.pdf 156c8aaf3ab49caf3305e61ccde0c41d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource War Letters: Ruse "Bill" O'Neil Sullivan to Isabel "Dolly" Neel Sullivan, 1942-1943 Subject The topic of the resource Correspondence Army Life WWII Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ruse O'Neil Sullivan Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Mobile Public Library, Local History & Genealogy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1942-1943 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Gabrielle Jones, Transcriber Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This file may be freely used for educational and research purposes as long as it is not altered in any way. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this file is permitted without written permission from this institution. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf jpeg Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context War-Letters-Sullivan-1942-1943 Description An account of the resource This collection primarily features a collection of handwritten letters by PFC Ruse O'Neil Sullivan to his mother, Isabel, in Mobile, during his service in the U.S. Army, specialty Automotive Parts Clerk. Born in Perkington, MS, on 1/30/1911, Ruse O. Sullivan had been a resident of Mobile, AL, for 77 years when he passed away on 9/15/1989 at the age of 78, according to his obituary in The Mobile Register, 9/16/1989. He served in the army from 8/7/42 - 12/3/43, at which time he was honorably discharged at Camp Lockett, California, by reason of Sec II AR 615-360, signifying a physical disability that rendered him unfit for military service, according to his enlistment record. His character was listed as “Excellent.” This collection was donated to the Local History & Genealogy Division of Mobile Public Library by the family of Ruse Sullivan’s daughter, Marcia Ann Sullivan Biggs, after her passing in 2023. Ann Biggs was a Mobile Public Library retiree and a Local History & Genealogy Division supernumerary who was passionate about history and researching family ancestry. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document P.F.C. R.O. SULLIVAN 3457TH ORD. A. M. CO. PHOENIX, ARIZONA 2 PHOENIX ARIZ. MAY 31 1943 1130 AM [Stamped in black on top-center of envelope] [Red postage stamp on top-right of envelope, shows an airplane with “AIR 6¢ MAIL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA” at the bottom] AIR MAIL Mrs. D.O. Sullivan 2152 Senator St. Mobile, Alabama __ 5-30-43 Dear Mama – Just a few lines tonight to let you know that I am feeling fine and hope you and everyone is the same. I just came off guard last night and have been sleeping nearly all day. It is about all that I can do to find time to write as we are all as busy as we can be packing up. About 20 of the fellows are leaving tomorrow to get things ready for us when we come down. Well, my new address will be the same except I will be in Camp Lockett, California. This camp is up in the mountains on the Mexican border sixty miles south of San Diego. I am real anxious to go, for one thing they sleep under blankets nearly all summer. We won’t be close to any town except El Centro, Calif. And that is about forty miles. You get passes on weekends and trucks to take you to different places and bring you back Sunday night. On these trips you can go over into Mexicali and really have a good time. (OVER). About once a month or twice you can go up to L.A. & Hollywood for three days at a time. Another good thing is that when I get a furlough I can take the train right in the camp and go all the way to New Orleans. Some of my buddies have been down there for about three months and wouldn’t move if they had a chance. If things work out alright I’ll probably get my furlough next month. I had a physical exam. Last week and I am in perfect health and weigh 180. The doctor told me that I would get my teeth all fixed down there as that is our headquarters and they have their own hospital. When I come home I will really have some tales to tell you of some of the places and things that I have seen. You might not be able to read this as I am writing it on my knee. Well, I will close until tomorrow and shave & go to bed. Goodnight Lots & lots of love & kisses Bill Keep writing me in Phoenix until I tell you. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Paper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter: 30 May 1943 Description An account of the resource P.F.C. R.O. SULLIVAN 3457TH ORD. A. M. CO. PHOENIX, ARIZONA 2 PHOENIX ARIZ. MAY 31 1943 1130 AM [Stamped in black on top-center of envelope] [Red postage stamp on top-right of envelope, shows an airplane with “AIR 6¢ MAIL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA” at the bottom] AIR MAIL Mrs. D.O. Sullivan 2152 Senator St. Mobile, Alabama __ 5-30-43 Dear Mama – Just a few lines tonight to let you know that I am feeling fine and hope you and everyone is the same. I just came off guard last night and have been sleeping nearly all day. It is about all that I can do to find time to write as we are all as busy as we can be packing up. About 20 of the fellows are leaving tomorrow to get things ready for us when we come down. Well, my new address will be the same except I will be in Camp Lockett, California. This camp is up in the mountains on the Mexican border sixty miles south of San Diego. I am real anxious to go, for one thing they sleep under blankets nearly all summer. We won’t be close to any town except El Centro, Calif. And that is about forty miles. You get passes on weekends and trucks to take you to different places and bring you back Sunday night. On these trips you can go over into Mexicali and really have a good time. (OVER). About once a month or twice you can go up to L.A. & Hollywood for three days at a time. Another good thing is that when I get a furlough I can take the train right in the camp and go all the way to New Orleans. Some of my buddies have been down there for about three months and wouldn’t move if they had a chance. If things work out alright I’ll probably get my furlough next month. I had a physical exam. Last week and I am in perfect health and weigh 180. The doctor told me that I would get my teeth all fixed down there as that is our headquarters and they have their own hospital. When I come home I will really have some tales to tell you of some of the places and things that I have seen. You might not be able to read this as I am writing it on my knee. Well, I will close until tomorrow and shave & go to bed. Goodnight Lots & lots of love & kisses Bill Keep writing me in Phoenix until I tell you. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ruse Sullivan Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 30 May 1943 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Correspondence Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context War-Letters-30May1943 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Mobile Public Library, Local History & Genealogy Division California Camp Lockett furlough Hollywood New Orleans Phoenix AZ