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Summaries and notes for the oral history interviews

Paulette Davis Horton Interview Clip

Part of the VOHP interview of Paulette Davis Horton, discussing her book, Avenue, the People, the Places, the Memories, and discussing her experiences interviewing Mobilians for the book

Tags: Avenue, book, Davis Avenue, mardi gras, Melody Masters, Mobile, Paulette Davis Horton, race relations, racial identity

Long Gardens 2

View of a flowered walkway in Long Gardens, Tuthill Lane, Mobile, Alabama.

Tags: Azalea Trail, azaleas, garden, Long Gardens, Mobile, postcard

Architectural Study - Rebecca Harrison Project, with Evaluation - 1983

Architectural Study . Rebecca Harrison.pdf

A comparison of a wealthy upper-class house of 1930 with a wealthy upper-class house of the turn of the century

Tags: 1901, 1930, architecture, Elizabeth Barrett Gould, Great Depression, Hillwood, Mobile, Rebecca Harrison, Spring Hill, Tissington House, Vickers House

Vickers House Drawings, 1935 - Rebecca Harrison Project

Front Porch . Vickers House . Harrison.jpg

Drawings by Rebecca Harrison of the Vickers House, built 1935-1936

Tags: 1935, architecture, drawing, Mobile, Rebecca Harrison, Vickers House

Tissington House Drawings, 1901 - Rebecca Harrison Project

Drawings by Rebecca Harrison of the Tissington House, built 1901

Tags: 1901, architecture, drawing, Mobile, Rebecca Harrison, Tissington House

Rosemary Braziel Butler Interview Clip

Rosemary Butler talks about race relations in Mobile, including segregated theaters and her husband's fight for the position of State Housing Commissioner .

Tags: Mobile Housing Board, race relations, segregation, theater, Wallace

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…

Tags: Atlanta GA, Gunter, Ketchum, Lil, sullivan

Letter: 23 Feb 1943

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…

Tags: Dee, dog tag, food, Gunter, Phoenix AZ

Letter: 30 May 1943

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…

Tags: California, Camp Lockett, furlough, Hollywood, New Orleans, Phoenix AZ

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