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Descriptions of Oral History Interview Tapes

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