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An oral history interview with Ida Ellett, December 13, 2011

Collection:: Historic Fulton Oral History Project
Title:: An oral history interview with Ida Ellett, December 13, 2011
Contributor to Resource:: Ellett, Ida (interviewee)
Morris, Caroline Chandler, 1980- (interviewer)
Perez, Mary Patricia
Johnson, Corliss Freda
James Branch Cabell Library Special Collections and Archives.
Greater Fulton's Future (Project). Legacy Committee
Virginia Local Initiatives Support Corporation
Neighborhood Resource Center (Richmond, Va.)
The Valentine
VCU Libraries (publisher)
Date of Original:: 2011-12-13
Subject:: Richmond (Va.)--Social conditions
Urban renewal--Virginia--Richmond
Neighborhoods--Virginia--Richmond--Social conditions
People:: Ellett, Ida--Childhood and youth--Anecdotes
Ellett, Ida--Interviews
Location:: United States, Virginia, City of Richmond, 37.55376, -77.46026
Medium:: sound recordings
oral histories (literary works)
Type:: Sound
Text
Description:: In this interview, Ida Ellett describes her experiences growing up in the Historic Fulton neighborhood of Richmond, Va. in the 1920s and 1930s; how her family settled in Historic Fulton; memories of the schools she attended; her move to Washington, D.C. for her job with the Census Bureau; her marriage and children; paying poll taxes to register to vote; campaigning for Oliver Hill; finishing her degree at Virginia Commonwealth University; the racial segregation that existed between Historic Fulton and Fulton Hill, and feelings about the Historic Fulton development plan.
An interview conducted as part of the Historic Fulton Oral History Project documenting life in the Historic Fulton community in the East End of Richmond, Virginia.
Local Identifier:: contentdm id: ful/id/74
F234.R56
Metadata URL:: https://digital.library.vcu.edu/islandora/object/vcu:37819
Language:: eng
Additional Rights Information:: This material is protected by copyright, and the copyright is held by The Valentine. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, non-commercial use of this material is permitted. For any commercial uses, permission is required.
Original Collection:: Historic Fulton Oral History Project
Contributing Institution:: James Branch Cabell Library. Special Collections and Archives
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