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Oral histories

This collection includes transcriptions of interviews about Birmingham events and personalities.

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Creator
Manis, Andrew Michael
Windham, Kathryn Tucker
Cook, Ben
Spira, Iris
Shuttlesworth, Fred L.
Rich, Deborah
Aaron, Shirley
Pettway, Monroe
Pettway, Parzie
Davis, Lorenzo, 1917-1997
Fullerton, Christopher D. (Christopher Dean), 1967-1997
Hairston, Sam, 1920-1997

Publisher
Birmingham, Ala. : Birmingham Public Library

Date of Original
1889/1995

Subject
Jews--Alabama--Birmingham--History
African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama--Birmingham
Gee’s Bend (Ala.)
Wilcox County (Ala.)--History
African Americans--Alabama--Gee's Bend
African American baseball players
Baseball--Alabama--Birmingham
Birmingham Black Barons (Baseball team)
Negro leagues
Oral history
African American women--Alabama--Gee's Bend
Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights
Religion

People
Shuttlesworth, Fred L., 1922-
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Davis, Lorenzo, 1917-1997
Hairston, Sam, 1920-1997
Nagrodzki, Szymon
Zeidman, M. Eugene, 1904-
Ziff, Sidney, 1911-
Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990
Back, Isador
Barber, Sam
Beck, Ira
Becker, Rose, 1914-
Berkowitz, Abe
Bevel, James
Blitz, Herman
Bolden, Jim
Cohn, Adele
Cohn, Anne
Cooper, Annie Lee
Cooper, Fanny
Daitz, Goldie, 1912-
Eubanks, Isadore
Fairley, Johnny
Feidelson, Lena, 1889-
Friedman, Frank
Friend, E. M.
Gilliam, Elijah, 1934-2004
Gillis, Louis, 1924-2005
Givens, Benjamin
Goldstein, Bessie
Greenberg, Emanuel
Greenberg, Rosabelle
Greenwald, Abe
Griggs, Wiley
Haggins, Raymond
Harris, Donald, 1936-
Ivory, James, 1939-
Jaffe, Helen
Kessler, Nessie Scherer, 1881-
Kurman, Helen
Levine, Isadore S., 1907-
Levine, Julia
Levy, Dorothy
Levy, Morris Scotty
Lewis, Leonard
Mautner, Hella
Mirelman, Sofia
Mitchell, Jesse J., 1934-2010
Newfield, Mayer
Ostrovsky, Akiva, 1914-
Paskowitz, Jake
Perel, Dora
Powell, William, 1919-2004
Reese, Frederick D.
Roseman, Malvin, 1907-
Sarasohn, Max, 1897-
Shapiro, Sol
Shiland, Dorothy
Shiland, Pearl
Sokol, Max
Spira, Iris
Steiner, Dorothy L, 1907-
Sterne, Dorah
Weinstein, Leon, 1910-
Young, Archie, 1930-
Young, Willie C., 1912-

Location
United States, Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, 33.52066, -86.80249

Medium
audiocassettes
open reel audiotapes
MP3
PDF
typescripts

Type
Sound, Text

Description
This collection includes transcriptions of interviews about Birmingham events and personalities.

Metadata URL
https://cdm16044.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15099coll2

Language
eng

Contributing Institution
Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

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1. Laymon Ramsey interview

Creator:: Ramsey, Laymon, 1917-
Cook, Ben
Date of Original:: 1995-08-11
Collection:: Oral Histories
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

2. Archie Young interview

Creator:: Young, Archie, 1930-
Cook, Ben
Date of Original:: 1995-07-21
Collection:: Oral Histories
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

3. Benjamin Givens interview

Creator:: Givens, Benjamin
Cook, Ben
Date of Original:: 1995-07-07
Collection:: Oral Histories
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

4. James Ivory interview

Creator:: Ivory, James, 1939-
Cook, Ben
Date of Original:: 1995-07-07
Collection:: Oral Histories
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

5. Louis Gillis interview

Creator:: Gillis, Louis, 1924-2005
Cook, Ben
Date of Original:: 1995-06-28
Collection:: Oral Histories
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

6. Raymond Haggins interview

Creator:: Haggins, Raymond
Cook, Ben
Date of Original:: 1995-06-28
Collection:: Oral Histories
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

7. Jesse Mitchell interview

Creator:: Mitchell, Jesse J., 1934-
Cook, Ben
Date of Original:: 1995-06-16
Collection:: Oral Histories
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

8. Sam Barber interview

Creator:: Barber, Sam
Cook, Ben
Date of Original:: 1995-06-16
Collection:: Oral Histories
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

9. Sam Hairston interview part 1

Creator:: Hairston, Sam, 1920-1997
Cook, Ben
Date of Original:: 1995-06-16
Collection:: Oral Histories
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

10. Sam Hairston interview part 2

Creator:: Hairston, Sam, 1920-1997
Cook, Ben
Date of Original:: 1995-06-16
Collection:: Oral Histories
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

11. Willie Young interview

Creator:: Young, Willie C., 1912-
Cook, Ben
Date of Original:: 1995-06-14
Collection:: Oral Histories
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

12. Elijah Gilliam interview

Creator:: Gilliam, Elijah, 1934-2004
Cook, Ben
Date of Original:: 1995
Collection:: Oral Histories
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)