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Oral histories

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

More About This Collection

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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Subject Oral history

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.)