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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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People Shuttlesworth, Fred L., 1922-2011

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1. J.L. Chestnut interview

Creator:: Chestnut, J.L.
Manis, Andrew Michael
Date of Original:: 1989-12-27
Collection:: Oral Histories
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

2. Rev. C. T. Vivian interview

Creator:: Vivian, Cordy Tindell
Manis, Andrew Michael
Date of Original:: 1989-12-27
Collection:: Oral Histories
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

3. Dr. Jonathan MacPherson interview

Creator:: MacPherson, Jonathan
Manis, Andrew Michael
Date of Original:: 1989-08-04
Collection:: Oral Histories
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

4. James T. Montgomery, M.D. interview

Creator:: Montgomery, James T.
Manis, Andrew Michael
Date of Original:: 1989-08-04
Collection:: Oral Histories
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

5. Mrs. Pinky Shortridge interview

Creator:: Shortridge, Pinky
Manis, Andrew Michael
Date of Original:: 1989-08-03
Collection:: Oral Histories
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

6. Reverend Nelson H. Smith, Jr. interview

Creator:: Smith, Nelson H., Jr.
Manis, Andrew Michael
Date of Original:: 1989-08-03
Collection:: Oral Histories
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

7. James Roberson interview

Creator:: Roberson, James
Manis, Andrew Michael
Date of Original:: 1989-08-02
Collection:: Oral Histories
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

8. F.D. Reese interview

Creator:: Reese, Frederick D.
Manis, Andrew Michael
Date of Original:: 1989-08-01
Collection:: Oral Histories
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

9. Reverend Norman Jimerson interview

Creator:: Jimerson, Norman
Manis, Andrew Michael
Date of Original:: 1989-06-13
Collection:: Oral Histories
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

10. Charles Morgan interview

Creator:: Morgan, Charles
Manis, Andrew Michael
Date of Original:: 1989-05-24
Collection:: Oral Histories
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

11. Clifton Shuttlesworth interview

Creator:: Shuttlesworth, Clifton
Manis, Andrew Michael
Date of Original:: 1989-02-04
Collection:: Oral Histories
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)

12. Fred L. Shuttlesworth, Jr. interview

Creator:: Shuttlesworth, Fred L., Jr.
Manis, Andrew Michael
Date of Original:: 1989-01-13
Collection:: Oral Histories
Contributing Institution:: Birmingham Public Library (Ala.)