| Title: |
Allsup, Dorothea
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
University of Southern Mississippi. Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage
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| Collection: |
Mississippi Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Dorothea Allsup was born on February 4, 1916 to Joseph Arthur Shaul and Anna Christina Nelson. She is the oldest of three Shaul children. Her family resided in Banner County, Nebraska, but they moved to Epes, Alabama, when she was four, and Macon, Mississippi, when she was seventeen. The move is attributed to the fact that Allsup's mother needed to move to a lower altitude and warmer climate than Nebraska offered. The move is also attributed to the fact that her father's horse trading with the assistance of his associate rancher, Ballmy Johnson, did well in the South. While in Alabama, her father and Mr. Johnson were, according to her, "probably the only two people in Mississippi or Alabama that had on a cowboy hat and boots." Her father was known for his kindness and he helped people in both states move from riding mules to horses, and taught them how start cattle grazing on their lands.
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| URL: |
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~spcol/coh/cohallsupd.html
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1999 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Allsup, Dorothea, 1916-
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
4-Feb-1916
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Banner County, NE; Nebraska; United States; North America
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| Speaker occupation: |
Bookkeeper; Landlord; Real estate broker
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| Age at speaking: |
83
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| Document date: |
10-Aug-1999
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| Interviewer: |
Walton, Shana
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| Locations discussed: |
Mississippi; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Agriculture; Cities and towns--Mississippi; City and town life--Mississippi; Community; Local history; Mississippi; Mississippi--History; North America; Oral history; United States
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0024130-27479
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