| Title: |
Davenport, Laura Mae
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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: |
Mrs. Laura Mae Davenport was born in Gholson, Mississippi, on October 22, 1908 to Annie Elizabeth Haynes and Will Hailey. Her father was a mail carrier and farmer and her mother a housewife.
Mrs. Davenport has fond memories of her childhood, both in Gholson and with at her grandmother's house in Shuqualak, Mississippi. She attended the Noxubee County Agricultural High School before moving back to Shuqualak to finish high school in 1927. She began a teaching career and completed one year of course work at The University of Southern Mississippi, at that time known as State Teachers' College.
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| URL: |
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~spcol/coh/cohdavenportl.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: |
Davenport, Laura Mae, 1908-
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
22-Oct-1908
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Gholson, MS; Mississippi; United States; North America
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| Speaker occupation: |
Businesswoman; Homemaker; Teacher
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| Age at speaking: |
91
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| Document date: |
24-Aug-1999
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| Interviewer: |
Cotton, Rob
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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: |
OHI0025623-27514
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