| Title: |
James, Mrs. Lyle
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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. Lyle James is the daughter of George and Stella Hollingsworth. She was born in November 1923, in Detroit, Michigan, where her father worked at the Ford plant. She has one brother and one sister.
The family moved to the South when James was thirteen years old. She finished the tenth grade, and in 1941 she married Ralph James and the couple moved to Gulfport, Mississippi. They had four children, Ralph, Jr., Judy, and twins. One of the twins is Kay James, who is women's basketball coach at the University of Southern Mississippi.
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| URL: |
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~spcol/coh/cohjamesl.html
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1994 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
James, Mrs. Lyle, 1923-
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
Nov-1923
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Detroit, MI; Michigan; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Hairdresser; Teacher
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| Age at speaking: |
71
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| Document date: |
20-Nov-1994
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| Interviewer: |
Adams, Kim
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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: |
OHI0025658-27561
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