| Title: |
Story, Ruth Y.
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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. Ruth Evans Story was born on October 20, 1943, in Gulfport, Mississippi. Her father was Wilson Evans, a longshoreman and president of the International Longshoreman's Association in Gulfport. Her mother was Valeria Turner Evans. Her memories of childhood are happy ones of grandparents and parents, aunts and uncles, cousins and lots of family gatherings. Additionally, church was an important part of life when Mrs. Story was growing up. Education was supported and even required in her family. She was graduated from high school and attended Dillard University in New Orleans. On October 18, 1962, Ms. Ruth Evans married Almer L. Story in Gulfport.
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| URL: |
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~spcol/coh/cohstoryr.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: |
Story, Ruth Y., 1943-
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
20-Oct-1943
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Gulfport, MS; Mississippi; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
Black
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| Speaker occupation: |
Teacher
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| Age at speaking: |
56
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| Document date: |
24-Nov-1999
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| Interviewer: |
Henderson, William
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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: |
OHI0025728-27652
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