| Title: |
Story, W. Ross
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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: |
Born to Arthur Story and Roberta Lofton Story, Dr. W. Ross Story made his entrance into the world on March 26, 1947, in Cleveland, Mississippi. His parents were sharecroppers in the Mississippi Delta. He is the youngest of six children who grew up in the Mississippi countryside, playing and working together. When he was a child, Dr. Story's parents urged their children to acquire as much education as they could. Dr. Story attended H.M. Neller Elementary and Eastside High School in Cleveland, Mississippi. He participated in the Future Farmers of America and the Four-H Club.
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| URL: |
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~spcol/coh/cohstoryw.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, W. Ross, 1947-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
26-Mar-1947
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Cleveland, MS; Mississippi; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
Black
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| Speaker occupation: |
Dean; Laborer; Professor; Teacher
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| Age at speaking: |
52
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| Document date: |
22-Oct-1999
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| Interviewer: |
Boyd, Carol
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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: |
OHI0025729-27654
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