| Title: |
Tonos, Billie Rossie
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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: |
One of eight children, Billie Rossie Tonos was born November 12, 1924, in Shaw, Mississippi, to Nazira Hallal Rossie and Sam Rossie, Americans of Lebanese descent. In May of 1942, she was graduated from Shaw High School as valedictorian of her class.
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| URL: |
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~spcol/coh/cohtonosb.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: |
Tonos, Billie Rossie, 1924-
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
12-Nov-1924
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Shaw, MS; Mississippi; United States; North America
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| Speaker occupation: |
Teacher
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| Age at speaking: |
75
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| Document date: |
10-Sep-1999
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| Interviewer: |
Outlaw, Brenda
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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: |
OHI0025736-27662
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