| Title: |
Mabel Burts
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
City of Alexandria, Virginia. Historic Alexandria
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| Collection: |
Historic Alexandria Oral History Collection
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| Description: |
Mabel Burts has fond memories of her neighborhood around St. Asaph and Franklin Sts. where she was raised by an extended family, including her grandmother who had been a slave. She worked at the torpedo factory and Ft. Belvoir's Army Hospital. She has been very active at her church assisting in many social activities and benefit programs.
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| URL: |
http://oha.ci.alexandria.va.us/oha-main/oralhistory/oha-mabelburts.html
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 2002 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Burts, Mabel, 1910-
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
15-Mar-1910
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Woodlawn Plantation, VA; Virginia; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
Black
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| Speaker occupation: |
Factory employee
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| Age at speaking: |
92
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| Document location: |
Alexandria, VA
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| Document date: |
20-Mar-2002
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| Locations discussed: |
Alexandria, VA; North America; United States; Virginia
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Alexandria (Va.)--History; Alexandria, VA; Local history; North America; Old Town (Alexandria, Va.)--History; Oral history; United States; Virginia
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0029165-32245
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