| Title: |
Jean Harris Ellis
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Virginia Commonwealth University. James Branch Cabell Library. Special Collections and Archives. Virginia Black History Archives
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| Collection: |
Church Hill Oral History Collection
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| Description: |
This is a taped interview with Dr. Jean Harris Ellis, better known as Dr. Jean Harris. Dr. Harris, the first black admitted to the Medical College of Virginia and the first woman, or black, to serve on the Cabinet of a Virginia Governor, has agreed to share her remembrances of growing up in Richmond's Church Hill section. She is the daughter of the late Vernon J. Harris and credits her father's influence amongst other influences as shaping her life and philosophy.
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| URL: |
http://www.library.vcu.edu/jbc/speccoll/vbha/church/harrisj.html
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1982 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Ellis, Jean Harris, 1931-
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
24-Nov-1931
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Richmond, VA; Virginia; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
Black
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| Speaker occupation: |
Physician
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| Age at speaking: |
51
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| Document date: |
29-Sep-1982
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| Interviewer: |
Mensah, Akida M.
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; Richmond, VA; United States; Virginia
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Historic districts--Richmond (Va.); Neighborhood--Richmond (Va.); North America; Oral history; Richmond (Va.)--History; Richmond, VA; United States; Virginia
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| ASP release: |
2007-01
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| Document code: |
OHI0034074-37418
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