| Title: |
Elsie Purnell Robinson
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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: |
Living in Church Hill (Dog Bottom). This is an interview with Mrs. Elsie Purnell Robinson, retired Directress of The Linwood Robinson Senior Center, active community worker, prominent church worker, property owner, long time neighbor. Mrs. Robinson talks about life in the 24th Street area of Church Hill known as Dog Bottom for many years. Mrs. Robinson's family, maternal grandparents, William and Emma Murray, were one of the first families to build in this area. This interview was conducted March 11, 1982 in the home of Mrs. Elsie P. Robinson at 1204 North 24th Street.
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| URL: |
http://www.library.vcu.edu/jbc/speccoll/vbha/church/robinse.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: |
Robinson, Elsie Purnell, 1913-
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1913
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| Speaker race: |
Black
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| Age at speaking: |
69
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| Document date: |
11-Mar-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: |
OHI0034090-37436
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