| Title: |
Melissa West
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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: |
Tape interview with Mrs. Melissa West. Mrs. West presently lives at 2117 Braddock Road in Henrico County, however she for many years lived in the Church Hill area and attended Good Shepard Baptist Church. Good Shepard being one of the old churches of the Hill, one of the noted churches of the Hill. Mrs. West has agreed to share her remembrances of life in Church Hill and we are happy to be able to present her recollections.
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| URL: |
http://www.library.vcu.edu/jbc/speccoll/vbha/church/west.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: |
West, Melissa, 1889-
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
29-Mar-1889
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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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| Age at speaking: |
93
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| Document location: |
Richmond, VA
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| Document date: |
02-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: |
OHI0034094-37440
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