| Title: |
Lillian Burke Willis
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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 and Teaching in Church Hill (Shedtown). This is a tape interview with Mrs. Lillian Burke Willis of 1111 North 20th Street. Mrs. Willis, Mrs. Willis is a retired teacher from Richmond Public Schools, who taught for a number of years at George Mason Elementary School. Mrs. Willis has also worked for many years with the Girl Scouts, Fourth Baptist Church, and she comes from a family that is well thought of in the Church Hill and Richmond communities. The Burkes, who originally came from Jackson Ward, settled in Church Hill and made many significant contributions to their new found community. This interview was conducted March 27, 1982 at the home of Mrs. Lillian Burke Willis.
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| URL: |
http://www.library.vcu.edu/jbc/speccoll/vbha/church/willis.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: |
Willis, Lillian Burke, 1911-
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1911
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| Speaker race: |
Black
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| Speaker occupation: |
Teacher
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| Age at speaking: |
71
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| Document location: |
Richmond, VA
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| Document date: |
27-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: |
OHI0034097-37443
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