African Americans in Harrisonburg : transcripts and other printed materials for a set of oral history tapes / edited by Inez Ramsey.

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African Americans in Harrisonburg : transcripts and other printed materials for a set of oral history tapes / edited by Inez Ramsey.

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Information from tapes: 23 transcripts, 3 short papers on interviewees, 4 interview questionnaire forms, 3 family tree sheets, and other miscellaneous information taken from interviews. Supplemental information includes list of persons buried in "Newtown Cemetery," the colored cemetery located on Kelly and Hill Streets, Harrisonburg, Va; "Roll of colored voters in Rockingham in the early 1900's, " researched by Johnny Dove; 2 pages from the "History of the Augusta Street Methodist Church;" 6 newspaper articles; 6 photographs and 4 negatives. Newspaper articles include: "Earl Johnson," from AFRO Magazine, Nov. 21, 1953, "R.E. Johnson dies; former Olympian" (Harrisonburg, Va. Daily News-Record (?), n.d.); "Mr. Harris has 93rd birthday, " retired principal of Lucy Simms School (H'burg Daily News-Record (?), n.d.); "Simms School, " (H'burg Daily News-Record, Aug. 22, 1978); "Despite segregation law, 'people were kind', " by Chris Simmons (H'burg Daily News-Record, Thurs., July 3, 1980); "Roberta Webb, a Valley treasure: black educator lived her religion, " (H'burg Daily News-Record, Tues., Feb. 7, 1995). Photographs and negatives of Miss Lucy Simms and school children.

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Peggy Simson Curry, a writer and Wyoming's first Poet Laureate was born in 1912 in Scotland, and moved with her parents to the cattle ranching country around the North Park area of Colorado as a small child. She received her English degree from the University of Wyoming in 1936. In 1939 she settled with her husband in Casper, Wyoming, remaining there until her death in 1987. She taught creative writing at Casper College from 1951-1976. Her writings include four novels, a textbook, 2 volumes of p...