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Oral history with Mrs. Lyle James
F341.5 . M57 vol. 678
Funding for this project provided by The Mississippi State Legislature, The Mississippi Humanities Council, The Mississippi Department of Archives and History, and the Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage at the University of Southern Mississippi.
This transcription of an oral history by the Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage of The University of Southern Mississippi may not be reproduced or published in any form except that quotation of short excerpts of unrestricted transcripts and the associated tape recordings is permissible providing written consent is obtained from the Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage. When literary rights have been retained by the interviewee, written permission to use the material must be obtained from both the interviewee and the Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage. Please call ( 601) 266- 4574 for more information.
Biography
Mrs. Lyle James is the daughter of George and Stella Hollingsworth. She was born in November 1923, in Detroit, Michigan, where her father worked at the Ford plant. She has one brother and one sister.
The family moved to the South when James was thirteen years old. She finished the tenth grade, and in 1941 she married Ralph James and the couple moved to Gulfport, Mississippi. They had four children, Ralph, Jr., Judy, and twins. One of the twins is Kay James, who is women's basketball coach at the University of Southern Mississippi.
Once her children were in school, James worked for Sears Roebuck and A and P. She then attended beauty college and ran her own beauty salon for thirty years. She also worked as a substitute teacher.
Mrs. James is a devote Christian and has taught Sunday school for thirty- five years.
Table of Contents
I. Youth, racial attitudes, teaching African Americans and whites
II. Family, father's attitude toward African Americans
III. The Great Depression
IV. World War II, rationing
V. James's employment, husband's stroke
VI. Current situation, crime
VII. Advice for young people today, most noteworthy event in James's life
VIII. Pride in her daughter's Christianity, how James began teaching Sunday school
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Object Description
| Title | Oral history with Mrs. Lyle James |
| Description | Oral history.; Discusses youth, racial attitudes, and teaching African American and white children as a substitute teacher. Also discusses life during the Great Depression, and rationing during World War II. Talks about the various employment she held, both before and after her husband's stroke. |
| Date of interview | 20 November 1994 |
| Interviewer | Adams, Kim. |
| Coverage (time period) | 1923-1999 |
| Resource type | Text |
| Format | Digital reproduction of a 8-page document. |
| Language | English |
| Publisher |
University of Southern Mississippi. Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage. University of Southern Mississippi Libraries. (electronic version) |
| Contributors | Electronic version made available through a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute for Museum and Library Services to the University of Southern Mississippi. |
| Rights | Copyright protected. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required. |
| Contributing institution | Mississippi Oral History Program of the University of Southern Mississippi. |
| Digital repository | University of Southern Mississippi Digital Collections. |
| Digital collection | Oral History. |
| File size | 214.076 KB |
| File extension | |
| Identifier | mus-coh.jamesl |
| File name | mus-coh.jamesl.pdf |
