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Oral history with Veola Chase
F341.5 . M57 vol. 733
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. Veola Chase is one of three girls and eight boys born to Huey and Martha J. Jackson. The Jacksons moved from Pike County to their family home on Fairley Street in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. After her marriage, Mrs. Chase lived on Martin Luther King Avenue in Hattiesburg.
Mrs. Chase attended Eureka High School, graduating in 1937. She enjoyed her school years. She particularly remembers that " all of the children were community children," watched over by the entire community.
Table of Contents
I. Family; education; description of the Eureka High School building; the school day
II. Textbooks; classes; principals and teachers; community involvement in the school; football and basketball; outstanding Eureka students
Transcript
This is an interview for the Mississippi Oral History Program of The University of Southern Mississippi. The interview is with Veola Chase and is taking place December 22, 1995. The interviewer is Annie Pope.
Pope: Today’s date is December 22, 1995. Miss Chase, would you tell us who were your parents and the number of children in the family.
Chase: My parents were Huey Jackson and Martha J. Jackson. They had eleven children, three girls and eight boys. mus- coh. chasev. doc Page 1 of 3
Object Description
| Title | Oral history with Veola Chase |
| Description | Oral history.; Discusses the curricula, teachers and administrators, and recreational activities, including school sports at the African American schools. Compares the schools of the 1990s to those of the past, and describes the African American community in Hattiesburg, Mississippi during the 1920s and 1930s. |
| Date of interview | 12 December 1995 |
| Interviewer | Pope, Annie. |
| Coverage (time period) | 1920s-1999 |
| Resource type | Text |
| Format | Digital reproduction of a 3-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 | 188.345 KB |
| File extension | |
| Identifier | mus-coh.chasev |
| File name | mus-coh.chasev.pdf |
