The Oral History collection at Ricks Library consists of audio and audio transcripts featuring people who lived in the Yazoo County area during the 20th century.
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Oral History – Audio (Coming Soon)
Oral History – Transcripts
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Allen, Barbara – Yazoo Folklore
Allgood, Sr., Mrs. W. E – General Yazoo Recollections
Allgood, Sr., Mrs. W. E. – Civil War Days
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Bailey, Amanda Cary – Life in Yazoo County 1940s and 1950s
Balsley, Dr. Daisy – Her father Dr. Robert Fullilove of Afro-American Hospital
Robert Bowman – People & Life in Yazoo County
Mary Brabston – Yazoo Recollections
William Bradford Energy – efficient home
R.J. Brown – Commercial Fisherman
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Thomas H. Campbell – Law Practice Afro-American Hospital
Carter, Mississippi History- Mr. & Mrs. E.T. Jordan
Louie Andrew Cary –Yazoo County in the early 1900s
Minnie Brister Clark – Life in Yazoo County 1920s-1930s
Mrs. Ray Cobb –Yazoo Recollections
Fred Corley – Yazoo Alderman 1970s
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Clayton Davis – Life in Yazoo County 1940s
George and Jessie Davis – Yazoo Recollections
Grady Davis – Life in Yazoo County 1930s
Laura B. Davis –Yazoo Recollections
Herman B. DeCell –Yazoo Lawyers- January 1980
Herman B. DeCell – Yazoo Law Practice- February 1980
Herman B. DeCell – on John Oakes- September 1974
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Charles H. Estes, Sr. – Life in Yazoo after 1900
Charles M. Estes, Jr. – Yazoo Recollections
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Mrs. H. L. Fennel – Biographical Material
Mrs. W. H. Ferguson – Yazoo Recollections
Mable Oneal Ferris – Yazoo Recollections
Fuller, Albert- Recollections of Phoenix, MS in the early 1900s (Interview Date: November 13, 1974)
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Leola Galloway – Afro-American Hospital
Magnolia Turnbow Gates – Yazoo Recollections #1
Magnolia Turnbow Gates – Yazoo Recollections #2
Mrs. L.L. Geralds – Yazoo Recollections
Gibbs School Students – Transcript #1
Gibbs School Students – Transcript #2
Mrs. Elaine Goods – Yazoo Recollections
Daisy Greene and Mary Louise Miller – Discussing Dr. L. T. Miller (See “Mary Louise Miller and Daisy Greene – Discussing Dr. L. T. Miller”)
Jewell Nolan Guion – Life in Yazoo County 1930s 1940s
T.C. Guion – Life in Yazoo County 1910s-1940s
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P.C. Harbin – Life in Holly Bluff 1910-1920
Julia Houck Hartley – Yazoo County after 1900
Lindy Hathcock – Yazoo County 1960s
Hawk, “Hammer” – Discusses Yazoo City after 1900 (Interview Date: September 1974)
Jessie P. Hearn – CHURCHES Yazoo City and Greenville
Hinshaw, Barbara Morgan and Robert Hinshaw – Drug Stores in Yazoo (Interview Date:Feb 1974)
Huddleston, Jr., T.J. and Mrs. Henry [Willie Jean] Espy – Afro-American Hospital-March 1980
Margaret Humphreys – St. Clara Academy
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Honor Ingram – Old buildings in Yazoo City Recollections after 1900
Dave Irwin – Yazoo Recollections
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Kelly Jackson – Yazoo Recollections
Kelly Jackson – Slave Life of Father
Christine Fouche Johnson – Yazoo County-1920s-1930s
Clara Johnson – Yazoo City After 1900
Floyd Johnson – Life in Yazoo County
Maybelle Johnson – Potatoes Molasses bread and other recipes
M.D. Jones – Yazoo County 1920s-1930s
Mr. & Mrs. E.T. Jordan- Discuss the history of Carter, MS (See “Carter, Mississippi History- Mr. & Mrs. E.T. Jordan”)
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Mrs. Curtis Ketchum – Yazoo Recollections
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Sister Leota – St. Francis Catholic School
Willeva Lindsey – Afro-American Hospital
Mary Bradshaw Luckett – Yazoo Recollections
Lynch, Albert – Recollections of Yazoo City in the early 1900s (Interview Date: September 1974)
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Main Street Panel – Discussion
Mrs. W.W.Marshall – Yazoo Recollections 1930s
Hugh Mcgraw – Yazoo Recollections
Mrs. Teresa Mcgraw – Family background
Mary Louise Miller – Yazoo Recollections
Mary Louise Miller and Daisy Greene – Discussing Dr. L. T. Miller
Mrs. J.M. Myers – Biographical Material
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Eunice Nelson – Afro-American Hospital
Soloman T. Nicholas, Sr. – Family experiences after 1904
S.T. Nicholas, Jr. – Yazoo City 1920s-1930s
Mrs. Daisy L. Nolan – Yazoo County Early 1900s
Kermit Nolan – Yazoo Experiences 1930s-1940s
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Hubert Owens – Afro-American Hospital
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Mrs. J.W. Parker – Concert Series in Yazoo City
Evie Louise Pepper – Yazoo County Birds
Ivy Pepper – Personal Experiences
Meadow Perry Jr. with Marguerite Riley – Yazoo Recollections
Dewitt Peyton – Yazoo Recollections
Mrs. Burdette Pollard – Yazoo Recollections
Gene Powell – Writings of Interviewee
Jo G. Prichard III – Discusses John Oakes
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Riley, Marguerite (See Meadow Perry, Jr with Marguerite Riley- Yazoo Recollections)
E.B.Roberts – Life in Yazoo County
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Joy Hearn Sartain – Yazoo Recollections
J.P. Sartain – Yazoo Recollections
George Sigrest – Dulcimer-Making & Knife-Making
Jack Sloan – Yazoo Recollections
Mr. & Mrs. M.M. Smith – Views on Yazoo City
Winnie Jean Stanton – Life on Ridge Road 1940s
Laurie Lightcap Stigler – Methodist Church-1904 Fire
Gene Stonestreet – Yazoo Recollections
Emma Lee Stubblefield – Early Life in Yazoo City
Mary Swayze – First Baptist Church
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Robert & Bobbie Towery – Toymaking
Transcripts without tapes – A list for the Bicentenial Project
Mary Tuck – On Slavery in the U.S.
Eugene & Joan Turner – Views of Yazoo City
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Cyril A. Walwyn – Afro-American Hospital
Will Washington – Yazoo Recollections
Mrs. Niceine Weber – Yazoo Recollections
Mrs. James Whatley – Views of Yazoo City
White, Barbara – Views of Yazoo City (Interview Date: Sep 1974)
Mrs. Louis A. White – Family Background
Flemming Whitney, Jr. – Life in Yazoo City
Jim Wigley – Yazoo Recollections
Mrs. Willie Davis Wilkerson- Descendant of large landowners who were former Yazoo County slaves
Mrs. John G. Williams – Yazoo City early 1900s
Wilson, Charity – Quilting-February 1974
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Yates, Joy- Recalls her family background
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