Gertrude Vogt, Founder of Burns Park Senior Center, June 1991 Photographer: Grover Sanschagrin
Year:
1991
He's yours, for a song
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Mrs. Flora E. Smith
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Dexter Children Find Library Books As Interesting As TV
Librarian Suzy Chen opens clothing boutique
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Ina Helen Rankin
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A.P. Marshall Reflects on His Career as a Librarian, January 1995 Photographer: William Jordan
Year:
1995
Ann Arbor News, February 1, 1995
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A.P. Marshall has written extensively about black history.
Historian A.P. Marshall Reads By Fireplace, July 1991 Photographer: Jeff Lawrence
Year:
1991
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Legacies Project Oral History: Mary Martin
Mary Dyson Martin was born in 1914 in Dallas, Texas. Her grandmother had been enslaved in Tennessee, and she grew up conscious of that legacy. Martin graduated from Fisk University and got her masters in library science at the University of Illinois. She taught swimming lessons for the YWCA Girl Reserves during the summers. She was a high school librarian in Gary, Indiana and Detroit, Michigan for over thirty years. Her husband was a doctor and a World War II veteran. They were married for 47 years and had two children.
Mary Martin was interviewed in partnership with the Museum of African American History of Detroit and Y Arts Detroit in 2010 as part of the Legacies Project.
Legacies Project Oral History: Joyce Plummer
Joyce Plummer was born in 1931 and grew up in Flint, Michigan. Her mother was a registered nurse and her father taught public school. She recalls the impact of the Depression and World War II on her community. Plummer attended Flint Junior College and the University of Michigan and went on to get two Master’s degrees. She taught English for 10 years before becoming a reference librarian at the Flint Public Library for 20 years. Later in life she married Robert H. Plummer, whom she had met at Flint Junior College.
Joyce Plummer was interviewed as part of an internship at Applied Safety and Ergonomics in Ann Arbor in 2008 as part of the Legacies Project.