vircu00162A Guide to the Historic Fulton Oral History Project, 2011-2012 M 540A Collection in Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library Collection number M 540 Margaret T. KiddVCU James Branch Cabell Library

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-06-19 07:03:00 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard VCU James Branch Cabell Library Historic Fulton Oral History Project M 540 /repositories/5/resources/312 .42 Linear Feet 2011-2012 English . Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

 Use Restrictions

All interviewees have donated copyright to The Valentine without restriction. All requests to publish any of the Historic Fulton Oral History Project materials should be directed to The Valentine.

 Preferred Citation

Historic Fulton Oral History Project, Collection # M 540, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.

 Acquisition Information

Gift of The Valentine in 2013.

 Alternative Form Available

VCU Libraries hosts the streaming digital collection of the Historic Fulton Oral History Project, which can be accessed here.

 Historical Information

The purpose of the Historic Fulton Oral History Project is to educate, to raise awareness, and to document life in the Historic Fulton community, located in the East End of Richmond, Virginia. In an effort to document the 20th century history of the neighborhood and its residents, the project collected the oral histories of numerous members of the Historic Fulton community, particularly those with strong ties to neighborhood prior to the city of Richmond's 1970s urban renewal project.

The project was developed in 2011 in partnership among the Virginia Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), The Valentine, the Neighborhood Resource Center of Greater Fulton, and the Greater Fulton Future Legacy Work Team. Physical copies of audio recordings and written transcriptions were distributed to a variety of local institutions to ensure that the oral histories may be accessed widely. VCU is one of those institutions.

 Scope and Content

The Historic Fulton Oral History Project contains 17 interviews with 32 named interviewee participants. The interviewees are teachers, activists, clergy, and community leaders who grew up in the predominantly African American Historic Fulton community from the 1930s through the 1950s.

The interviewees were also witness to the City of Richmond's 1970s urban renewal plan that permanently changed the landscape of Historic Fulton. These interviews allow the members of the community to speak for and about themselves, and therefore they represent a unique perspective on this period in the neighborhood's history With the Greater Historic Fulton area undergoing continued change and development in the 21st century, understanding Historic Fulton's past is an invaluable resource for the neighborhood's future.

The collection includes transcripts of the interviews and mp3 files of the interviews available on CDs or a flash drive. The interviews were conducted by Dr. Caroline Morris. Freda Johnson, the project coordinator, was often present during the interviews as well.

 Arrangement

The original order of this collection has been kept.

 Location of Originals

The Valentine retains all original oral history project materials and administrative files.

 Administrative Information/repositories/5/archival_objects/248920121Scope and Contents

Includes Freda Johnson's autobiographical statement.

Evelyn Bowman/repositories/5/archival_objects/249029 November 20111Scope and Contents

Interview details: Interview length, 80 min. 55 sec.; Others persons present, Freda Johnson

Linda Braxton, Pamala Rogers, and Sheila Smith/repositories/5/archival_objects/249112 March 20121Scope and Contents

Interview details: Interview length, 50 min. 47 sec.; Others persons present, Linda Sutton

Theresita Braxton/repositories/5/archival_objects/249213 March 20121Scope and Contents

Interview details: Interview length, 42 min. 20 sec.; Others persons present, Freda Johnson, Anna (Braxton's caregiver)

Estelle Braxton-Davis/repositories/5/archival_objects/249319 January 20121Scope and Contents

Interview details: Interview length, 56 min. 57 sec.; Others persons present, Octavia Banks

Bernadette Tart Clark/repositories/5/archival_objects/249414 February 20121Scope and Contents

Interview details: Interview length, 42 min. 2 sec.; Others persons present, Freda Johnson

Forrest Dowden/repositories/5/archival_objects/249528 February 20121Scope and Contents

Interview details: Interview length, 66 min.; Others persons present, Freda Johnson

Ida Ellett/repositories/5/archival_objects/249613 December 20111Scope and Contents

Interview details: Interview length, 49 min. 58 sec.; Others persons present, Freda Johnson, Mary (Pat) Perez

Alice N. Ellis, Dudley R. Lanthrip/repositories/5/archival_objects/249727 March 20121Scope and Contents

Interview details: Interview length, 82 min. 37 sec.; Others persons present, Rebecca Fralin, Mrs. Ellis's husband

Carolyn Fuller/repositories/5/archival_objects/249818 January 20121Scope and Contents

Interview details: Interview length, 24 min. 20 sec.; Others persons present, Freda Johnson

Joseph Highsmith and Annesto Highsmith Younger/repositories/5/archival_objects/24997 February 20121Scope and Contents

Interview details: Interview length, 61 min. 46 sec.

Larcenia Johnson and Lula Mae Brady/repositories/5/archival_objects/25006 March 20121Scope and Contents

Interview details: Interview length, 39 min. 20 sec.; Others persons present, Freda Johnson

Milton Johnson/repositories/5/archival_objects/250114 February 20121Scope and Contents

Interview details: Interview length, 45 min. 32 sec.; Others persons present, Freda Johnson

Raymond Jones/repositories/5/archival_objects/25028 March 20121Scope and Contents

Interview details: Interview length, 35 min. 34 sec.; Others persons present, Freda Johnson

Blanche Henderson Lewis and Samuel Henderson, Sr./repositories/5/archival_objects/250325 January 20121Scope and Contents

Interview details: Interview length, 102 min. 33 sec.; Others persons present, Freda Johnson

Mary Patricia Perez/repositories/5/archival_objects/25048 December 20111Scope and Contents

Interview details: Interview length, 64 min. 04 sec.; Others persons present, Freda Johnson

Linda Sutton/repositories/5/archival_objects/250510 December 20111Scope and Contents

Interview details: Interview length, 56 min. 36 sec.; Others persons present, Freda Johnson

Fulton Field Interview with Federal Branch, Ephraim Briggs, Wanda Brown, Charles Crawley, Waverly Huges, Patricia Melvin, Eric Robinson, Willie Robinson, and Douglas White/repositories/5/archival_objects/250629 March 20121Scope and Contents

Interview details: Interview length, 97 min. 54 sec.; Others persons present, Freda Johnson and Spencer E. Jones, III

Interviews on CDs and flash drive/repositories/5/archival_objects/250720121