Portia Thorington

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Title

Portia Thorington

Subject

African American women in Jacksonville
African American folklore and stories in Jacksonville

Description

An incomplete note regarding Portia Thorington's belief in a bad omen.

Thorington is mentioned on the first page of a program for the Women's Day activities held at Bethel Baptist Institutional Church in 1957 that is found in the Eartha MM White Collection in the University of North Florida's Thomas G. Carpenter Library Special Collections. See Souvenir Program of Women's Day Activities, June 23, 1957.

Creator

Viola Muse

Source

Jacksonville Historical Society, Viola Muse Collection, Folder 15, Item 2

Publisher

The Viola Muse Digital Edition, University of North Florida

Date

1936-1940

Contributor

Melinda Peacock (document scanning)
Stephanie Markwith (transcription, encoding, and edition)
Amelia Dixon (transcription, encoding, and edition)
Laura Heffernan (edition)
Tru Leverette (edition)
Clayton McCarl (edition)

Rights

Made public online with the permission of the Jacksonville Historical Society

Format

Handwritten, one page

Language

EN

Type

Biographical notes

Identifier

jhs-195918-15-02

Coverage

20th Century Florida

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Files

jhs-195918-15-02-01.tif
jhs-195918-15-02-01b.tif

Citation

Viola Muse, “Portia Thorington,” The Viola Muse Digital Edition, accessed March 28, 2024, https://violamuse.unfdhi.org/items/show/85.

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