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Charles Coates Interview Notes
Notes that Viola Muse made during her interview with Charles Coates, aged 108, a long-time resident of Jacksonville, Florida.The interview was conducted on December 3, 1936, at the home of Coates and his wife Irene, also interviewed by Muse on that…
"Black Angels Versus White Angels"
An explanation of a controversy surrounding the "angel" statues in Memorial Cemetery
"Early Jacksonville History: Introduction" (1 of 3)
The beginning of an introduction to an early history of Jacksonville to be based, presumably, on the Irene Coates Interview Notes.
This document appears to be identical to "Early Jacksonville History: Introduction" (2 of 3), with the exception of…
"Early Jacksonville History: Introduction" (2 of 3)
The beginning of an introduction to an early history of Jacksonville to be based, presumably, on the Irene Coates Interview Notes.
This document appears to be identical to "Early Jacksonville History: Introduction" (1 of 3), with the exception of…
"Early Jacksonville History: Introduction" (3 of 3)
The beginning of an introduction to an early history of Jacksonville to be based, presumably, on the Irene Coates Interview Notes.
This is a more complete version than than found in "Early Jacksonville History: Introduction" (1 of 3) and "Early…
Alternate page 4 (2 of 2) of Irene Coates Narrative (1 of 4)
An incomplete alternate version of page 4 of Irene Coates Narrative (1 of 4).We have cataloged as a separate document (Material Related to "Early Jacksonville History: Introduction") the notes on this page that are written by hand with the paper…
Willis Williams Interview Notes
Notes from Muse's interview with Willis Williams
Willis Williams Narrative (1 of 2)
A narrative based on the Willis Williams Interview Notes
Anna Scott Narrative (1 of 3)
An incomplete narrative based on the experiences of Anna Scott
Felix L. Littlejohn Interview Notes
Notes from Muse's interview with Felix L. Littlejohn
Irene Coates Narrative (3 of 4)
An incomplete narrative based on the Irene Coates Interview Notes.Pages 3-6 of this document are missing. We have numbered the pages and images leaving a corresponding gap (1-2, 7-10).
Irene Coates Narrative (1 of 4)
Narrative based on the Irene Coates Interview Notes.See also the following: Alternate page 4 (1 of 2) of Irene Coates Narrative (1 of 4) and Alternate page 4 (2 of 2) of Irene Coates Narrative (1 of 4).
Irene Coates Narrative (2 of 4)
Narrative based on the Irene Coates Interview Notes.The pages of this document are numbered in the original, and page two is missing (the back of the paper containing page one 1 blank, and we have not located page 2 elsewhere). We have numbered the…
Charles Coates Narrative (1 of 2)
A narrative based on the Charles Coates Interview Notes.
The word Copy is handwritten diagonally across the entire first page. See also the related Incomplete Page 4 of Charles Coates Narrative (1 of 2).
Charles Coates Narrative (2 of 2)
The version of the Charles Coates narrative published in Works Progress Administration Federal Writers’ Project, Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, vol. 3, Library of Congress, 1941,…
Irene Coates Narrative (4 of 4)
This document is the version of the Irene Coates narrative published in Works Progress Administration Federal Writers’ Project, Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, vol. 3, Library of…
Anna Scott Narrative (3 of 3)
The version of the Anna Scott narrative published in Works Progress Administration Federal Writers’ Project, Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, vol. 3, Library of Congress, 1941, pp.…
Willis Williams Narrative (2 of 2)
Version of the Willis Williams narrative published in Works Progress Administration Federal Writers’ Project, Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, vol. 3, Library of Congress, 1941,, pp.…
"Git It 'n Run!" from The Florida Negro
The section "Git It 'n Run!" found on p. 27-29 of the manuscript copy of The Florida Negro housed in the State Archives of Florida (S1585) and available through the Florida Memory website of the State Library and Archives of Florida. This text…
Material Related to "Early Jacksonville History: Introduction"
A handwritten partial draft of Muse's early history of Jacksonville, three versions of which are found in JHS Folder 18: Jax History. This is written by hand on the same page as Alternate page 4 (2 of 2) of Irene Coates Narrative (1 of 4), inverted…