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Title
Interview with the Mims Family--Interview with Ora Ballard
Creator
Pasadena Museum of History
Ballard, Ora
Mims Family
Date Created and/or Issued
1984-08-08
Contributing Institution
Pasadena Museum of History
Collection
California Revealed from Pasadena Museum of History
Rights Information
Copyrighted. Rights are owned by Pasadena Museum of History. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner. In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Rights Holder and Contact
Pasadena Museum of History
Date of Copyright
1984-08-08
Description
Includes the Mims Family history. Don Mims was a teacher in the Los Angeles public school system. LeRoy Mims and his wife Rosebud owned a joint barber shop-beauty salon in Pasadena in 1959. The Mims family interview is included in parts 1-3, stops at 03:11 of part 3 and continues again on part 4. Includes the Ballard Family history and interview with Ora Ballard. The Ballard family is one of the pioneer families in Pasadena. They moved to Los Angeles in 1891 and to Pasadena soon after. They were very active in cultural and religious life in Pasadena. The interview is included on part 3 and begins at 05:00 and ends at 31:23.
Type
sound
Format
Audio cassette
Form/Genre
Oral histories
Extent
2 Tapes of 2
Identifier
BH-AC-12; BH-AC-13; BH-04-3
cphi_00009_t1; cphi_00009_t2
Language
English
Subject
African Americans--California--Los Angeles
Place
Pasadena (Calif.)
Provenance
Pasadena Museum of History
California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.

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