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FMH-A0005b |
Object Name |
Audio, Digital |
Description |
Second part of an interview (audio) dated 1998. Mary Lois Timbes-Adshead interviews life-long friends Helene Beiser Hunter and Evalyn Berglin Porter for background research for her books "Meet Me at the Butterfly Tree" and "Fair Hope of Heaven." Kenneth C. Cain joins the conversation for a few minutes around the midway point. Approximately 48 minutes. Part 1 is FMH-A0005a. Topics include homes, hotels and businesses, social and atheletic activities, transportation (including condition of non-paved streets), house architecture and construction for the south Alabama climate, information about Sea Cliff, and stories of Fairhope people and family members. Included is Evalyn Berglin Porter's story of her mother, Eva Bebolt Berglin, who, as an adult, accidentally found she was adopted and subsequently found her birth family. The ladies are easily identified by their voices. Helene Hunter's voice is very clear. Mary Lois Adshead has a soft voice, and asks questions. Evalyn Porter is farther away from the microphone, but still can be understood. This is a conversation, and the ladies do talk over each other. To assist, a transcription of interview is available through the link below. The transcription was made through Whisper software, and there may be minor errors. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, Fairhope Museum of History Collection. |
Date |
1998 |
PDF link |
Click here to view the transcript. |
Video link |
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People |
Cain, Kenneth Adshead, Mary Lois Timbes Porter, Evalyn Berglin Hunter, Gavin, Sr. Hunter, Helene Beiser Berglin, Adolph Oscar (1875-1952) Berglin, Eva Mary Bebolt (1882-1961) Berglin, Lavigne A., Sr. (1902-1957) Berglin, Marvin O. (1908-1977) Crawford, Frances Lily Gaston "Frankie" (1889-1972) Smith, Gordon Hill, James E., Major Nichols, Paul (1871-1948) Nichols, Marvin Gaston, Margaret Nichols Bloxham, Carl L. (1887-1963) Ruge, Howard Melville, Alexander J. (1861-1935) Kamper, H. P. Bebolt, Peter Hill, Sally Slosson, Nellie Dahlberg, Fred Johnston, James E. "Windy" Billie, Roberta Chamberlain McCue Sandt (1917-2015) Sheldon, Annie L., "Butch" Sheldon, Craig Turner Steele, George Totten, Edward P., Judge St. John, Tom Nimitz, Selina Willard, Curtis Riggs, Stephen Wharton, Kirby Gaston, Olive Wood "Piney" Nesbit, Charles F. Wood, Emma Louise Staude |
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Title |
Mary Lois Timbes-Adshead interviews Helene Beiser Hunter and Evalyn Berglin Porter, 1998. Part 2. |