Archives and Videos Record
Metadata
Object ID |
FSTC-V0027 |
Object Name |
Video, Digital |
Description |
Video interview of Maxine Jowers Frederick on March 24, 1995 by Flo Coleman Schneider and Ruth E. Rockwell. Maxine Jowers Frederick, was the daughter of Robert V. Jowers and his wife. (Mrs. Robert Jowers later remarried to William Funk, who worked at Fairhope Hardware.) Maxine moved to Fairhope in 1920 when she was less than a year old. She lived on de la Mare Avenue, also known as Pig Alley. She discussed growing up in Fairhope, life during the Depression, famous visitors to the Organic School, Medical services, and WWII in Fairhope (spies, German submarines, sinking of merchant ships in Mobile Bay). She married Paul A. Frederick III in 1943. Paul Frederick's oral history is also available through From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives. Video is 1 hour and 5 minutes. Ends abruptly. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives. |
Date |
1995/03/24 |
PDF link |
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People |
Frederick, Maxine Jowers (1920-2008) Frederick, Paul A., III (1921-2011) Jowers, Robert V. Funk, Mrs. Jowers Young, Bunny Turner, Robert Richard "Dick" (1931-2009) Porter, Ellen Steele, George McCue, Worth Tone, David K. Fowler, Julie Waller, Ellen Jane Hayes, Jack Simmons, Willie Oppenheimer, J. Robert Dewey, John Darrow, Clarence S. (1857-1938) Fels, Joseph (1853-1914) Pitman, Bill Godard, Claude George, Dr. (1891-1977) Parker, Amy Parker, John Young, Ralph Billie, Roberta Chamberlain McCue Sandt (1917-2015) |
Search Terms |
Pig Alley Interviews Oral Histories Fairhope History Videos World War II Organic School Ku Klux Klan MInstrel Shows Colonial Dames Fairhope Hardware Nudists Piers Wharf Casino La Corona Club Automobiles Telephone School Merchants National Bank of Mobile Mobile, Alabama Causeway |
Title |
Interview: Maxine Jowers Frederick |