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The Making of the Bottoms:

On Fort Custer and the Hamblin U.S.O.:
T306: L. Barlow, W. Barlow, and K. Walker
T311: Helen Henry
T328: Rev. Arthur Rhan
 
 

The Bottoms Community:

On the Social Geography of the Bottoms:
T315: Leonard Wanzer
On the Hamblin Community Center:
T307: Evelyn Atkinson
T320: Elder Marshall
T321: Thelma Jones
On Schools & Youth:
T323: Jan Doan
T326: Alice Darby
On Clubs & Entertainment:
T300: Bobby Parker
T304: Helen and Ernest Townsend
T314: Bob Bradley
On Race Relations:
T304: Helen and Ernest Townsend
T314: Bob Bradley
T318: Melvin Evans

The Unmaking of the Bottoms:

On the Flood of 1947:
T307: Evelyn Atkinson
T309: Katherine Walker
T312: Fred Morris
T318: Melvin Evans
On the Process of Displacement:
T302: Prima Moore
On "What Happend to the Neighborhood?":
T303: Estella Rogers
T304: Helen Townsend
T305: Emily Word
T307: Evelyn Atkinson
T306: Lena Barlow
T312: Fred Morris
T318: Melvin Evans
T320: Elder Marshall
T321: Thelma Jones