The Lemon Street Schools Oral History Collection, Marietta City Schools System, 2019-2021

 

In 2019-2021, the Marietta City Schools system partnered with Kennesaw State University's Department of Museums, Archives, and Rare Books to develop exhibits in the system's new central office on Lemon Street and in the former Lemon Street Elementary School. Included in the research and curatorial process is an ongoing oral history project with alumni and former educators at Lemon Street Elementary School and Lemon Street High School. Participants share oral history interviews and historical photographs and documents.

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Collections in this community

  • Anthony Coleman

    Oral history interview and related materials of Marietta local Anthony Coleman.

  • Barbara Freeman Cooper and Eartha Bryant Head

    Oral history interview and related materials of Marietta natives Barbara Freeman Cooper and Eartha Bryant Head.

  • Betty McCleskey Myers

    Related materials of Marietta native Betty Myers.

  • Brenda Russaw McCrae

    Oral history interview and related materials of Marietta local Brenda Russaw McCrae.

  • Cheryl Long

    Oral history interview and related materials of Marietta native Cheryl Long.

  • Clara Bates Wingfield and Charles Wingfield, Jr.

    Oral history interview of Marietta natives Clara Bates Wingfield and Charles Wingfield, Jr.

  • Dorothy Christian Johnson

    Oral history interview and related materials of Marietta local Dorothy Christian Johnson.

  • Dr. Michael Rhett

    Oral history interview and related materials of Georgia State Senator Dr. Michael Rhett.

  • Frances Juanita Carter

    Oral history interview of Marietta native Frances Juanita Carter

  • James C. Dodd, Jr.

    Oral history interview and related materials of Cobb County local James Dodd, Jr.

  • Jeanie Martin Carter

    Oral history interview and related materials of Marietta City Schools System educator and board member Jeanie Martin Carter.

  • Jennie Hill Gresham

    Oral history interview and related materials of Cobb County local and retired Marietta City Schools System educator Jennie Hill Gresham.

  • Lorenzo Woods

    Oral history interview and related materials of Marietta local and Navy veteran Lorenzo Woods.

  • Pearl Riley Freeman

    Oral history interview and related materials of Marietta local Pearl Riley Freeman.

  • Sullivan Ruff, Jr.

    Oral history interview and related materials of former Lemon Street High School principal Sullivan Ruff, Jr.

  • Tommie Hill Davis

    Oral history interview and related materials of Cobb County native Tommie Hill Davis.

  • William Adams

    Oral history interview and related materials of Marietta native William Adams.

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