Interview with George Evans about Huntsville's Public Swimming Pool in the 1950s

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dc.contributor.authorLittlejohn, Jeffrey L.
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-06T17:38:12Z
dc.date.available2022-10-06T17:38:12Z
dc.date.issued2021-04-05
dc.description.abstractThis is an oral interview that Dr. Jeffrey L. Littlejohn conducted with George Evans by telephone on April 5, 2021. George Evans and his sister Martha lived in Huntsville during the mid-twentieth century. Their father, George Pirtle Evans, served as an English professor at Sam Houston State Teachers College, and the Evans complex on Sam Houston State University’s campus is named for him. This interview covers the childhood experiences of George and Martha Evans. They grew up around Sam Houston State Teachers College and enjoyed the recreational offerings in Huntsville. The Evans family lived on Avenue O, only blocks from the college, where George and Martha roller-skated, biked, and explored. At roughly 10 years of age, George also received a job at the swimming pool as an attendant working for Coach M. Crawford, who managed the site. George worked as the counter clerk, handing out hanging baskets in which swimmers stowed their clothes and other belongings after changing into their suits. Evans learned how to swim at the pool with his young friends, and as they grew older they all participated in the Red Cross’s safety, rescue, and lifesaver course. The pool served as “our entire social world,” Evans said.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11875/3646
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCESen_US
dc.subjectHuntsville
dc.subjectSwimming Pool
dc.subjectSegregation
dc.subjectRecreation
dc.subjectPark
dc.subjectSam Houston State Teachers College
dc.subjectGeorge Evans
dc.titleInterview with George Evans about Huntsville's Public Swimming Pool in the 1950sen_US
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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