University of North Carolina at Asheville
D. Hiden Ramsey Library
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Oral History Register
for

Ruby R. Jones Oral History

 

 

Title

Ruby Rice Jones Oral History
Creator Karen VanEman

Subject
LCSH:

Asheville Urban Renewal ---  Asheville, NC
African-Americans-- Appalachian Region, Southern
African Americans -- Housing -- North Carolina -- Asheville -- History 
Asheville (N.C.) -- History

Subject
Keyword:

Stumptown, Church of God in Christ, Stephens-Lee High School, segration,

Description

Ruby Jones grew up in Asheville, NC and attended Stephens-Lee High School.  She verbally walks through maps of the Asheville area, with emphasis on the areas touched by the Asheville Urban Renewal project in the 1960s.

Publisher

D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville, NC, 28804

Contributor

Interviewer: Karen VanEman

Date

Electronic Record Issued: 2011-02-23

Type

Sound ; Text, text, images

Format

2 CDs ; 3 cassette tapes;  TRANSCRIPT , Stephens-Lee 2000 Reunion album and class picture on the Court House steps,  road maps (1930-40) of Asheville, newspaper clippings,  picture of Bishop Perkins, spiral bound phots album of photographs of the South Side Redevelopment area taken in the 1960s.

Identifier

http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/oralhistory/AUR/vaneman_karen/jones_ruby.html

Source

The Karen VanEdam Oral History Collection, Asheville Urban Renewal Oral History Collection, D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville

Language

English

Relation

Housing Authority of the City of  Asheville Manuscript Collection. 
Publication: Keeping the Promise

Coverage

1940s-present
Rights Any display, publication, or public use must credit the D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville. Copyright retained by the authors of certain items in the collection, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Acquisition

Donor number: 353 ;  Date of acquisition: 2009-04-15

Processed By

Special Collections staff

Interview Date

March 5, 2010
Interview Location Ruby Jones' home on Walton

Biography

Ruby Rice Jones was born in 1926, ion Richie St. (Stumptown), Asheville, NC.,  She married Harold Jones (deceased 1955) and has one son, Harold, born in 1962 in Asheville.  Jones attended Allen School, grades 1-4, St. Anthony's grades 5-7 and Stephens-Lee High School.  Jones then attended LaMae College of Cosmetology in Winston-Salem and Stewart's Beauty School on Bartlett St., in Asheville.  Jones worked as a beautician at her shop, on Depot St. and a shop in Sylva, owned by Mr. Jim Walls.  Jones worked for 10 years, offering Home Health Care.  Following retirement, Jones continues to volunteer at the VA hospital. 
   

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