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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>This interview features Lubbock barber, Ralph Leggett. Leggett discusses his career as a barber in East Lubbock. Leggett talks about the neighborhoods and the various businesses in East Lubbock and how urban renewal has changed the city’s landscape. <br />
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==General Interview Information==<br />
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'''Interviewee Name:''' Ralph Leggett <br />
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'''Additional Parties Recorded:''' n/a<br />
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'''Date:''' October 29, 2013<br />
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'''Location:''' Lubbock, Texas<br />
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'''Interviewer:''' Cosby Morton<br />
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'''Length:''' 01:18:22 (1 hour, 18 minutes)<br />
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==Abstract==<br />
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'''Tape 1, Side 1:'''<br />
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Biographical information and youth;<br />
Queen City;<br />
Barbers and barber shops in East Lubbock;<br />
Different hair styles, Joe Lewis, Conk, et cetera.;<br />
Working at Old Man Shield’s Barber Shop;<br />
The clientele and celebrities, Bobby “Blue” Bland;<br />
Working at the post office;<br />
Influential alumni from Dunbar High;<br />
Lady barbers and beauticians;<br />
The effects of urban renewal on East Lubbock;<br />
Old fashioned haircut techniques, straight razor, Bay Rum, tonic water<br />
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==Access Information==<br />
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'''Original Recording Format:''' born digital audio<br />
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'''Recording Format Notes:''' audio cd available in Reading Room<br />
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'''Transcript:''' found here: http://hdl.handle.net/10605/318084<br />
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