Informant Archive
Rufus Apple
Linda Ashley
Adelaine Banach | Elaine Jaye
Helen Bayles-Bloch
Erwin and Julie Bloch
Dr. Robert & Margaret Bloom | Susan Bloom Smith
Jerry Bookstein
Alice Ewald | Pat Bosch | Melanie Dziordziewicz
Willa Bouier
Ernestine Cox
Caldonia Edwards
Judge Bernard Friedman | Dr. Howard Friedman
Marie Genca Kotz
John and Klara Jackowski
Rosetta Johnson | Priscilla Jessie
Edward Maliszewski
Trudi Minkiewicz
Alice and Chalres Murz
Ed Nowak
Henrietta Nowakowska
Joseph Paulus
▸ Jesse Pearson
Charlie Primas
Benjamin Stanczyk
This was one of the most compelling interviews. It’s a story of a man who rose from street urchin to become the CFO of a Detroit hospital. He also had many great photos. Interview conducted in May 2003.
Transcribed Audio Interview with Jesse Pearson (PDF)
Selected Photos
- Jesse Pearson and friends at the Club Zombie in Detroit, 1944
- Ernest Lee Baxter in the black Bottom, ca 1940.
- Miller High School students, ca 1940
- Jesse Pearson standing on the steps of his house, 1942
- Mt. Zion Church on Leland Street