Description: |
Edwin Coots, local undertaker and county coroner, was asked to take over as acting mayor during the weeks of the 1937 Ohio River Valley Flood that impacted Jeffersonville, Indiana. As acting mayor he worked closely with disaster relief organizations and the federal government to provide assistance to the local population. For images of what our interviewee experienced, copy the following link to Mud, Sweat, and Tears at the Indiana State Library in your web browser. (http://cdm16066.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/search/collection/p16066coll24/searchterm/MudSweatTears1937/field/all/mode/all/conn/and/order/title) |
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Origin: | 1983 |
Created By: |
Coots, Edwin; Day, Stephen |
Contributor(s): |
Winston, Vaughn, technical assistant; Jackson, Larry; Weidner, Jen, transcript |
Source: |
http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16066coll12/id/12 |
Collection: |
Jeffersonville Township Public Library |
Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/; |
Subjects: |
Floods--Indiana--Clark County Floods--Ohio River Valley Floods Oral history |
Further information on this record can be found at its source.