The HistoryMakers video oral history with Lessly "Count" Fisher.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016] |
| Description | 1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 9 min., 31 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2007.082 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Fisher, Lessly, 1923-2015, interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Crowe, Larry F., interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Hickey, Matthew, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title | History Makers video oral history with Lessly "Count" Fisher |
| Portion of title | Lessly "Count" Fisher |
| Abstract | Entrepreneur and police chief Lessly "Count" Fisher was born on August 19, 1923, in Canton, Mississippi. Fisher graduated from Washington High School in East Chicago, Indiana, in 1941. He began his entertainment career playing drums for the Nightsteppers, which included childhood friend, Jack McDuff. Fisher married Eve Rene and established Indianapolis' Carousel Club in the late 1950s. Over the years, the club featured Rodney Dangerfield, Roy Hamilton, Freddie Hubbard, George Kirby, Redd Foxx, Moms Mabley, Jimmy McGriff, John Coltrane and James Brown. From 1963 to 1965, he and his wife operated a club called Chateau de Count et Eve near the Indiana State Capitol. In 1966, the Fishers moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan, and he began to work as a sheriff's deputy for Kent County, Michigan. Fisher was also Idlewild, Michigan's first chief of police. Fisher ended his career as Deputy Sheriff of Lake County, Michigan and later passed away on November 22, 2015. |
| Credits | Videographer, Matthew Hickey. |
| Performer | Larry Crowe, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Grand Rapids, Michigan 2007 March 10. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2007.082 HistoryMakers |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |