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Black Archives of Mid-America Oral History Collection

The Black Archives of Mid-America Oral History Collection is comprised of 56 interviews of prominent citizens and community leaders documenting the Black experience in Kansas City. The interviews were captured in 1975 and 1976. All of the interviews have a text guide that summerizes its contents.
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An Interview With G. Lawrence Blankinship
An Interview With G. Lawrence Blankinship
Interviewer: Horace M. Peterson III. Interview recorded June 21, 1976. 1 sound cassettes (ca. 60 minutes): analog, stereo.; 5 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape; 1 sound disc; digital; 4 3/4 in. Has printed guide to contents.
1976-06-21
Black Archives of Mid-America Oral History Collection
An Interview With Girard T. Bryant
An Interview With Girard T. Bryant
Interviewer: Edward Scott. Interview recorded April 29, 1976. 2 sound cassettes (ca. 60 minutes): analog, stereo.; 5 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape; 1 sound disc; digital; 4 3/4 in. Has printed guide to contents.
1976-04-29
Black Archives of Mid-America Oral History Collection
An Interview With Harold Holliday
An Interview With Harold Holliday
Interviewer: Horace M. Peterson III. Interview recorded September 17, 1976. 4 sound cassettes (ca. 60 minutes): analog, stereo.; 5 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape; 4 sound discs; digital; 4 3/4 in. Has printed guide to contents.
1976-09-17
Black Archives of Mid-America Oral History Collection
An Interview With Henry Warren Sewing
An Interview With Henry Warren Sewing
Interviewer: Ella Pruitt. Interview recorded April 12, 1976. 2 sound cassettes (ca. 60 minutes): analog, stereo.; 5 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape; 2 sound disc; digital; $ 3/4 in. Has printed guide to contents.
1976-04-12
Black Archives of Mid-America Oral History Collection
An Interview With Phillip Curls
An Interview With Phillip Curls
Interviewer: Horace M. Peterson III. Interview recorded August 31, 1976. 2 sound cassettes (ca. 60 minutes): analog, stereo.; 5 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape; 1 sound disc; digital; 4 3/4 in. Has printed guide to contents.
1976-08-31
Black Archives of Mid-America Oral History Collection
An Interview With Thelma L. Hollowell
An Interview With Thelma L. Hollowell
Mrs. Thelma Hollowell was born in Lawrence, Kansas on July 4, 1909. She graduated high school at Lawrence and was a 1929 Home Economics graduate from the University of Kansas. At the time of the interview, she was married to retired Army officer Harry H. Hollowell, a member of the 10th Cavalry, Buffalo Soldiers. In the interview she recounts her ancestry starting with her grandparents, military life, and incidents of racial discrimination that she remembers.<br><br>Interviewer: Edward Scott. Interview recorded: February 4, 1976 (at Leavenworth, Kansas).
1976-02-04
Black Archives of Mid-America Oral History Collection, Local History Index (Citations)
Black Archives Oral History Project
Black Archives Oral History Project
File contains a variety of items concerning the Black Oral History Project which was funded by a grant from the Kansas City Association of Trusts and Foundations. Both the Kansas City Public Library and the Black Archives of Mid-America participated in it. The tapes can be found in SC69-2 in Missouri Valley Special Collections. A synopsis of each tape is found in this folder.
1970 (year approximate) to 1979 (year approximate)
Black Archives of Mid-America Oral History Collection, Local History Index (Citations)