Found matches for "oral history" in 198 collections.

Mamie Burkes was most likely raised by parents who were formerly enslaved; however, information on her background is scant. Regardless, she was impacted by slavery; a letter to her interviewer mentions Burkes's mother working for $1.25 a week and frequently being away from home in order to earn money. This collection contains a transcript of an interview with Mamie Burkes by Lairold M. Street; the interview was recorded in 1983, and transcribed in 1997. less

Jeff Kisseloff (1955 - ) is an American writer and oral historian. This collection (1986-2000) contains sound recordings of interviews Kisseloff conducted for his published and unpublished books and articles. Two books were published from these interviews: You Must Remember This: An oral history of Manhattan from the 1890s to World War II and Generation on Fire: Voices of protest from the 1960s. The interviews for a book on the integration of baseball and a book on early rock and roll were never published. less

Marvel Cooke was a newspaper editor, publisher, magazine and journal editor, and print journalist. Born in April 1903, in Mankato, Minnesota, Cooke attended the University of Minnesota. She became an editorial assistant of the Crisis in New York (1925) and was the secretary to the women's editor at the Amsterdam News in 1928, where she also became the first female news reporter. In 1936, she joined the Communist Party and became the assistant managing editor of the People's Voice, a militant newspaper, in 1942. Cooke also was a reporter for the Daily Compass in New York (1950); the national legal defense secretary for the Angela Davis Defense Committee (1969); and the national vice chair of the National Council for American-Soviet Friendship (1980s). Cooke died in November 2000 in New York, New York. This collection includes an interview transcript with Marvel Cooke, conducted by Kathleen Currie, for the Washington Press Club Foundation project, "Women in Journalism". It was recorded in 1989. Additionally, there is correspondence between Cooke and the Foundation and a typescript draft of "Marvel Cooke: An African American Woman Journalist Who Agitated for Racial Reform" by Rodger Allan Streitmatter and Barbara Diggs-Brown for Afro-Americans in New York Life and History, #16 (July 1992). less

Charles Pierce (1926-1999) was a drag performer and actor. This transcript is of an interview conducted with Pierce in 1989 as part of Southern Methodist University oral history program. The interview outlines Pierce's career, including his early work in radio in Watertown, New York; his experiences at the Pasadena Playhouse as a student in the 1940s and a professional actor in the 1950s; and the development and the development and performance of his night club act through the 1980s. The transcript includes a two-page addendum from 1998 in which Pierce describes his career and life in the time since the first interview was conducted. less

The Ballroom dance oral history collection contains oral history interviews with 28 professional and amateur dancers from the New York ballroom dance community. Interviewed by Emita Brady Hill, the oral history interviews detail the dancers' experience in the ballroom dance community, their personal and training background, and how they became interested in dance. less

The Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America's Black Women Oral History Project documented the contributions of Black women, 70 years or older, to American life. Interviews documented the lives, professional careers, and voluntary activities of women nationwide and focused on their contributions in a wide variety of fields including medicine, law, business, the arts, social work, education, politics, and civil rights. This collections consists of 68 transcripts from the Schlesinger Library's Black Women Oral History Project. Interviews include Christia Adair, Frances Albrier, Sadie Alexander, Elizabeth Cardozo Barker, Etta Moten Barnett, May Edward Chinn, Alfreda Duster, Mae Eberhardt, Lena Edwards, Zelma George, Frances Grant, Ardie Halyard, Pleasant Harrison, Dorothy Height, Margaret Cardozo Holmes, Lois Mailou Jones, Virginia Jones, Maida Kemp, Catherine Cardozo Lewis, Audley Moore, Muriel Snowden, Rosa Parks, Olivia Stokes, Ann Tanneyhill, Constance Thomas, Era Bell Thompson, Charleszett Waddles, Dorothy West, and Deborah Wofe. less

The ACT UP Oral History Project Videotapes are a collection of interviews with surviving members of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power. The project was coordinated by filmmaker Jim Hubbard and novelist Sarah Schulman, with camera work by James Wentzy (in New York) and S. Leo Chiang (on the West Coast.) less

The collection contains interviews with many people that were actively part of, or associated with, The Trinity Repertory Company. Recorded in the early 90's it exemplifies an organization during a transitional period; the tapes were recorded during the search for a replacement for long-time Artistic Director Adrian Hall. less

The Abyssinian Baptist Church Oral History Project consists of transcripts of interviews with ten African-American women—all Abyssinian members—about their recollections of Abyssinian Baptist Church as well as their Southern roots, their spiritual experiences and their political and Christian education. All of the women interviewed were more than seventy years old, and one was over ninety, at the time the interviews were conducted in 1992. The interviewees are: Helen Brown, Robbie Clarke, Susan Craig, Gwendolyn Jones, Esther McCall, Estelle Noble, Fannie Pennington, Olivia Pearl Stokes, Amy Terry, and Laura B. Thomas. Their remembrances date to the late 1920s, but the primary time period under discussion is from 1940 to 1970. Located in Harlem, Abyssinian was the first black Baptist church established in New York State (1808) and the fifth in the United States. The interviewer was Martia G. Goodson, an assistant professor at Baruch College at the time of the project. less

These oral history interviews form part of the Negro Political History series of the Earl Warren Era Project completed by the Regional Oral History Office, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. The interviews were conducted with African Americans who helped shape the history of California in the 20th century. Subjects covered include the importance of the interviewee to California history, both governmental and social. The interviews provide information about the subjects' personal lives; struggles with discrimination; achievements in public service, business, or the professional world; and unique contributions. This collection consists of oral history interviews with Frances Mary Albrier, A. Wayne Amerson, Julian Bagley, Odessa Cox, E. A. Daly, C. L. Dellums, Walter Gordon, Ira deVoyd Hall, Jr., Tarea Hall Pittman, Wilson Riles, and William Byron Rumford. Topics covered include labor, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, education, civil rights, the Virgin Islands, journalists, legislators, and housing. less

The New York Times Company records. Oral History files consist of transcripts of oral histories conducted with staff members from The New York Times, accompanying documents such as biographical articles, and a name and subject file. The collection is arranged in three series and spans the years 1948 to 1986. less

The Abyssinian Baptist Church Oral History Project consists of interviews with ten African American women about their recollections of the church as longtime members. Conducted by Dr. Martia G. Goodson, an American historian specializing in African American oral history, focused the interviews on the church's activities from 1940 to 1970. Many of the interviewees and their stories are included in Dr. Goodson's book Church Ladies: Untold Stories of Harlem Women in the Powell Era (2015). less

Interviews recorded for an article published in the ARSC Journal. Robyn discusses his early life in Latvia and arrival in America, as well as his career, recordings, and acquaintances between 1919-1931. He also discusses his birthname, (Rubin) and use of many pseudonyms, including Wolf Scarpioff, John Spear, Edward Hamilton, and Mario Rubinoff, among others while he was performing in vaudeville and recording. He recorded first for Emerson, but then for Columbia, Pathe, Okeh, Brunswick, and Victor. Topics discussed include Cameo Records, Eugene Ormandy, "Roxy" (Samuel Rothafel) and the Roxy Theater, and various other music halls. Also discusses recording processes and studios, radio, his records, and "Roxy's Gang" of which he was a member. less

African American jazz soloist Maxine Sullivan was known for her cool and arresting "whispering voice," soothing style, gentle rhythmic phrasing, and intricate swing delivery. She became well known in the late 1930s for her swing performance of the Scottish traditional ballad "Loch Lomond". The song became her signature piece and catapulted her career. During this period, Sullivan performed as the main act at the Onyx Club on 52nd Street in New York City, alongside bassist John Kirby and his band. The two married in 1938 but were divorced three years later. In 1950, Sullivan married pianist Cliff Jackson. Excluding a ten-year break she took from show-business in 1957, Sullivan's career spanned four decades. Sullivan was also popular with jazz enthusiasts outside of the United States and she toured internationally several times. The collection contains a photocopied transcript of an interview with Maxine Sullivan conducted as part of Rutgers University's Institute of Jazz Studies Oral History Project. The transcript is particularly rich in its detail of Sullivan's recording career and collaboration with other artists. Eleven tapes were transcribed, totaling 750 pages. less

In 1992 and 1993 City Lore coordinated an oral history project focusing on the Northern migration experience and the maintenance of southern folkways within New York City's African-American church community. Fifty men and women who migrated from the South to New York during the post World War II years were interviewed. Topics covered in the interviews include how and why individuals left the South (generally for economic reasons, not blatant racism and violence); their experiences adjusting to life in New York; their retention of Southern cultural practices (food, especially soul food, gospel music, crafts including quilting, worship practices and church activities); the individuals' ongoing connections to the South through regular family visits, homecoming, etc.; and their thoughts on moving back to the South (or for those few who had already moved from New York, they compared their lives in both areas). The informants recount their positive relations with other black families and with white neighbors in the South and school experiences with strict yet caring black teachers. Neighborhood life in Harlem, central Brooklyn and parts of Queens during the 1940's through the early 1960's were recounted, as well as discussions covering life up to the early 1990's during the time of the interviews is included. The New York City interviews were conducted by City Lore Project Director Ray Allen and the Virginia interviews were conducted by Dr. Marilyn White. less

The Phelp-Stokes Fund Black U.S. Ambassadors Oral History audio collection consists of ten interviews with Black U.S. ambassadors to African and Caribbean nations, who are also referred to as Chiefs of Mission. Funded by the Ford Foundation and sponsored by the Phelps-Stokes Fund, the project documented the contribution of Black people to the shaping of U.S. foreign policy. Interviews were conducted by oral historians Celestine Tutt and Dr. Ruth Stuts Njiri. less

Since 2003, StoryCorps, an independent nonprofit, has collected and archived more than 50,000 interviews with over 90,000 participants. StoryCorps' mission is to provide people of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share, and preserve the stories of their lives. The StoryCorps Black LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) Archive is a collection of digital interviews compiled by StoryCorps between 2004 and 2013, reflecting a multitude of experiences of gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender people throughout the African Diaspora. Conversations between partners, siblings, colleagues, friends, and parents and children range over topics such as love, relationships, activism, identity, coming out, achieving self-acceptance, race, politics, family, culture, immigration, and communities of faith. less

New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT) is a non-profit professional organization for women involved in the New York entertainment industry. The New York Women in Film interviews are comprised of 141 interviews with members of NYWIFT and other New York women who have made important contributions to the film, television, and theater industries in New York. less

The Gay Men of African Descent, Inc. records (1986 - 1998) document the development of the largest black, gay-run, educational, social and political organization in the United States. Records include board of directors materials, a fairly comprehensive collection of newsletters, and information on GMAD's funding sources. Documentation on the organization's earliest years are augmented by transcripts of oral history interviews with both early and active members. less

Ellen Dammond (1916-2007), a social worker and personnel supervisor, was descended from both the Fossetts of Monticello and the famous fugitive slaves William and Ellen Craft. Her uncle was the equal rights activist William Monroe Trotter. She felt strongly about preserving and passing on the history of the struggles for freedom and equality, and both she and her daughter, Peggy Preacely, were active participants in the civil rights movement in the 1960s. Dammond also worked with Polly Cowan and Dorothy Height in the Wednesdays in Mississippi project. This collection includes "The Reminiscences of Ellen Craft Dammond", a transcript of an interview with Jean Blackwell Hutson as part of an oral history class at Columbia University in 1981. less

Robert Hamburger (1943-), professor of creative writing and literature with a focus in civil rights, is the author of numerous books that cover a variety of genres from oral history and personal journalism to travel and memoir. The Robert Hamburger transcripts and research materials consist of interview transcripts, interview outlines, introductory essays, critiques, and research material that Robert Hamburger collected and produced for his books Our Portion of Hell: Fayette County, Tennessee, an Oral History of the Struggle for Civil Rights (1973) and A Stranger in the House (1978), a book about the lives of domestic workers working for white families in New York City; and other works, including "The Whitehall Hotel: A Community of Outcasts, a Proposal for an Oral History Project", "Castaways: or Last Chance Hotel", and "A Journal of the Plague Year". less

The Dawn Lille collection, dated 1932 to 2002, documents Dawn Lille (1934- ), a performer, teacher, and oral historian. Her collection contains oral history interviews she conducted with African-American dancers. Lille also taped an extensive interview with May O'Donnell, a dancer, choreographer and founder of the May O'Donnell Dance Company. less

The SAGE Harlem Legends in my Living Room collection consists of transcripts of interviews with thirteen LGBT African Americans about their experiences during the 1960s through 1980s. Interviewees include Joyce B. Banks, James Davis, Alex Gilliam, James Harris, Pauline Kennedy Rice, Beau McCall, Shelly Montrose, Alexis Page, George E. Stewart, Nora Ann Thompson, Edward Wallace, Tanya Walker, and Tina Williams. less

Sophie Maslow was a choreographer and dancer. The Sophie Maslow research materials were compiled by William Korff in preparation of a biography of Maslow. The collection contains clippings, photographs, programs, promotional material, a scrapbook, and transcripts of oral history interviews. The materials are both originals and copies, and date from 1938 to 2003. less

The manuscript and photograph collection of James Stewart Morcom and John William Keck contains a scrapbook, newspaper and magazine clippings, photo albums, photographs, theater programs, souvenir brochures, playbills, theater journals, and a copy of a 32-page oral history transcript. The majority of the collection pertains to Radio City Music Hall. less