Black Women Oral History Project transcripts

id
751
origination
Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America. Black Women Oral History Project
date statement
1976-1981
key date
1976
identifier (local_mss)
20544
org unit
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
call number
Sc MG 45
b-number
b11447965
total components
68
total series
0
max depth
1
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 14:59:00 UTC
updated
2021-02-26 18:04:22 UTC
status note
(missing)
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unitdate
{"value"=>"1976-1981", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1976/1981"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Black Women Oral History Project transcripts"}
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repository
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{"value"=>"English"}
origination
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bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>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.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>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.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
arrangement
{"value"=>"<p>Arranged alphabetically by interviewee's last name.</p>"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Purchased from the Black Women Oral History Project, Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, 1981.</p>"}
separatedmaterial
{"value"=>"<p>Transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division: photographs</p>"}
userestrict
{"value"=>"<p>Publication requires permission of interviewee and Schlesinger Library at Radcliffe College.</p>"}
originalsloc
{"value"=>"<p>Originals held at the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, Cambridge, Massachusetts.</p>"}
revisiondesc
{"value"=>"Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark.", "date"=>"2021 February 8"}
date_start
1976
keydate
1976
date_end
1981
date_inclusive_start
1976
date_inclusive_end
1981
extent_statement
11.33 linear feet (68 volumes)
prefercite
{"value"=>"[Item], Black Women Oral History Project transcripts, Sc MG 45, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}
abstract
{"value"=>"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.", "generated"=>true}

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