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- Creator
- Burkes, Mamie
- Call number
- Sc MG 672
- Physical description
- 1 folder
- Language
- English
- Preferred Citation
- [Item], Mamie Burkes oral history interview, Sc MG 672, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
- Access to materials
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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.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Received in 1999, unknown donor.
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY 10037-1801
Second Floor