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Prince, Vida Goldman Sister, 1933-

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1933-
  • Existence: 1933    

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Garment Industry Oral History Project Records

 Collection
Identifier: A3074
Scope and Contents The collection spans from 1882 to 1996 and is arranged alphabetically into two series: Interviews and Research. The bulk of the collection dates from 1990 to 1991. The Interviews series is comprised of the transcripts, notes, interview summary sheets, and tape indexes relating to the interviews conducted by Sister Prince in 1990 and 1991. There are also clippings about the interviewees and two obituaries. The ...
Dates: 1882-1996; Majority of material found within 1990-1991

Golden Gateway Oral History Project Records

 Collection
Identifier: A3073
Scope and Contents The collection is arranged alphabetically by topic and personal names. It dates from 1979 to 1995, however, the interviews took place from March to June 1990. The collection consists primarily of a single Tape Information Sheet completed by Vida Sister Prince following each interview. There are transcripts for four of the 23 interviews conducted for the project. There are five additional items in the collection: exhibition labels, a brief biography of Sherwin Liou (March 1979), Paul...
Dates: 1979-1995; Majority of material found within 1990 Mar-June

Vida Sister Prince Mississippi River Oral History Project Notes

 Collection
Identifier: A3094
Scope and Contents The collection is comprised of notes and research complied by Sister Prince for an independent project on the Mississippi River dating from 1964 to 1998. The folders are arranged alphabetically by type of document. Prince’s diary, from September 3rd to October 27th, includes six pages of notes about people to whom she spoke, some of the topics discussed, and references to other people to whom she might speak. The folder of general notes includes historical references to...
Dates: 1964-1998; Majority of material found within 1998

Vida Sister Prince Oral History Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A3071
Scope and Contents The collection dates from 1942 to 2014 and is arranged alphabetically into three series: Race and Memory Oral History Project series which is subdivided into the Interviews and Management subseries, Book series, and General Subject Files series. Interview transcriptions and supporting documentation for the “Race and Memory” oral history project conducted by Vida Sister...
Dates: 1942-2018; Majority of material found within 1993-1995

Vida Sister Prince Oral History Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: P1033
Scope and Contents The Vida “Sister” Prince Oral History Photograph Collection contains photographs collected for Prince’s “Race and Memory” oral history project, which explored how race affected St. Louisians of color in their daily lives. Photographs may also have been used for Prince's book, That's the Way It Was.Photographs in this collection were mainly collected from the subjects themselves, and many include caption and provenance information. Photographs are...
Dates: 1903-1994; bulk 1940-1994

Ragtime to Rock 'n Roll Oral History Project Records

 Collection
Identifier: A3075
Scope and Contents The collection is arranged alphabetically by interviewee name and is comprised primarily of project documentation: tape information sheets and tape indexes. Additional materials include: an introductory letter to interviewees, sample interview questions, a brochure for the exhibition and its accompanying programs, one interview transcript (Hines), a small number of newsclippings, and one obituary. There are also notes on a meeting with Judge Nathan B. Young, handwritten notes for a few...
Dates: 1989-1993

St. Louis Oral History Project Records

 Collection
Identifier: A3078
Scope and Contents The records include tape information sheets for each interview, notes, and background clippings. There are no transcripts. Most of the interviews took place in 1991 and 1992; one took place in 1989. There is not a single theme connecting all the interviews. Individuals were chosen to be interviewed based on recommendations from staff members. Bob Chambers, Elsa Ketzner, and Bill Shana reminisced about their lives in St. Louis. The Chambers interview focused on WWII home...
Dates: 1989-1992

Strong Seed Planted Oral History Collection

 Collection
Identifier: A3072
Scope and Contents The collection is arranged alphabetically by interviewee name and dates from 1963 to 1994. It is comprised of project documentation such as tape information sheets and indexes to the taped interviews, background clippings relating to the interviewees and their civil rights activities, a few obituaries, a program brochure, and letters from Missouri Historical Society staff regarding the project. There are some partial transcripts and 15 full transcripts for the 23 interviews included in...
Dates: 1958-1994; Majority of material found within 1988-1990

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Oral history 5
Race Relations -- Missouri -- St. Louis 3
African Americans -- Employment -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 2
Civil Rights -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 2
Segregation -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 2
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African American musicians -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 1
African Americans -- Families -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 1
African Americans -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 1
African Americans -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- Social conditions 1
Artists -- Missouri 1
Asian Americans--Ethnic Identity 1
Black Liberators 1
Blues musicians -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 1
Carr Square (Saint Louis, Mo.) 1
Chinese Americans -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 1
Clothing trade -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 1
Clothing workers -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 1
Discrimination in employment -- Missouri -- St. Louis 1
East Saint Louis Race Riot, East Saint Louis, Ill., 1917 1
Fashion designers -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 1
Gospel singers -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 1
Japanese Americans 1
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 1
Jazz -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 1
Jefferson Bank Demonstration, Saint Louis, Mo., 1963. 1
Korean Americans 1
Laotian Americans 1
Mill Creek Valley (Saint Louis, Mo.) 1
Mississippi River 1
Music -- Instruction and Study 1
Musicians 1
Opera 1
Pruitt-Igoe (Housing project : Saint Louis, Mo.) 1
Public Housing -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- History 1
Race discrimination -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 1
Rent Strikes -- Missouri -- St. Louis 1
Saint Louis (Mo.) -- Politics and government 1
Saint Louis (Mo.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century 1
Segregation in education -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 1
Stix, Baer and Fuller Company 1
Thai Americans 1
Union Station (Saint Louis, Mo.) 1
Vietnamese Americans 1
Wages--Dressmakers -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 1
Women's clothing--History -- Missouri -- Saint Louis 1
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