Segregation -- Missouri -- Saint Louis
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
George Winston Cloyd Papers
Collection
Identifier: A0302
Scope and Contents
Private papers, correspondence, newsletter, printed matter, and newsclippings related to the career of Judge Cloyd, especially his civic activities in connection with the St. Louis Council on Human Relations and the early stages of desegregation of St. Louis swimming pools, 1950-1951. Also includes materials relating to student activities, military service, legal and judicial career and other civic involvements, 1938-1984.
Dates:
1938-1984
I Too Sing America Oral History Project Records
Collection
Identifier: A3076
Scope and Contents
The collection spans from 1949 to 1994 and is arranged alphabetically by interviewee name. It is comprised primarily of project documentation: tape information sheets and tape indexes. The bulk of the collection dates from 1987. Additional materials include a few obituaries, clippings about the interviewees, and only two transcripts (M. Oldham, Williams). The first folder contains a brochure about the exhibition and related programs and clippings about the exhibit.
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Dates:
1949-1994; Majority of material found within 1987-1988
Lewis Place Oral History Project Transcripts
Collection
Identifier: A3174
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of ten oral history interview transcripts for interviews with nine individuals conducted by historian Gwen Moore of the Missouri Historical Society for the Lewis Place Oral History Project. The video interviews were conducted between September 2008 and January 2009. The transcripts are arranged alphabetically by name of interviewee.
Moore began each interview with questions about the interviewees’ backgrounds (family...
Dates:
2008-2009
Moorlands Addition Board of Agents Covenant Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: A3129
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of two letters, a report, and an invoice. On October 1, 1947, Robert C. Powell, secretary of the Moorlands Addition Board of Agents, wrote to the other two members of the board (Edward A. Simon, chairman; and T.J. Hargadon, treasurer) enclosing the two letters, report, and invoice.
The matter under discussion is the noncompliance of apartment building owners with one of the subdivision’s racial restrictions, or covenants, which stated that no person “not...
Dates:
1947 Oct 1
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
Yvonne A. Rosen Papers
Collection
Identifier: A3162
Scope and Contents
The collection contains materials related to Rosen’s work on Victory Without Violence: The First Ten Years of the St. Louis Committee of Racial Equality, a history of the St. Louis Committee of Racial Equality (CORE). The papers also include a small number of Yvonne “Bonnie” Rosen’s academic papers and her master’s thesis in the areas of social work and anthropology. The papers are divided into two series: the CORE Series dates...
Dates:
1951-2001; Majority of material found within 1994-1996
Schlafly Cultural Desegregation Oral History Project Transcripts
Collection
Identifier: A2162
Scope and Contents
This collection contains both verbatim and edited transcripts of interviews conducted in 1994 regarding 1980s desegregation programs in St. Louis cultural and educational institutions. Some of these culturally based desegregation programs include the Missouri Botanical Garden's "Eco Act" program, the Missouri Historical Society's "Where Rivers Meet" program, and the Vaughn Cultural Center's "Eyes on the Prize" program. Interviews were conducted with former students and teachers in the...
Dates:
1994
John R. Stockham Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: A3196
Scope and Contents
The papers relate to the John R. Stockham family and are comprised primarily of Stockham’s correspondence relating to segregation; newsletters and newspaper clippings; and diplomas and certificates. A few items also relate to Dorothy and Anne Stockham. The papers are arranged alphabetically by topic/type of document and span from 1935 to 2006 with the following large gaps: 1943-1946; 1954-1962; 1967-1991; and 1993-2005.
John R. Stockham was a staunch...
Dates:
1938-2006; Majority of material found within 1938-1950
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
Billie Ames Teneau CORE Papers
Collection
Identifier: A3165
Scope and Contents
The collection contains primarily oral history interview transcripts, memoirs, and various planning and research materials related to Victory Without Violence: The First Ten Years of the St. Louis Committee of Racial Equality, a history of the St. Louis Committee of Racial Equality (CORE). There are also materials relating to Teneau’s involvement in national CORE, several publications relating to segregation in St. Louis, and to events about civil...
Dates:
1947-2006