Race Relations -- Missouri -- St. Louis
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Joyce Best Papers
Collection
Identifier: A3033
Scope and Contents
The papers are comprised of materials relating to the Greater St. Louis Committee for Freedom of Residence and programs and certificates relating to the posthumous awarding of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Spirit Award to Margaret “Maggie” Dagen by the University City Board of Education. The papers are arranged alphabetically by topic and date from 1961 to 2006 with date gaps from 1967 to 1995 and from 1998 to 2005.
Items documenting the Greater St....
Dates:
1961-2006; Majority of material found within 1962-1966
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
Matthew Miley Collection
Collection
Identifier: A3170
Scope and Contents
The collection contains two items relating to the International Association of Black Professional Firefighters (IABPFF) from 1972 and one program form the 1975 annual scholarship benefit banquet of The St. Louis Tavern and Independent Liquor Licensees Inc. (STILL). The items are arranged chronologically.
Two items relate to the International Association of Black Professional Firefighters (IABPFF) at the 1972 Black Firefighters Convention. There is an...
Dates:
1972-1975
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
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
Unemployed Citizens League Local No. 4 (Saint Louis, Mo.) Record Books
Collection
Identifier: A3143
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of blank letterhead and three bound notebooks containing records relating to the Unemployed Citizens League of St. Louis Local No. 4, some records for Local No. 1 and No. 11, and a blank application for the St. Louis Housewives’ League. The records are arranged alphabetically by title and date from 1933 to 1938. There are no records for 1936.
The three notebooks provide lists of children and families who received aid during the Great Depression in St....
Dates:
1933-1938
Unknown Soldiers / Unsung Heroes: Youth Activism in the St. Louis Civil Rights Movement Oral History Project Transcripts
Collection
Identifier: A3175
Scope and Contents
The collection contains oral history interview transcripts, interview summaries and context synopses, topics indexes, biographical information and family history forms, and other documentation relating to the Unknown Soldiers/Unsung Heroes Oral History Project. Additionally, there are items such as leaflets and yearbook pages provided by some interviewees to help tell their stories. Gwen Moore, historian at the Missouri Historical Society, conducted all 17 interviews in 2004...
Dates:
2004-2005