Charles H. Baggett interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Jul...
Charles Baggett, born in 1941, talked about his father Herman, who owned car dealerships in Hugo, Oklahoma, and the relationship Herman developed with the circus community; in particular with D.R. Miller. Charl... More
William W. Kerwin interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-07-...
Interview focuses on Bill Kerwin's experiences as an ironworker with Local 383. Recorded at Bill Kerwin's home, Waunakee, Wisconsin, July 8, 2011. Cultural Traditions of Ironworkers in America's Upper Midwest :... More
Doris Ortiz interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-07
Doris Ortiz runs iSALON in New York City. She's originally from Singapore. Initially, Doris had a job in Union Square at International Hair Cutting. She decided to open her own shop six years later. Her salon c... More
Walter J. Cheney interview conducted by Margaret A. Glaser and Charlie...
Interview with Walter "Bimbo" Cheney, former cowboy, now surface miner with Newmont Mining Corporation in Elko, Nevada, one of the world's largest gold mining companies. He discussed his previous occupation as ... More
B.K. Silverlake interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Julian...
B.K. Silverlake was born in 1946 to Emma and Raymond Duke, a circus family. She outlined their history with various circuses and her life with Melvin Silverlake, who was also from a circus family. B.K. explaine... More
Folosade Bey Al-Rasul and Nzinga Foreman-Bey interview conducted by Ca...
Nzinga and Folosade are sisters who work out of their family home in Philadelphia. They were trained by master braider Yvette Smalls. They specialize in traditional African hair styling and they have developed ... More
Shahzad Hafeez interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-09
Shahzad Hafeez is from Pakistan. He discusses being trained as an engineer and becoming a hairdresser in the United States. He talks about the difference of Indian hair compared to European hair and how Indian ... More
Henry Arnold Martens interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011...
Two interviews were done with Henry "Bud" Martens. Both were recorded on July 26, 2011. Part 1 (38:39) is longer and more general and concerns his upbringing, early iron worker career, welding, the trade, and s... More
David F. Olby interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-10-29
Interview focuses on David Olby's experiences as an ironworker, including accounts of his dad, DeWain Olby, also an ironworker, with additional accounts of deer hunting, David's work in a sawmill and doing carp... More
Michael Fulton interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana...
Mike Fulton, born in 1957, entered the circus industry at a young age and discussed how that came about. After high school graduation, the family moved to Hugo, Oklahoma. He held various jobs within the circus ... More
Augustine Peplinski interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-0...
Interview focuses on Gus Peplinski's experiences as an ironworker and member of Local 383 Recorded at Gus Peplinski's home, Custer, Wisconsin, July 12, 2011. Cultural Traditions of Ironworkers in America's Uppe... More
D'Army Bailey oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Me...
D'Army Bailey describes growing up in Memphis, Tennessee, the influence of the Crump political machine in city politics, and his involvement with the Memphis NAACP at an early age. He talks about his participat... More
Robert L. Carter oral history interview conducted by Patricia Sullivan...
Robert L. Carter recalls growing up in Newark, New Jersey, and attending Lincoln University, Howard University Law School, and Columbia University. He discusses hearing Marian Anderson sing at the Lincoln Memor... More
B.K. Silverlake interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Julian...
B.K. Silverlake was born in 1946 to Emma and Raymond Duke, a circus family. She outlined their history with various circuses and her life with Melvin Silverlake, who was also from a circus family. B.K. explaine... More
Charles H. Baggett interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Jul...
Charles Baggett, born in 1941, talked about his father Herman, who owned car dealerships in Hugo, Oklahoma, and the relationship Herman developed with the circus community; in particular with D.R. Miller. Charl... More
Charles H. Baggett interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Jul...
Charles Baggett, born in 1941, talked about his father Herman, who owned car dealerships in Hugo, Oklahoma, and the relationship Herman developed with the circus community; in particular with D.R. Miller. Charl... More
Robert L. Carter oral history interview conducted by Patricia Sullivan...
Robert L. Carter recalls growing up in Newark, New Jersey, and attending Lincoln University, Howard University Law School, and Columbia University. He discusses hearing Marian Anderson sing at the Lincoln Memor... More
Augustine Peplinski interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-0...
Interview focuses on Gus Peplinski's experiences as an ironworker and member of Local 383 Recorded at Gus Peplinski's home, Custer, Wisconsin, July 12, 2011. Cultural Traditions of Ironworkers in America's Uppe... More
B.K. Silverlake interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Julian...
B.K. Silverlake was born in 1946 to Emma and Raymond Duke, a circus family. She outlined their history with various circuses and her life with Melvin Silverlake, who was also from a circus family. B.K. explaine... More
Sigmund Freud Papers: Family Papers, 1851-1978; Correspondence with Si...
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Federal Writers' Project: Slave Narrative Project, Vol. 15, Tennessee,...
Includes narratives by Andrew Moss, Andy Odell, Ann Matthews, Cecelia Chappel, Dan Thomas, Ellis Ken Kannon, Emma Grisham, Frances Batson, Frankie Goole, Jenny Greer, Joseph Leonidas Star, Julia Casey, Laura Ra... More
Federal Writers' Project: Slave Narrative Project, Vol. 10, Missouri, ...
Includes narratives by Alex Bufford, Alice Sewell, Ann Stokes, Ann Ulrich Evans, Annie Bridges, Betty Abernathy, Betty Brown, Charles Gabriel Anderson, Charlie Richardson, Clara McNeely Harrell, Clay Smith, Dav... More
Federal Writers' Project: Slave Narrative Project, Vol. 2, Arkansas, P...
Includes narratives by Abbie Lindsay, Absolom Jenkins, Adaline Johnson, Adreanna (Adrianna) W. Kerns, Alice Johnson, Allen Johnson, Angeline Jones, Anna King, Annie Johnson, Annie Love, Arey Lamar, Barney A. La... More
Conversation with 15 year old male, Virginia (Transcript)
For rights information contact the collector’s institution: Center for Applied Linguistics. Washington, DC 15 year old male, Vietnamese, 7 years in the U.S. Talks about life in Vietnam; holidays; school; Vietna... More
Conversation with 17 year old white male, White Pine, Tennessee (Trans...
For rights information contact the collector’s institution: University of South Carolina. Columbia, SC 17 year old white male. Talks about encountering Bigfoot; a typical day; animals; and school.
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Brown Girl in the Ring, 1997
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Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Eelsfoot, 1950s
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John Elliott Churchville oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mo...
Summary: John Churchville recalls growing up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, his mother's career as a music teacher, moving to New York, and converting to Islam. He remembers joining the Student Nonviolent Coord... More
Candie Carawan and Guy Hughes Carawan oral history interview conducted...
Candie Carawan recalls attending Fisk University as an exchange student and meeting civil rights activists in Nashville, Tennessee. She discusses meeting Guy Carawan at the Highlander Folk School, the importanc... More
Carrie M. Young oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in ...
Summary: Carrie Young recalls growing up in on a farm, moving to West Helena, Arkansas, with her family, and meeting civil rights organizers from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), including ... More
Emmett W. Bassett and Priscilla Tietjen Bassett oral history interview...
Priscilla Tietjen Bassett recalls growing up in Plainfield, New Jersey, and attending Smith College, and Emmett W. Bassett remembers growing up in Henry County, Virginia, serving in World War II, and attending ... More
Courtland Cox oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Wa...
Courtland Cox recalls growing up in Trinidad and New York City, and attending Howard University. He remembers organizing student protests in Washington, D. C., with the Nonviolent Action Group, which later merg... More
Ruby Nell Sales oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in ...
Ruby Sales discusses her father's military career, growing up in Columbus, Georgia, and attending the Tuskegee Institute. She recalls joining the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Selma to M... More
William Lucy oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Wash...
Summary: William Lucy discusses his role in the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) in the 1960s, especially how he and the union supported the 1968 sanitation workers' strike ... More
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962
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Dorothy Foreman Cotton oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosn...
Dorothy Foreman Cotton discusses growing up in rural North Carolina, attending Shaw University and Virginia State College, working as a housekeeper for the president of these colleges, Dr. Robert Prentiss Danie... More
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962
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Gerald Truty interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011-10-19
Retired Local #63 iron worker Gerald "Jerry" Truty describes his background, entering iron working, important sites he worked on, working in other states, other jobs, jokes, the labor movement, and the current ... More
Henry Arnold Martens interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011...
Two interviews were done with Henry "Bud" Martens. Both were recorded on July 26, 2011. Part 1 (38:39) is longer and more general and concerns his upbringing, early iron worker career, welding, the trade, and s... More
William W. Kerwin interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-07-...
Interview focuses on Bill Kerwin's experiences as an ironworker with Local 383. Recorded at Bill Kerwin's home, Waunakee, Wisconsin, July 8, 2011. Cultural Traditions of Ironworkers in America's Upper Midwest :... More
Henry Arnold Martens interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011...
Two interviews were done with Henry "Bud" Martens. Both were recorded on July 26, 2011. Part 1 (38:39) is longer and more general and concerns his upbringing, early iron worker career, welding, the trade, and s... More
Robert Paterno interview conducted by Ellen E. McHale, 2013-02-17
An interview with Robert "Bob" Paterno, who works as a "pony person" at the Tampa Bay Downs Racetrack. He talks about the daily routines in the backstretch, and gives his thoughts on training, on horses, and on... More
Henry Arnold Martens interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011...
Two interviews were done with Henry "Bud" Martens. Both were recorded on July 26, 2011. Part 1 (38:39) is longer and more general and concerns his upbringing, early iron worker career, welding, the trade, and s... More
Carl Bradley Legg interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-29
Brad Legg's home salon is located in the Appalachian hills of Rainelle, West Virginia. Brad talks about his family of coal miners; his history of styling hair; his regular customers and how he was able to build... More
Edgar L. Smith interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-07-07
Concerns Smith's life and career as an ironworker, especially as a member of Wisconsin-based Local 383. Car and trucks whoosh by since Smith lives next to a highway, also birds twitter while enjoying feeders ne... More
James Oscar Jones oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier i...
James Oscar Jones remembers growing up on a farm in Arkansas, the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, and attending the Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical, and Normal College in Pine Bluff. He dis... More
D'Army Bailey oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Me...
D'Army Bailey describes growing up in Memphis, Tennessee, the influence of the Crump political machine in city politics, and his involvement with the Memphis NAACP at an early age. He talks about his participat... More
Harold Clausen interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-07-21
Interview with Harold "Pork" Clausen focuses on his experiences as an ironworker. His wife, Sharon, joins in at the end of the recording session. The audio interview is in two parts: file afc2011062_00168_sr01 ... More
Cleveland Sellers oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in ...
Cleveland Sellers shares memories of growing up in Denmark, South Carolina, especially the influence of Voorhees College in the community. He organized a Youth Chapter of the National Association for the Advanc... More
James Oscar Jones oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier i...
James Oscar Jones remembers growing up on a farm in Arkansas, the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, and attending the Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical, and Normal College in Pine Bluff. He dis... More
Sigmund Freud Papers: Subject File, 1856-1988; Newspaper and magazine ...
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Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962
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Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962
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Joan Trumpauer Mulholland oral history interview conducted by John Dit...
Summary: Joan Trumpauer Mulholland shares how, as a child in Arlington, Virginia, her awareness of racial disparities grew. As a student at Duke University, she began participating in the sit-in movement. She s... More
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962
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Conversation with 76 year old white female, West Virginia (Transcript)
For rights information contact the collector’s institution: Center for Applied Linguistics. Washington, DC 76 year old white female. Ghost stories and general conditions of life.
Cecil J. Williams oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier i...
Summary: Cecil J. Williams remembers his childhood in Orangeburg, South Carolina, and starting his career as a photographer for several African American publications in his teens. He remembers photographing Pre... More
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962
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Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962
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Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, New York City, 1961-1962
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Interview between Grant and Pemberton, Confederate States of America
Print shows Union General Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate General John C. Pemberton discussing the terms of the capitulation of Vicksburg, bringing to an end the Union siege of the city.
The Speaker's Secretary. Margaret M. Robertson, Secretary to Speaker J...
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![Interview: Roy Wilkins, Executive Secretary of the NAACP / [WKL].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDkvaW50ZXJ2aWV3LXJveS13aWxraW5zLWV4ZWN1dGl2ZS1zZWNyZXRhcnktb2YtdGhlLW5hYWNwLXdrbC01NTFlYzctMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/61/webp "Interview: Roy Wilkins, Executive Secretary of the NAACP / [WKL].")
Interview: Roy Wilkins, Executive Secretary of the NAACP / [WKL].
Photograph shows head-and-shoulders portrait of Wilkins. Title from contact sheet folder caption. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR ... More
![[Lee A. Iacocca, President of Ford Motor Company, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, gesturing with two hands, as he speaks during an interview] / TOH.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjEvbGVlLWEtaWFjb2NjYS1wcmVzaWRlbnQtb2YtZm9yZC1tb3Rvci1jb21wYW55LWhlYWQtYW5kLXNob3VsZGVycy1wb3J0cmFpdC1mYWNpbmctNzNkNDRhLTEwMjQuanBn/40/37/webp "[Lee A. Iacocca, President of Ford Motor Company, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, gesturing with two hands, as he speaks during an interview] / TOH.")
[Lee A. Iacocca, President of Ford Motor Company, head-and-shoulders p...
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![[Members of a Chinese table tennis team being interviewed at a television studio at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, Bethesda, Maryland]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMTEvbWVtYmVycy1vZi1hLWNoaW5lc2UtdGFibGUtdGVubmlzLXRlYW0tYmVpbmctaW50ZXJ2aWV3ZWQtYXQtYS10ZWxldmlzaW9uLXN0dWRpby03MzRkZTktMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/27/webp "[Members of a Chinese table tennis team being interviewed at a television studio at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, Bethesda, Maryland]")
[Members of a Chinese table tennis team being interviewed at a televis...
Title devised by Library staff from contact sheet folder caption. Date from contact sheet folder caption. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 25765, frame 11A. Contact sheet fo... More
Fieldworker David Taylor interviews Anne Murphy about c. 1918 photo of...
Forms part of a group of images recorded on September 11, documenting retired towel factory worker Anne Murphy and her daughter Claire at their home in Totowa, New Jersey.
Fieldworker David Taylor interviews Anne Murphy about photo of Newberg...
Forms part of a group of images recorded on September 11, documenting retired towel factory worker Anne Murphy and her daughter Claire at their home in Totowa, New Jersey.
Fieldworker David Taylor interviews Anne Murphy about photo of Newberg...
Forms part of a group of images recorded on September 11, documenting retired towel factory worker Anne Murphy and her daughter Claire at their home in Totowa, New Jersey.
Interview with Howard Marotto, Naples, Italy, November 26, 2001 (part ...
Video Recording, Non-Music. Interviewee occupation: Captain, United States Marine Corps. Summary: Howard Marotto was in Jacksonville, Florida when the September 11 attacks occurred. He thought, at first, that t... More
Interview with Lorenzo Maffin, Naples, Italy, November 15, 2001
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Interview with Irene Palad, Naples, Italy, November 16, 2001
Interviewee occupation: Student. Video Recording-Non-Music. Summary: Irene Palad was shocked that America was attacked by a Third World entity. She talks about security, changes in America, and her future plans.
"Man-on-the-Street," Austin, Texas, December 9, 1941
The name of one interviewee is unknown. Part of a series of interviews made by John Henry Faulk, Austin, Texas, December 9, 1941. Contents: AFS 06368A, Interview with Mrs. E.N. Curry; AFS 06368B, Interview with... More
Federal Writers' Project: Slave Narrative Project, Vol. 14, South Caro...
Interviews were conducted in Adams Run, Brittons Neck, Charleston, Claussens, Columbia, Conway, Estill, Florence, Gaffney, Georgetown County, Greenwood, Lena, Luray, Marion, Murrells Inlet, Murrell's Inlet, New... More
Jeff Hafler interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-07-26
The interview took place at Jeff Hafler's dining room table. Hafler discusses his hair styling career, starting in Ohio, learning on Black hair and then building his own business in Los Angeles, where he develo... More
Barbara Miller Byrd interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Ju...
Third-generation circus owner Barbara Miller Byrd was born in 1946. She talked about her parents, D.R. and Isla Miller, and the history of the Carson & Barnes Circus, and the future of traveling tent shows. Bar... More
B.K. Silverlake interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Julian...
B.K. Silverlake was born in 1946 to Emma and Raymond Duke, a circus family. She outlined their history with various circuses and her life with Melvin Silverlake, who was also from a circus family. B.K. explaine... More
Harold Clausen interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-07-21
Interview with Harold "Pork" Clausen focuses on his experiences as an ironworker. His wife, Sharon, joins in at the end of the recording session. The audio interview is in two parts: file afc2011062_00168_sr01 ... More
Richard Rowe interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011-07-08
Richard Rowe, a business agent for Iron Workers Union (IWU) Local #63, discusses his background, his entrance into the iron working trade, his involvement in the IWU, labor history, and the current state of org... More
Everett J. Erstad interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-07-...
Interview with ironworker Everett J. Erstad at his home in Oregon, Wisconsin. The audio is in 2 parts: Part 1 (sr01) includes the bulk of the interview with Everett Erstad and his experiences as an ironworker w... More
The "Big Top" Show Goes On: production materials, 2011-2012
Supplementary materials for 'The "Big Top" Show Goes On:An Oral History of Occupations Inside and Outside the Canvas Tent' interviews conducted by Tanya D. Finchum and Juliana M. Nykolaiszen of circus workers a... More
Harold Clausen interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-07-21
Interview with Harold "Pork" Clausen focuses on his experiences as an ironworker. His wife, Sharon, joins in at the end of the recording session. The audio interview is in two parts: file afc2011062_00168_sr01 ... More
Henry Arnold Martens interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011...
Two interviews were done with Henry "Bud" Martens. Both were recorded on July 26, 2011. Part 1 (38:39) is longer and more general and concerns his upbringing, early iron worker career, welding, the trade, and s... More
William Sattler interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker, 2011-07-2...
William "Bill" Sattler, Iron Workers Union Local 63, discusses his background, early work as an iron worker, his career in the trade, life as union leader, memorable jobs, and also provided photographs of some ... More
Jack Greenberg oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in N...
Jack Greenberg remembers attending Columbia University Law School, working for the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, and arguing the Brown v. Board of Education case. He discusses working on many other ci... More
Al Bass and Craig Satalic interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker,...
Craig Satalic and Al Bass, both officials for Iron Workers Union (IWU) Local 1, review their entrance into and history in the trade, the importance of the union, the apprenticeship program, labor relations in C... More
Sigmund Freud Papers: General Correspondence, 1871-1996; Sachs, Hanns;...
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