This collection consists of 27 recorded interviews of prominent Santa Barbara African Americans done by interviewee Ranford Hopkins. The interviews were later transcribed into audio tapes.

This collection, the Santa Barbara African American oral history project, consisted of Ranford Hopkins' recorded interviews for his dissertations research. These tapes were later transcribed. The interviewees were prominent African Americans in Santa Barbara, spanning 1982-1989. There were nine sessions with Horace McMillan; of which seven are included here (sessions 6 and 8 were never received). In addition, there are three sessions with L.S. Spencer, one session with Dorothy Wright, and one session with Eugenia Thomas (the Dorothy Wright and Eugenia Thomas tapes are not available).

0.5 Linear Feet 2 document boxes and 11 cassette tapes

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