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Oakland Oral History Project : oral history transcripts, 1997-1999.
BANC MSS 2006/112LOCALPhonotape 3795 C:1-26LOCAL
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Title:

Oakland Oral History Project : oral history transcripts, 1997-1999

Creator/Contributor:

University-Oakland Metropolitan Forum

Creator/Contributor:

University of California, Berkeley, Department of African American Studies.

Creator/Contributor:

African American Museum & Library at Oakland (Oakland, Calif.)

Abstract:

The Oakland Oral History Project aimed to collect the valuable oral histories of senior Oakland residents of different ethnic backgrounds for the present Oakland community. The project focused on race relations in Oakland with special emphasis on the areas of housing, labor, education, and cultural institutions; inquiring into the forces that shaped Oakland's current racial, ethnic and cultural mosaic. 16 transcripts are included in the collection.
Mary Adams, Walter Bachemin, Elsie and Albini Giani, Walter Green, Edith Hill, Al Kidder, Elmer McConnelly, Shirley Smith, Hadwick Thompson, and Earl Watkins.

Date:

1997 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
Oakland Oral History Project.
Minorities -- California -- Oakland -- Interviews
Housing -- California -- Oakland
Labor -- California -- Oakland
Education -- California -- Oakland
Oakland (Calif.) -- History
Oakland (Calif.) -- Social life and customs
Oakland (Calif.) -- Race relations

Note:

Forms part of the Donated oral histories collection of The Bancroft Library.
Collaborative project between the University-Oakland Metropolitan Forum, the African American Studies Department at UC Berkeley, and the African American Museum and Library in Oakland. Interviews conducted 1997-1999 by graduate students from various disciplines at UC Berkeley.
CD ROM (in folder 1) includes transcripts of some of the interviews and photos of interviewees.

Type:

biography
Oral histories.

Physical Description:

print
1 box, 1 cd rom (.4 linear feet)
26 sound cassettes

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS 2006/112LOCAL
Phonotape 3795 C:1-26LOCAL

Origin:

California