The Civil Rights History Project: Survey of Collections and Repositories

Coral Gables oral history interview video recordings

Repository: Florida. Division of Library and Information Services

Collection Description (Extant): The City of Coral Gables Cable TV Division (CGTV) produced this series of oral history interviews with long-time city residents and city officials to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the city's incorporation in 1925. This collections consists of videotaped oral history interviews with long-time Coral Gables residents and city officials. Topics addressed include life in early Coral Gables; development of city government; relations between the city and the University of Miami; building of roads and subdivisions and development of neighborhoods; economic development; and segregation and the civil rights and women's rights movements.

Date(s): 2000

Digital Status: Yes

Existing IDs: 900000
N2000-25

Extent: 2 VHS

Finding Aid URL: http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/barm/rediscovery/default.asp?IDCFile=/fsa/detailss.idc,SPECIFIC=2948,DATABASE=SERIES,

Language: English

Interviewees: William Kerdyk, Sr., Charles Girtman, Audrey Finkelstein, Anita Withers, Raul E. Valdes Fauli, Leona Cooper Baker, Rev. Austin Cooper, Robert Knight

Rights (CRHP): Contact the repository which holds the collection for information on rights

Subjects:

Civil rights movements--Florida
Segregation--Florida
Women's rights

Genres:

Interviews
Sound recordings
Videorecordings