The Civil Rights History Project: Survey of Collections and Repositories

Adeline Harris collection

Repository: Cincinnati Museum Center. Library

Collection Description (Extant): Interviews document the history of the black community in Cincinnati during the 20th Century. Such topics as segregation, the civil rights movement and life in the black community are discussed.

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1. These texts and images may not be reproduced or redistributed without the written permission of the Cincinnati Historical Society Library, Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal. This restriction applies to all reproduction or redistribution for public or commercial use. Permission to publish must be requested in writing.
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Collection URL: http://library.cincymuseum.org/aag/leaders.html#harris

Condition Note: good condition, master and copy

Date(s): 1980-1981

Digital Status: No

Existing IDs: MSS 1 AT

Extent: 63 audio cassettes (90 minutes), interviewee biographies, content summaries

Language: English

Interviewees: Dr. Clarissa Baker, Theodore Moody Berry, J. Kenneth Blackwell, John Blanton, Rev. L. Venchael Booth, William Bowen, Carol Braddock, Dr. Edmund Casey, Dr. Ray E. Clarke, Virginia Coffey, Dr. Vera Edwards, Cheryl Grant, Joseph Hall, Lawrence Hawkins, James B. Marshall, Dr. Lucy Oxley, Rev. Wilber Page, Hartwell Parham, Marjorie Parham, Melvin Posey, Lavatus U. Powell, Ida Mae Rhodes, Oscar Robertson, Doris Rankin Sells, Dr. Halloway Sells, Jack Sherman Jr., Fred Shuttlesworth, Donald Spencer, Marian Spencer, Ronald Temple, Carl Westmoreland

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

Subjects:

African American clergy--Ohio
African American doctors
African American educators--Ohio
African Americans in medicine
African Americans--Civil rights--Ohio
African Americans--Social life and customs
Civil rights movements--Ohio
Segregation--Ohio

Genres:

Interviews
Sound recordings