| Creator: | Indiana University Center for the Study of History and Memory |
| Title: | Port Gibson, Mississippi |
| Collection No.: | ohrc107 |
| Dates: | 1992 |
| Quantity: |
Quantity: 2 Interviews (Audio files, transcripts, and collateral materials ) |
| Abstract: | The interviews in this collection primarily discuss civil rights issues in Claiborne County, Mississippi. Some topics discussed are Black voter registration, school integration, and freedom of choice. The interviewees' childhoods, including the Great Depression and World War II, are also talked about in the interviews. The interviews were conducted as research for the Ph.D. dissertation Common Courtesy: The Civil Rights Movement in Claiborne County, Mississippi by the interviewer. |
| Location: | Interviews are housed in Franklin Hall, Room 0030A. Contact ohrc@indiana.edu for more information. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office. |
| Language: | Materials are in English . |
| Repository: | Center for Documentary Research and Practice Franklin Hall 0030B 601 E. Kirkwood Avenue Bloomington, Indiana 47405 Business Number: 812-855-2856 ohrc@indiana.edu URL: https://cdrp.mediaschool.indiana.edu/ |
This collection contains two interviews conducted in 1992. The interviews are 159 and 153 minutes respectively. Both interviews consist of audio tapes, but are not fully transcribed.
The archive of the Center for Documentary Research and Practice at Indiana University is open to the use of researchers. Copies of transcript pages are available only when such copies are permitted by the deed of gift. Scholars must honor any restrictions the interviewee placed on the use of the interview. Since some of our earlier (pre-computer) transcripts do not exist in final form, any editing marks in a transcript (deletions, additions, corrections) are to be quoted as marked. Audio files may not be copied for patrons unless the deed of gift permits it, and a transcript is unavailable for that interview. The same rules of use that apply to a transcript apply to the audio interview. Interviews may not be reproduced in full for any public use, but excerpted quotes may be used as long as researchers fully cite the data in their research, including accession number, interview date, interviewee's and interviewer's name, and page(s).
[interviewee first name last name] interview, by [interviewer first name last name], [interview date(s)], [call number], [project name], Center for Documentary Research and Practice, Indiana University, Bloomington, [page number(s) or tape number and side if no transcript; if digital audio and no transcript, cite time when quote occurs].
Oral history interviews conducted by the Indiana University Center for the Study of History and Memory from 1968 to the present, with particular focus on the history of twentieth-century America and the Midwest.
No(s): 92-006
Physical Description: 29 pages; 4 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 153 minutes; partially transcribed (tape 1 and tape 2, side A); no index
Scope and Content Note: Anonymous was a guidance counselor at Port Gibson High School in Mississippi. She speaks about her childhood, the Great Depression, and her education that allowed her to become a guidance counselor. She discusses, in more depth, her duties at the high school and the difficulties of school integration that occurred in the late nineteen sixties and early nineteen seventies.
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Access Status: Restricted: Contact center staff for more information
No(s): 92-007
Physical Description: Not transcribed, 4 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 159 minutes
Scope and Content Note: Ezekial Rankin speaks about his childhood and education. he discusses living conditions during the Great Depression. He describes his experiences in the military during World War II including his travels, and the racism he encountered. He discusses his role in black voter registration in the area (Mississippi). He discusses the NAACP and the civil rights movement. Rankin shares some family history. He talks about how the community, the country, and the government have changed throughout his lifetime and the pros and cons of these changes. He discusses the jobs he's held, especially farming, as well as his family and the values he's both learned and tried to instill.
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Access Status: Open