| Title: |
Reminiscences of Christia V. Adair
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP86-A3
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Black Women Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Family background; childhood in Edna, Texas; student at Sam Houston and Prairie View Colleges, 1910-15; teacher at Edna, 1915-18; marriage; work with Kingsville Sunday School, 1918-25; administrator of Houston branch of NAACP, 1950-59; race relations in Houston; impressions of Mayor Roy Hofheinz; Harrison County Democrats; membership in national and community organizations.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 54 leaves
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact Schlesinger Library for information. Original oral history held by: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, MA 02138.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1977 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Adair, Christia V., 1893-
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1893
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| Speaker occupation: |
Civil rights activist
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| Age at speaking: |
84
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| Document date: |
1977
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| Interviewer: |
Robinson, Dorothy R.
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| Organizations discussed: |
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Baltimore, MD
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
African Americans--Education; Civil rights workers--United States; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Baltimore, MD; North America; Oral history; Race relations--United States; United States
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Adair, Christia V., 1893-
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0016617-12060
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