| Title: |
Reminiscences of Miriam Matthews
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP88-A107
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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 and early life; University of California, BA 1926, University of Chicago Graduate Library School, MA 1945; librarian Los Angeles Public Library system, 1927-49, regional librarian, 1949-60; memberships, commissions and professional associations; effect of prejudice on career and personal life, especially during World War I, World War II and McCarthy era; foreign travel.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 81 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: |
Matthews, Miriam, 1905-
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1905
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| Speaker occupation: |
Librarian
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| Age at speaking: |
72
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| Document date: |
1977
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| Interviewer: |
Roberts, Eleanor
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
African American librarians; African American women librarians; African Americans--Segregation; African Americans--Social conditions; Libraries; North America; Oral history; United States
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0018880-14323
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