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Document Details


Title: Interview of Vera Clark Ifill by Andrew Phillips, May 23, 1989
Document type: Oral history
Accessibility: Paid Only
Repository: Alexander Street Press
Collection: North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries and Oral Histories (Subscription only)
URL: http://www.alexanderstreet4.com/cgi-bin/asp/imld/documentidx.pl?docid=S13855-D001
Original Language: English
Time span: Not indicated ... to 1989 (Year of interview)
Speaker: Ifill, Vera Clark, 1914-
Speaker gender: Female
Speaker date of birth: 4-May-1914
Speaker place of birth: Barbados; North America
Speaker race: Black
Speaker occupation: Tradesman
Age at speaking: 75
Document date: 23-May-1989
Interviewer: Phillips, Andrew, fl. 1989
People discussed: Garvey, Marcus Moziah, Jr., 1887-1940; Marcus Moziah Garvey
Organizations discussed: Ellis Island Immigration Center, New York, NY
Historical events discussed: Great Depression, 1929-1941
Locations discussed: Barbados; New York; New York, NY - Manhattan - Harlem; North America; United States
Topics discussed - ASP terms: Barbados; Ellis Island Immigration Center, New York, NY; Garvey, Marcus Moziah, Jr., 1887-1940; Great Depression, 1929-1941; Marcus Moziah Garvey; New York; New York, NY - Manhattan - Harlem; North America; United States
Topics discussed - Other terms: Children's play; Deaths; Domestic life; Economic depressions; Economics; Education; Entertainment and recreation; Fathers; Health; Husbands; Immigration and emigration; Intellectual life; Law; Murder; Public schools; Racism; Relationships; Shipboard life; Slavery; Sociology; Storytelling; Transportation
ASP release: 2005-06
Document code: OHI0028010-30021