Walter Lee Hayes (1923-1998): Interviewed on 21 June 1993, 22 September 1994, 7 February 1995 -- Hayes was born in Arkansas and moved to St. Louis in 1940 to complete high school at Vashon. He joined the Marine Corps in 1942 and he attended college on the G.I. Bill. From 1948 to 1970, he was an active member of CORE.


Vida “Sister” Prince was born in 1933 to Vida Tucker (1906-1981) and Myron S. Goldman (1905-1936). She graduated from John Burroughs High School in St. Louis and earned an Associate of Arts degree from Centenary Junior College (New Jersey). Prince augmented her education at Fontbonne College, University of Missouri-St. Louis, and Webster University. She married Ronald S. Prince (1931-2016) and the couple had three children.

Prince began her career with oral history in 1979 when she answered an advertisement for volunteers at the Holocaust Museum & Learning Center. She interviewed over 100 people in St. Louis touched by the holocaust. In 1986, Sister Prince began working with the Missouri Historical Society in several capacities. She taught programs in how to conduct oral history interviews, did research for exhibits, and conducted oral history projects relating to several museum exhibitions, most notably I, Too Sing America: Black St. Louisans in the 1940s, A Strong Seed Planted: The Civil Rights Movement in St. Louis, 1954-1968, and Golden Gateway: Asian Immigration to St. Louis.

In 1993, Prince embarked upon an independent oral history project in which she explored how race affected people of color in their daily lives in St. Louis. After consultations with staff at the Missouri Historical Society, she interviewed 40 people. She called the project “Race and Memory in St. Louis” and it became the basis of her book, That’s The Way It Was (MHS Library StL/305.8/G619t).

SCOPE AND CONTENTS
The collection dates from 1942 to 2014 and is arranged alphabetically into three series: Race and Memory Oral History Project series which is subdivided into the Interviews and Management subseries, Book series, and General Subject Files series. Interview transcriptions and supporting documentation for the “Race and Memory” oral history project conducted by Vida Sister Prince from 1993 to 1995 comprise the bulk of the collection. It also includes files about the management of the project; files about Prince’s book, That’s the Way It Was (The History Press, 2013), which resulted from the oral history project; and general subject files relating to Prince, black history, and prominent civil rights figures in St. Louis.

Sister Prince began this independent oral history project in 1993. The Missouri Historical Society offered limited support: advice and feedback, some transcribing, and a place to conduct interviews if needed. It was also understood that the tapes and transcripts would eventually be deposited with the Society’s Library and Research Center. In That’s The Way It Was, an article for Gateway Heritage (spring 1997), she described her project as:

"…an oral history project about how race affected people of color as they went about their daily lives. I wanted to know how people learned about themselves: how they became aware that there were people whose skin was a different color than their own, and that it made a difference, and where in the St. Louis landscape their memories took place.”

Sister Prince ultimately interviewed 40 people for her project, both African-American and Caucasian. Some interviews included relatives or spouses, but most were with a single individual. Interviewees ranged in age from thirty to over ninety.

See the finding aid: mohistory.org/collections/item/A3071

Interview with Walter Lee Hayes PART TWO, Vida "Sister" Prince Oral History Collection

Wanda Penny (1923-1994): Interviewed on 10 June 1993 -- Penny was born in Sparta, Illinois, and lived in Ohio and West Virginia before she and her brother came to St. Louis with their mother in 1932, she taught art in the St. Louis Public Schools and at Harris-Stowe College. They lived in Mill Creek and her mother was active with Jordan Chambers and his political organization. Penny recalled that Chambers helped people get jobs. After graduating from Vashon High School, Penny became active with CORE and recounted her experiences with the lunch counter sit ins and with CORE meetings and organization.


Vida “Sister” Prince was born in 1933 to Vida Tucker (1906-1981) and Myron S. Goldman (1905-1936). She graduated from John Burroughs High School in St. Louis and earned an Associate of Arts degree from Centenary Junior College (New Jersey). Prince augmented her education at Fontbonne College, University of Missouri-St. Louis, and Webster University. She married Ronald S. Prince (1931-2016) and the couple had three children.

Prince began her career with oral history in 1979 when she answered an advertisement for volunteers at the Holocaust Museum & Learning Center. She interviewed over 100 people in St. Louis touched by the holocaust. In 1986, Sister Prince began working with the Missouri Historical Society in several capacities. She taught programs in how to conduct oral history interviews, did research for exhibits, and conducted oral history projects relating to several museum exhibitions, most notably I, Too Sing America: Black St. Louisans in the 1940s, A Strong Seed Planted: The Civil Rights Movement in St. Louis, 1954-1968, and Golden Gateway: Asian Immigration to St. Louis.

In 1993, Prince embarked upon an independent oral history project in which she explored how race affected people of color in their daily lives in St. Louis. After consultations with staff at the Missouri Historical Society, she interviewed 40 people. She called the project “Race and Memory in St. Louis” and it became the basis of her book, That’s The Way It Was (MHS Library StL/305.8/G619t).

SCOPE AND CONTENTS
The collection dates from 1942 to 2014 and is arranged alphabetically into three series: Race and Memory Oral History Project series which is subdivided into the Interviews and Management subseries, Book series, and General Subject Files series. Interview transcriptions and supporting documentation for the “Race and Memory” oral history project conducted by Vida Sister Prince from 1993 to 1995 comprise the bulk of the collection. It also includes files about the management of the project; files about Prince’s book, That’s the Way It Was (The History Press, 2013), which resulted from the oral history project; and general subject files relating to Prince, black history, and prominent civil rights figures in St. Louis.

Sister Prince began this independent oral history project in 1993. The Missouri Historical Society offered limited support: advice and feedback, some transcribing, and a place to conduct interviews if needed. It was also understood that the tapes and transcripts would eventually be deposited with the Society’s Library and Research Center. In That’s The Way It Was, an article for Gateway Heritage (spring 1997), she described her project as:

"…an oral history project about how race affected people of color as they went about their daily lives. I wanted to know how people learned about themselves: how they became aware that there were people whose skin was a different color than their own, and that it made a difference, and where in the St. Louis landscape their memories took place.”

Sister Prince ultimately interviewed 40 people for her project, both African-American and Caucasian. Some interviews included relatives or spouses, but most were with a single individual. Interviewees ranged in age from thirty to over ninety.

See the finding aid: mohistory.org/collections/item/A3071

Interview with Wanda Penny, Vida "Sister" Prince Oral History Collection

Roy Glasscock (1936- ): Interviewed on 10 September 1993 -- Glasscock grew up in Maplewood and became a policeman with the St. Louis Police Department. He worked in the 5th, 6th, and 9th districts and recalls observations on race and how the department has changed.

Vida “Sister” Prince was born in 1933 to Vida Tucker (1906-1981) and Myron S. Goldman (1905-1936). She graduated from John Burroughs High School in St. Louis and earned an Associate of Arts degree from Centenary Junior College (New Jersey). Prince augmented her education at Fontbonne College, University of Missouri-St. Louis, and Webster University. She married Ronald S. Prince (1931-2016) and the couple had three children.

Prince began her career with oral history in 1979 when she answered an advertisement for volunteers at the Holocaust Museum & Learning Center. She interviewed over 100 people in St. Louis touched by the holocaust. In 1986, Sister Prince began working with the Missouri Historical Society in several capacities. She taught programs in how to conduct oral history interviews, did research for exhibits, and conducted oral history projects relating to several museum exhibitions, most notably I, Too Sing America: Black St. Louisans in the 1940s, A Strong Seed Planted: The Civil Rights Movement in St. Louis, 1954-1968, and Golden Gateway: Asian Immigration to St. Louis.

In 1993, Prince embarked upon an independent oral history project in which she explored how race affected people of color in their daily lives in St. Louis. After consultations with staff at the Missouri Historical Society, she interviewed 40 people. She called the project “Race and Memory in St. Louis” and it became the basis of her book, That’s The Way It Was (MHS Library StL/305.8/G619t).

SCOPE AND CONTENTS
The collection dates from 1942 to 2014 and is arranged alphabetically into three series: Race and Memory Oral History Project series which is subdivided into the Interviews and Management subseries, Book series, and General Subject Files series. Interview transcriptions and supporting documentation for the “Race and Memory” oral history project conducted by Vida Sister Prince from 1993 to 1995 comprise the bulk of the collection. It also includes files about the management of the project; files about Prince’s book, That’s the Way It Was (The History Press, 2013), which resulted from the oral history project; and general subject files relating to Prince, black history, and prominent civil rights figures in St. Louis.

Sister Prince began this independent oral history project in 1993. The Missouri Historical Society offered limited support: advice and feedback, some transcribing, and a place to conduct interviews if needed. It was also understood that the tapes and transcripts would eventually be deposited with the Society’s Library and Research Center. In That’s The Way It Was, an article for Gateway Heritage (spring 1997), she described her project as:

"…an oral history project about how race affected people of color as they went about their daily lives. I wanted to know how people learned about themselves: how they became aware that there were people whose skin was a different color than their own, and that it made a difference, and where in the St. Louis landscape their memories took place.”

Sister Prince ultimately interviewed 40 people for her project, both African-American and Caucasian. Some interviews included relatives or spouses, but most were with a single individual. Interviewees ranged in age from thirty to over ninety.

See the finding aid: mohistory.org/collections/item/A3071

Interview with Roy Glasscock PART ONE, Vida "Sister" Prince Oral History Collection

Ada Stewart, MD - May 2, 2022

Ralph Foley served in the Indiana General Assembly from 1992 to 2012. In this interview, Foley discusses lobbying, bipartisanship, and more in the Indiana General Assembly.

(The memories, comments, and viewpoints shared by the narrators/interviewees in the interviews of the Indiana Legislative Oral History Initiative (ILOHI) and related documents do not represent the viewpoints of, or speak for the Indiana Historical Bureau, Indiana State Library, Indiana General Assembly, or Indiana State Government, nor any Indiana state employees.)

Interview with Ralph Foley

Doug Doyle hosts the final episode of Season 1: Stories of Newark Podcast. This episode features Doug's interview with Stories of Newark Advisory Group member, Bloomfield College Creative Writing Professor, and Poet, Paul LaTorre. Hear audio from Doyle's archive, including: Amiri Baraka reading his work and discussing his father, current Newark Mayor Ras Baraka discussing poetry, Savion Glover tap dancing, and baseball hall of famer, Monte Irving, and legendary saxophonist, Jimmy Heath, discussing Black entertainers.

Stories of Newark Episode 4

“I remember having to make a distinct choice of who I was going to hang out with.”

In this week's story, the storyteller describes what it was like growing up Mexican-American, looking white, and choosing to identify with her white peers during middle school and high school.

Find this stories and its transcripts at welcomeproject.valpo.edu or listen to our weekly podcast by searching for Welcome Project on your favorite app.

Very White-Looking

“If you want to make a mark, go on and do something – don’t wait to be asked.” Griff Rhys Jones reminisces about his formative years performing as an undergraduate at Cambridge Arts Theatre, describes life on the touring circuit, and offers advice to the next generation of student actors.

An oral history recorded as part of Cambridge Arts Theatre's 'Behind the Scenes' Project, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Oral History: Griff Rhys Jones

Yashmin Harun talks about how she got into sport and setting up the Muslimah Sports Association in an interview with the East End Women's Museum for Newham Heritage Month 2022.

Yashmin Harun - Getting into Sport

Linda Strachan talks about her sport, fencing, and setting up Newham Swords, a fencing club giving people in Newham the chance to get involved in sport. This interview was recorded for Newham Heritage Month 2022.

Linda Strachan - Fencing and Growing Up in Newham

Collecting stories to make a difference. These first-person stories are part of the Welcome Project, an audio and video collection at Valparaiso University. Visit us as welcomeproject.valpo.edu.

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The Center for the History of Family Medicine (CHFM) is the primary repository of information and resources on the history and evolution of general practice, family practice and the specialty of family medicine in the United States.

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