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Box 2

 Container

Contains 28 Results:

"The house beshitted", June 1989

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 311, Series 2, Sub-series 1, File 3, Item 22
Scope and Contents

Interview with Helen Bass Williams about a Head Start/Map employee moving into a white neighborhood and the intimidation and property damage that ensues. This recording includes mentions of suicide. Also titled "Moving to a white neighborhood." Recording starts on Side B from 39:08-44:47 and continues on Side A from 2:15-5:28.

Dates: June 1989
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Mary O'Hara papers on Helen Bass Williams / Interviews / Recordings / Interview tapes and recordings

"Blue Goose", June 1989

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 311, Series 2, Sub-series 1, File 3, Item 23
Scope and Contents

Interview with Helen Bass Williams about an experience during her time at Tougaloo College. Williams retells a story how a Black community acquired their own form of transportation, a bus, called the Blue Goose. Recording is on Side B from 0:00-23:50. Leads into "Annie."

Dates: June 1989
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Mary O'Hara papers on Helen Bass Williams / Interviews / Recordings / Interview tapes and recordings

"Annie", June 1989

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 311, Series 2, Sub-series 1, File 3, Item 24
Scope and Contents

Interview with Helen Bass Williams about working with Head Start teachers and an altercation with a woman who wasn't hired. Recording is on Side B from 23:50-39:08. The end is a conversation between Williams and O'Hara.

Dates: June 1989
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / Mary O'Hara papers on Helen Bass Williams / Interviews / Recordings / Interview tapes and recordings