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Digital folder MSP00311 Mary O'Hara papers on Helen Bass Williams

 Container

Contains 2 Results:

"What to do about Irma", May 1990

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

Interview with Helen Bass Williams about Irma, a Black woman; the living conditions of poor, rural, Black communities in the South; and assistance from white students during the Civil Rights era. Recording is on the beginning of Side B from 0:00-21:22.

Dates: May 1990

"The dispenser of grants", May 1991

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 311, Series 2, Sub-series 1, File 3, Item 4
Scope and Contents

Interview with Helen Bass Williams about getting water access to a predominantly Black community. This story is also called, "The well". Recording is on Side B from 21:22-31:14 and cuts out at the end.

Dates: May 1991