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

Scope and Contents Series includes audio recordings, transcripts, and notes from interviews conducted by Mary O'Hara as research for her doctoral dissertation. Interviews were predominantly conducted with Helen Bass Williams and many are narratives by Williams, recounting events and experiences during her life and in the Civil Rights Movement, however also include interviews with Williams' coworkers such as Mary Endres Fyfe, other individuals, and personal notes by O'Hara. Materials include microcassettes,...

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Sub-series includes audio recordings conducted by Mary O'Hara for her doctoral dissertation. Materials include microcassettes, cassettes, digital recordings, and envelopes containing the tapes.

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File includes ten audio recordings of O'Hara's interviews with and research on Helen Bass Williams. Most, if not all, recordings were digitized from the cassette tapes by O'Hara. These recordings were digitized by O'Hara and donated to the archives.

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File includes original tapes of O'Hara's interviews with Helen Bass Williams and digitized audio files of each tape. For a list of the interviews, see the interview tape envelopes in File 1 or Appendix C, page 246, of O'Hara's dissertation, "Let it fly." A hard copy version of the dissertation is located in Series 4 and a digital version is available through ProQuest (linked below).

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Sub-series includes transcripts, notes, and associated research from interviews conducted by Mary O'Hara.

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Sub-series includes transcripts, notes, and associated research from interviews conducted by Mary O'Hara.

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Series includes scholarship produced by O'Hara about Helen Bass Williams, the Civil Rights Movement, and community organizing. Materials include her doctoral dissertation and digital presentation about Helen Bass Williams.

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Series includes scholarship produced by O'Hara about Helen Bass Williams, the Civil Rights Movement, and community organizing. Materials include her doctoral dissertation and digital presentation about Helen Bass Williams.

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Interview with Mary Fyfe, Williams' collaborator for the Head Start program in Mississippi. Interview is recorded on two tapes. Tape 2, Side B is blank.

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Interview with Helen Bass Williams where Williams tells three stories about her childhood. Recording is on Side A. Digital file is labelled MSP311i006_01a2. Unrelated content on MSP311i006_01a1.

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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.

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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.

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Interview with Helen Bass Williams about a mother, Tessy, and her young daughter, Spaghetti, who is beaten so badly in a parade that she is hospitalized. Recording is on the beginning of Side A from 0:00-15:00. Latter part of Side A is a recording of a lecture and was removed from the access copy due to copyright.

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Interview by Mary O'Hara with one of Helen Bass Williams' coworkers from Purdue University. Recording is on Side B from 0:00-13:15. Unrelated content afterwards.

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Interview with Helen Bass Williams about her reflections on and involvement in the Civil Rights movement. Also titled, "Civil Rights movement reflections." Recording is on Side A. Side B is blank.

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Interviews with Helen Bass Williams about a man named Amos who tries to register to vote in Mississippi and is shot by a white Mississippian. Also titled, "Amos." Recording is on Side A from 0:00-15:57.

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Interviews with Helen Bass Williams about Black issues witnessed in Colp, Illinois. Recording is on Side A from 15:57-30:21 and continues on Side B from 0:00-2:42.

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Interviews with Helen Bass Williams about interactions between white women and Black men during the Civil Rights movements and Black women's reactions. Recording is on Side B from 2:42-13:02.

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Interview with Helen Bass Williams about the story of her birth, childhood, and upbringing. Recording is on Side A.

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Interview with Helen Bass Williams where Williams compares her mind and heart to a closet that she can reach into for memories of people and events in her past. She discusses love, her mother, and living alone. Recording is on Side B from 0:00-4:18.

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Recording includes notes by O'Hara about Helen Bass Williams' experience in a mental hospital. Recording is on Side B from 4:18-7:41.

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Interview with Helen Bass Williams about Williams' work with organizations, grants, and Mary Endres Fyfe. Recording is on Side B from 8:54-43:48.

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Interview with Helen Bass Williams where Williams discusses her work with the Highlander Folk School. Two separate copies of the same recording.

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Interview with Helen Bass Williams about Williams' life and her family. Recording is on Side A from 0:00-9:25.

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Interview with Helen Bass William about a violent encounter Williams experienced with a group of white men in Mississippi. Recording is on Side A from 10:30-21:25. Leads into "Cage."