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

 Container

Contains 4 Collections and/or Records:

"Biographical interview", June 1990

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 311, Series 2, Sub-series 1, File 3, Item 16
Scope and Contents Interview with Helen Bass Williams about Williams' life and her family. Recording is on Side A from 0:00-9:25.
Dates: June 1990

"Spit", September 1990

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 311, Series 2, Sub-series 1, File 3, Item 17
Scope and Contents 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."
Dates: September 1990

"Miss Helen and Ramsey", undated

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 311, Series 2, Sub-series 1, File 3, Item 18
Scope and Contents Interview with Helen Bass Williams about her experience working with white and Black faculty, backlash for her work in the civil rights movement, and receiving a large grant for a Head Start program in Mississippi. Recording is on Side B from 0:00-16:09.
Dates: undated

"Cage", September 1990

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 311, Series 2, Sub-series 1, File 3, Item 19
Scope and Contents Interview with Helen Bass Williams about Williams' experience getting pulled over and put in jail while driving in the South. Also titled, "Jail Story." Recording starts on Side A from 21:25-24:28 and continues on Side B from 17:30-21:25.
Dates: September 1990