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

 Container

Contains 33 Collections and/or Records:

"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

"Notes on Helen Bass Williams", June 1995

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 311, Series 2, Sub-series 1, File 3, Item 20
Scope and Contents Recording of Mary O'Hara's notes on Helen Bass Williams. Recording is on Side A. Side B is blank.
Dates: June 1995

"The tooth pick", June 5, 1989

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 311, Series 2, Sub-series 1, File 3, Item 21
Scope and Contents Interview with Helen Bass Williams where Williams retells a story about an encounter with a white waitress during a lunch counter sit-in. Recording is on Side A from 5:58-9:45. Unrelated content from 0:00-2:13 and from 9:45-40:17.
Dates: June 5, 1989

"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

"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

"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

Mary O'Hara papers on Helen Bass Williams

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 311
Overview This collection documents Dr. Mary O'Hara's research into and relationship with Helen Bass Williams and includes research notes, correspondence, oral history recordings, interview transcripts, and published materials.
Dates: 1951 - 2007; Majority of material found within 1985 - 2000