Monroe, Ethel. April 5, 1974
Monroe, Ethel. April 5, 1974
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Title
Monroe , Ethel . April 5 , 1974
Birthdate/Interviewee
Unknown
Occupation/Interviewee
Registered nurse
Interview Date
1974-04-05
Length of Interview
1 hour
Subject
Monroe, Ethel Oral history--United States United States--Montana--Missoula African Americans--Employment--Montana--Missoula African Americans--Montana--Missoula
Type
Sound
Genre
Interviews
Interview Location
United States--Montana--Missoula
Interviewer
Taylor , Quintard
Abstractor
Knight , Margot H .
Abstract
SIDE A 0 - 4 minutes : Family background . Father from Tennessee . Parents settled in Missoula around 1919 or so . Black churches in Missoula . Not any black clubs . 4 - 7 minutes : Blacks lived all over town . Many owned their own places-- many whites wouldn't rent to blacks . Black businesses . Her uncle ran a cleaning service . Not much contact with relatives . Other black families . 7 - 11 minutes : Black sports . Jim Dorsey , a black lawyer . Rheinhardt was a well-known athlete . Other entertainment for blacks . Famous blacks who came through town . 11 - 14 minutes : Her work as a nurse . Most blacks she knew were Democrats . No black politicians or government workers . Black population in Missoula . 14 - 15 minutes : Many blacks were stationed at Ft . Missoula in the 1890's . Many of their descendants settled in Missoula . 15 - 21 minutes : Blacks didn't work in the logging camps . Job opportunities for blacks . Population has declined . No entertainment was a problem . Many blacks moved to Seattle during World War II . 21 - 24 minutes : Blacks in surrounding areas . How they found out what blacks were doing in surrounding areas . 24 - 27 minutes : There was very little contact with Indians . 27 - 30 minutes : Her feelings about living in Missoula .
Abstract Date
1979-06-12
Identifier
ct02t33monroe
Collection
Is found in CT 2 , Black Oral History Interviews , 1972-1974 https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/finders/ct2.htm at Washington State University Libraries ' Manuscripts , Archives , and Special Collections (MASC) https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc
Language
English
Digitization
Interview cassette tapes were digitized in 2002 as mp3 files , and uploaded in CONTENTdm .
Rights Notes
In copyright. As no permission forms were signed, rights for this interview remain both with the interviewees and Washington State University (as the interviewer conducted them as part of their WSU employment).
Publisher
Manuscripts , Archives , and Special Collections , Washington State University Libraries : https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc
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