SC69-2 Black Archives of Mid-America Oral History Collection Finding Aid

Kansas City Public Library
Black Archives of Mid-America

The collection is comprised of 97 audiocassettes containing interviews of 56 people, largely from Kansas City's African American community. Subjects interviewed primarily include political, business, religious, and community leaders. The interviews center on the history of the African American community in the Kansas City metropolitan area and focus on the individual's role in and perception of that history. The collection also includes the paperwork that accompanied the project, such as interviewer evaluations and contracts for both staff and interviewees.

1975/1976

Interviews
African Americans
Oral History
Kansas City Public Library
Black Archives of Mid-America

Finding Aid

SC69-2

This collection is not available to view online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request more information from the Missouri Valley Special Collections: http://www.kclibrary.org/kchistory/about-mvsc

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