Kansas City Regional Oral History Project

An Interview With Arthur Brand
Title
An Interview With Arthur Brand
Description
Arthur Brand was selected to be interviewed as a representative of the Jewish community in Kansas City. He was born November 4, 1922, in New York City. His family moved to Kansas City when he was five and were involved with the clothing industry. He was involved with the Hebrew Academy which later became the Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy and the UMKC Danciger Judaic Studies Program at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Interviewers: William Ryan and Genevieve Robinson. Interview recorded August 3, 1988. Transcriber: Karen Waldron.
Date
1988-08-03
Object Type
Sound Recording
An Interview With Judge Howard Sachs
Title
An Interview With Judge Howard Sachs
Description
Howard F. Sachs was chosen for the project as a representative of the Jewish community and as a judge in the federal court located in Kansas City, Missouri. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1925 and grew up in the city attending the public schools. After World War II Sachs attended and graduated from the Harvard Law School. He practiced law here and was appointed a federal judge in 1979 for the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri. Sachs recounts in the interview his involvement with trying to change various types of discrimination in Kansas City.Interviewers: Genevieve Robinson and William Ryan.; recorded August 6, 1988. Typescript (26 p.) is available. Transcriber: Karen Waldron.
Date
1988-08-06
Object Type
Sound Recording
An Interview With Samuel U. Rodgers
Title
An Interview With Samuel U. Rodgers
Description
Samuel U. Rodgers was chosen for the project as a representative of the African American community and as a physician concerned with health care for the poor in Kansas City, Missouri. He was born in Alabama, son of a physician, and died in Kansas City, Missouri, on December 19, 1999. Dr. Rodgers started the Wayne Miner Health Clinic which was later named the Samuel U. Rodgers Community Health Center in his honor. According to his obituary "he came to Kansas City to intern at General Hospital Number Two--the black facility in what was then a segregated health-care system. He was one of the first African American doctors to acquire a speciality [obstetrics], and helped begin Kansas City's first all-black group medical practice in 1950" (The Kansas City Star, December 21, 1999, A1:6,). Interviewer: Genevieve Robinson; recorded August 2 and August 8, 1988.
Date
1988-08-02
Object Type
Sound Recording
An Interview With Rosalie Strada
Title
An Interview With Rosalie Strada
Description
Rosalie Strada was chosen for the project as a representative of the Italian community in the Northeast area of Kansas City, Missouri. She was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1922 at 1104 East Fourth Street. In the interview she describes this area of the city and how she has seen it change over the years. She talks about the Italian Mission Church and Dr. Bisceglia who was still living at the time of the interview as well as the schools she attended (Karnes and Northeast High School), neighborhood, etc. Interviewer: Genevieve Robinson; recorded July 11, 1988 and August 1, 1988. Typescript (75 p.) available. Transcriber: Karen Waldron.
Date
1988-07-11
Object Type
Sound Recording
An Interview With Geneva Mingrone
Title
An Interview With Geneva Mingrone
Description
Geneva Mingrone was chosen for the project as a representative of the Italian community in the northeast area of Kansas City, Missouri. According to her obituary found with the collection, she was born in Kansas City on June 11, 1906, and died here August 16, 2007. She lived at both 5th and Harrison and at 5th and Cherry. After her retirement, she spent over 36 years volunteering at the Don Bosco Senior Center and was active in her Catholic Church parish.Interviewer: Genevieve Robinson. Interview recorded July 11, 1988. Transcriber: Karen Waldron.
Date
1988-07-11
Object Type
Sound Recording
SC69-3 Kansas City Regional Oral History Project Finding Aid
Title
SC69-3 Kansas City Regional Oral History Project Finding Aid
Description
The five oral histories in this collection were created as a pilot project which was to serve as the model for a larger Kansas City Regional History Project. The subjects of the oral histories were selected as representatives of either ethnic minorities or immigrant groups in Kansas City. Those interviewed include: Arthur Brand, Dr. Samuel U. Rodgers, Howard Sachs, Geneva Mingrone, and Rosalie Strada.
Date
1988
Object Type
Finding Aid