UUM_A0079.xml Interviews with African Americans in Utah audiovisual collection Finding aid written by Duston Mazzella J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-03-13. The finding aid was written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Interviews with African Americans in Utah audiovisual collection University of Utah. Oral History Institute Kelen, Leslie G., 1949- A0079 141 audiocassette 1982-1988 Interviews with African Americans in Utah consist of oral history audio recordings detailing events recalled by the interviewees spanning the time period from 1889 to 1988. Topics include family life, work, religion, discrimination, civil rights experiences, and relations with the white, and in particular the Latter Day Saints establishment in Utah. Most interviews were conducted by Leslie G. Kelen of the Oral History Institute. This collection is currently being digitized. English

The Utah Endowment for the Humanities funded the Oral History Institute of Salt Lake City to conduct oral history interviews documenting the experiences of Utah's ethnic and racial minority communities. Interviewees were selected from African American, Greek, Jewish, Japanese, Mexican, Hispanic, Chinese, Ute, and Italian communities, most of whom were fifty-five years of age or older. The project sought to examine how these communities experienced and were influenced by the broader culture of Utah. The African American interview series was conducted between 1982 and 1988, although the events described by participants span from 1889 to 1988. The project served as a follow-up to an earlier oral history effort conducted in the early 1970s but addressed different topics and perspectives. Interview transcripts from 1982–1988 form the core of the collection, with some corresponding cassette tapes and photographs preserved in the Special Collections Multimedia Division at the J. Willard Marriott Library. Materials from the project were transferred to the library from the Oral History Institute in 1985 and 1988. Common themes in the interviews include family life, employment, religion, discrimination, civil rights experiences, and relations with the White population and the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah.

The collection is arranged alphabetically according to the original organizational scheme established during initial processing. The materials were received and processed in two separate donations and were originally described as two distinct collections. This collection now incorporates materials formerly housed in A0326 Black American Oral History Project, which no longer exists as a separate collection. The current arrangement preserves the earlier alphabetical structure and aligns with the organizational scheme used in the associated transcript collection, MS 0453 Interviews with African Americans in Utah. Audiocassettes in the collection were sometimes used to record multiple interview sessions, and in some cases later interviews were recorded on the same cassette as earlier sessions on different dates. When known, these multiple recording dates and sessions are noted at the item level in the finding aid.

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Interviews with African Americans in Utah audiovisual collection, A0079, Item Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Donated by the University of Utah Oral History Institute in 1985 and 1988.

Processed by Duston Mazzella

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Interviews with African Americans in Utah (MS 0453), African American Oral History Project audiovisual collection (A0038), and the African American Oral History Project (ACCN 2840)

This collection consists primarily of audiocassette recordings of oral history interviews conducted between 1982 and 1988 with African American residents of Utah as part of a broader oral history project funded by the Utah Endowment for the Humanities and carried out by the Oral History Institute of Salt Lake City. The project documented the experiences of members of Utah's ethnic and racial minority communities, focusing on how their cultures and lives were shaped by the broader social environment of the state. Although interviews were conducted during the 1980s, the recollections of participants span nearly a century, from 1889 to 1988. The collection includes audio recordings of interviews, some of which correspond to transcripts housed in the related manuscript collection MS 0453 Interviews with African Americans in Utah. The materials were transferred to Special Collections at the J. Willard Marriott Library in 1985 and 1988. In some cases, multiple interview sessions were recorded on the same audiocassette, sometimes on different dates. Interviews document a wide range of topics related to African American life in Utah, including family histories, migration to the state, employment, religious life, education, community formation, discrimination, civil rights activism, and relationships with the White population and the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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Note: See also Collection A0038, Item 29 for an additional interview with Annie Adams.

 Adams, Annie, 1903-1983 Interviews 1 and 2 10 March 1983 17 March 1983 audiocassette sound 1

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 1, Folder 3

 Interview 3 28 April 1983 audiocassette sound 2

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 1, Folder 3

 Interviews with Lucile Bankhead (1902-1994) Kelen, Leslie G., 1949- Bankhead, Lucile, 1902-1994 Interview 1 14 January 1982 audiocassette sound 3

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 1, Folder 4

 Interview 2 02 February 1983 audiocassette sound 4

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 1, Folder 5

 Interview with Lucile (1902-1994) and Thomas "Tim" Bankhead (1925-1991) Kelen, Leslie G., 1949- Bankhead, Lucile, 1902-1994 Bankhead, Thomas, 1925-1991 Interview 13 May 1983 audiocassette sound 5

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 1, Folder 6

 Interviews with Bernice Benns (1932-1991) Kelen, Leslie G., 1949-

Note: Benns transcripts were processed out of chronological order.

 Benns, Bernice, 1932-1991 Interview 1 09 June 1983 audiocassette sound 6

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 1, Folder 8

 Interview 2 19 June 1983 audiocassette sound 7

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 1, Folder 9

 Interview 3 29 June 1983 audiocassette sound 8

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 1, Folder 7

 Interviews with Clarence Beridon (1905-1983) Kelen, Leslie G., 1949- Beridon, Clarence, 1905-1983 Interview 1 06 February 1983 audiocassette sound 9

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 1, Folder 10

 Interview 2 08 March 1983 audiocassette sound 10

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 1, Folder 11

 Interview 3 16 March 1983 audiocassette sound 11

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 1, Folder 12

 Interviews 4 and 5 06 May 1983 09 May 1983 audiocassette sound 12

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 1, Folder 13

Note: Side 1 contains Interview 4 and Interview 5, part 1. Side 2 contains Interview 5, part 2.

 Interviews with Howard Browne (1911-1990) Kelen, Leslie G., 1949- Browne, Howard, 1911-1990 Interview 1 14 September 1983 audiocassette sound 13

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 1, Folder 14

 Interview 2 16 September 1983 audiocassette sound 14

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 1, Folder 15

 Interview 3 19 September 1983 audiocassette sound 15

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 1, Folder 16

 Interview 4, part 1 26 September 1983 audiocassette sound 16

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 1, Folder 17

 Interview 4, part 2 26 September 1983 audiocassette sound 17

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 1, Folder 17

 Interviews with Pastor France Davis (b. 1950) Kelen, Leslie G., 1949-

Note: The first two Davis interviews are absent from the audiovisual collection. Transcripts are available in Collection MS 0453, Folders 18 and 19.

Also see Collection ACCN 3233, Reverend France A. Davis Papers for additional material.

 Davis, France, Reverend Interview 3 11 July 1983 audiocassette sound 18

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 1, Folder 20

 Interview 4 18 July 1983 audiocassette sound 19

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 1, Folder 21

 Interview 5 29 July 1983 audiocassette sound 20

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 1, Folder 22

 Interview 6 04 August 1983 audiocassette sound 21

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 1, Folder 23

 Interview 7 01 September 1983 audiocassette sound 22

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 1, Folder 24

 Interview 8 29 November 1983 audiocassette sound 23

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 1, Folder 25

 Interview with Ella DeBies (1889-1985) Kelen, Leslie G., 1949-

Note: Interview is closed, and pulled for review.

 DeBies, Ella, 1889-1985 Interview 02 December 1982 audiocassette sound 24

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 1, Folder 26

 Interviews with Albert Elkins (1913-2002) Kelen, Leslie G., 1949- Elkins, Albert, 1913-2002 Interview 1 07 June 1983 audiocassette sound 25

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 2, Folder 1

 Interview 2 14 June 1983 audiocassette sound 26

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 2, Folder 2

 Interviews with Reverend Theodore P. Fields (b. 1940) Kelen, Leslie G., 1949- Fields, Theodore P., Reverend Interview 1 19 August 1983 audiocassette sound 27

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 2, Folder 3

 Interview 2, part 1 29 September 1983 audiocassette sound 28

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 2, Folder 4

 Interview 2, part 2 29 September 1983 audiocassette sound 29

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 2, Folder 5

 Interviews with Albert Fritz (1905-1989) Kelen, Leslie G., 1949-

Note: Please record the audiocassette numbers carefully. Later recordings were originally part of A0326 Black American Oral History Project, a collection that no longer exists as a separate entity. Although these recordings retained their original processing numbers, they are consolidated within the same series in this finding aid.

 Fritz, Albert, 1905-1989 Interview 1 03 February 1983 audiocassette sound 30

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 2, Folder 6

 Interview 2 17 February 1983 audiocassette sound 31

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 2, Folder 7

 Interview 3, part 1 24 February 1983 audiocassette sound 32

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 2, Folder 8

 Interview 3, part 2 24 February 1983 audiocassette sound 33

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 2, Folder 8

 Interview 4, part 1 05 May 1983 audiocassette sound 65

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 4, Folder 6

 Interview 4, part 2 05 May 1983 audiocassette sound 66

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 4, Folder 6

 Interviews 5 and 6 21 May 1983 25 May 1983 audiocassette sound 67

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 4, Folder 6

Note: Side 1 is dated May 21, 1983; however, the transcript and Side 2 list the recording date as May 25, 1983.

 Interview 7 15 March 1984 audiocassette sound 68

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 4, Folder 6

 Interview with Ruby Nathaniel (1907-1989) Kelen, Leslie G., 1949-

Notes: First name spelling differs in sources. Also see Collection A0038, Item 24, for an additional interview with Ruby Nathaniel.

 Nathaniel, Ruby, 1907-1989 Part 1 10 February 1983 audiocassette sound 34

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 2, Folder 9

 Part 2 10 February 1983 audiocassette sound 35

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 2, Folder 9

 Interviews with Velma Oliver (1908-1991) Kelen, Leslie G., 1949- Oliver, Velma, 1908-1991 Interview 1 02 June 1983 audiocassette sound 36

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 2, Folder 10

 Interview 2 07 June 1983 audiocassette sound 37

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 2, Folder 11

 Interview 3 21 June 1983 audiocassette sound 38

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 2, Folder 12

 Interviews with William Price (1929-2017) Kelen, Leslie G., 1949-

Note: Please record the audiocassette numbers carefully. Later recordings were originally part of A0326 Black American Oral History Project, a collection that no longer exists as a separate entity. Although these recordings retained their original processing numbers, they are consolidated within the same series in this finding aid.

 Price, William, 1929-2017 Interview 1 undated audiocassette sound 39

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 2, Folder 13

 Interview 2, part 1 05 November 1982 audiocassette sound 40

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 2, Folder 14

 Interview 2, part 2 05 November 1982 audiocassette sound 41

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 2, Folder 14

 Interview 3 12 April 1984 audiocassette sound 121

Transcript: MS 0453, Box 6, Folder 7

 Perkins, Paul Interview with Mary Louise Robertson (1932-1998) Kelen, Leslie G., 1949- Robertson, Mary Louise, 1932-1998 Interview 08 November 1982 audiocassette sound 42

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 2, Folder 15

 Interview with Mary Smith (1906-1998) Kelen, Leslie G., 1949- Smith, Mary, 1906-1998 Part 1 22 February 1983 audiocassette sound 43

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 2, Folders 16 and 17

 Part 2 22 February 1983 audiocassette sound 44

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 2, Folder 17

 Interviews with Edward Steward (1908-1985) Kelen, Leslie G., 1949- Steward, Edward, 1908-1985 Interview 1 06 June 1983 audiocassette sound 45

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 3, Folder 1

 Interview 2 13 June 1983 audiocassette sound 46

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 3, Folder 2

 Interview 3 13 July 1983 audiocassette sound 47

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 3, Folder 3

 Interview 4, part 1 20 July 1983 audiocassette sound 48

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 3, Folder 4

 Interview 4, part 2 20 July 1983 audiocassette sound 49

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 3, Folder 4

 Interviews with Nelson Styles (1921-2001) Kelen, Leslie G., 1949- Styles, Nelson, 1921-2001 Interview 1, part 1 23 November 1982 audiocassette sound 50

Transcripts: Collection MS 0453, Box 3, Folder 5

 Interview 1, part 2 and Interview 2, part 1 23 November 1982 30 November 1982 audiocassette sound 51

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 3, Folders 5 and 6

Notes: Side 1 contains the conclusion of interview 1 and the beginning of interview 2. The transcript for interview 1 is located in Folder 5, and the transcript for interview 2 is located in Folder 6.

 Interview 2, part 2 30 November 1982 audiocassette sound 52

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 3, Folders 6

 Interviews with Nathaniel "Woody" Wright (1916-1995) Kelen, Leslie G., 1949- Wright, Nathaniel, 1916-1995 Interview 1 03 August 1983 audiocassette sound 53

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 3, Folders 7

 Interview 2 09 August 1983 audiocassette sound 54

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 3, Folders 8

 Interview 3 12 August 1983 audiocassette sound 55

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 3, Folders 9

 Interview 4 25 August 1983 audiocassette sound 56

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 3, Folders 10

 Interview with Wilfred Bocage (1941-2016) Kelen, Leslie G., 1949- Bocage, Wilfred, 1941-2016 Interview 07 September 1983 audiocassette sound 57

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 4, Folder 1

 Interview with Margurite Browne (1912-1989) Kelen, Leslie G., 1949-

Note: See Collection A0038, Item 28, for an additional interview with Margurite Browne.

 Browne, Margurite, 1912-1989 Part 1 19 October 1983 audiocassette sound 58

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 4, Folder 2

 Part 2 19 October 1983 audiocassette sound 59

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 4, Folder 2

 Interview with Danny Burnett (b. 1928) Kelen, Leslie G., 1949- Burnett, Danny, b. 1928 Part 1 20 September 1983 audiocassette sound 60

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 4, Folder 3

 Part 2 20 September 1983 audiocassette sound 61

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 4, Folder 3

 Interview with Mary Campbell (b. 1942) Kelen, Leslie G., 1949- Campbell, Mary, b. 1942 Interview 06 October 1983 audiocassette sound 62

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 4, Folder 4

 Interviews with George M. Dorsey (1897-1987) Harding, Consuella Dorsey, George M., 1897-1987 Interview 1 April 1983 audiocassette sound 63

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 4, Folder 5

 Interview 2 April 1983 audiocassette sound 64

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 4, Folder 5

 Interview with Doris Steward Frye (1906-2002) Kelen, Leslie G., 1949-

Note: The spelling of Frye's last name differs between the transcript and the label information; however, the interview sheet bearing the signature lists the interviewee's name as "Frye."

 Frye, Doris Steward, 1906-2002 Interview 31 March 1984 audiocassette sound 69

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 4, Folder 7

 Interview with James Gillespie (1921-2009) Kelen, Leslie G., 1949- Gillespie, James, 1921-2009 Part 1 12 January 1988 audiocassette sound 70

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 4, Folder 8

 Part 2 12 January 1988 audiocassette sound 71

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 4, Folder 8

 Interviews with Victor Gordon (1939-2011) Kelen, Leslie G., 1949- Gordon, Victor, 1939-2011 Interview 1 27 March 1984 audiocassette sound 72

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 4, Folder 9

Note: Audio under review. The audiocassette label lists a date as 13 February 1985 on side 1; however, the transcript contains no indication that an interview took place on that date on this tape.

 Interview 2 05 April 1984 audiocassette sound 73

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 4, Folder 9

 Interview 3 03 May 1984 audiocassette sound 74

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 4, Folder 9

 Interview 4, part 1 15 June 1984 audiocassette sound 75

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 4, Folder 10

 Interview 4, part 2 and Interview 6, part 2 15 June 1984 12 July 1985 audiocassette sound 76

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 4, Folder 10

Note: The audio is currently under review for audio mapping verification. Side 1 contains Interview 4, part 2 and Side 2 contains Interview 6, part 2.

 Interview 5 13 February 1985 audiocassette sound 77

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 4, Folder 10

 Interview 6, part 1 12 July 1985 audiocassette sound 78

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 4, Folder 10

 Interviews with Jake Green (b. 1936) Kelen, Leslie G., 1949-

Notes: First Green interview, dated 23 April 1984, is absent from the audiovisual collection. Transcript is available in Collection MS 0453. Also see Collection A0038, Item 4, for an additional interview with Jake Green.

 Green, Jake, b. 1936 Interview 2, part 1 14 May 1984 audiocassette sound 79

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 4, Folder 11

 Interview 2, part 2 14 May 1984 audiocassette sound 80

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 4, Folder 11

 Interview 3 16 July 1984 audiocassette sound 81

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 4, Folder 12

 Interview 4 23 July 1984 audiocassette sound 82

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 4, Folder 12

 Interviews with Alberta Henry (1920-2005) Kelen, Leslie G., 1949-

Notes: See Collection A0038, Items 5 and 9, for additional interviews with Alberta Henry. Also see Collections ACCN 2069 and P1158 for additional materials related to Alberta Henry.

 Henry, Alberta, 1920-2005 Interview 1 21 July 1983 audiocassette sound 83

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 5, Folder 1

 Interview 2, part 1 27 July 1983 audiocassette sound 84

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 5, Folder 1

 Interview 2, part 2 27 July 1983 audiocassette sound 85

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 5, Folder 1

 Interview 3, part 1 06 September 1983 audiocassette sound 86

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 5, Folder 2

 Interview 3, part 2 06 September 1983 audiocassette sound 87

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 5, Folder 2

 Interview with Ira Horton (1924-1998) Kelen, Leslie G., 1949- Horton, Ira, 1924-1998 Interview 04 February 1987 audiocassette sound 88

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 5, Folder 3

 Interviews with Fantley Jones (1904-1995) Kelen, Leslie G., 1949- Jones, Fantley, 1904-1995 Interview 1, part 1 27 August 1983 audiocassette sound 89

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 5, Folder 4

 Interview 1, part 2 27 August 1983 audiocassette sound 90

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 5, Folder 4

 Interview 2, part 1 08 May 1984 audiocassette sound 91

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 5, Folder 4

 Interview 2, part 2 08 May 1984 audiocassette sound 92

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 5, Folder 4

 Interview 3 22 May 1984 audiocassette sound 93

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 5, Folder 4

 Interviews with Marcella Kelly (1933-1995) Kelen, Leslie G., 1949-

Note: Library barcodes appear on the audiocassettes; however, they do not correspond to records in the ALMA system.

 Kelly, Marcella, 1933-1995 Interview 1 06 March 1984 audiocassette sound 94

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 5, Folder 5

 Interview 2 and Interview 3, part 1 15 March 1984 22 March 1984 audiocassette sound 95

Transcripts: Collection MS 0453, Box 5, Folder 5

Notes: Side 1 contains interview 2, side 2 contains interview 3, part 1.

 Interview 3, part 2, Interview 4, and Interview 5, part 1 22 March 1984 06 April 1984 13 April 1984 audiocassette sound 96

Transcripts: Collection MS 0453, Box 5, Folder 5

Notes: Side 1 contains interview 3, part 2 and interview 4, part 1. Side 2 contains interview 4, part 2 and interview 5, part 1.

 Interview 5, part 2 13 April 1984 audiocassette sound 97

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 5, Folder 5

 Interview 6, part 1 18 April 1984 audiocassette sound 98

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 5, Folder 6

 Interview 6, part 2 18 April 1984 audiocassette sound 99

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 5, Folder 6

 Interview 7, part 1 26 April 1984 audiocassette sound 100

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 5, Folder 6

 Interview 7, part 2 and Interview 8 26 April 1984 03 May 1984 audiocassette sound 101

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 5, Folder 6

Note: Side 1 contains Interview 7, part 2 and Interview 8, part 1. Side 2 contains Interview 8, part 2.

 Interviews with Florence Lawrence (1922-2022) Kelen, Leslie G., 1949- Lawrence, Florence, 1922-2022 Interview 1 15 July 1983 audiocassette sound 102

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 5, Folder 7

 Interview 2, and Interview 3, part 1 29 July 1983 05 August 1983 audiocassette sound 103

Transcripts: Collection MS 0453, Box 5, Folder 7 and Folder 8

Note: Recording under review. The unnumbered side contains interview 2; the side numbered 1 contains interview 3, part 1. The transcript for interview 2 is not separately dated and therefore cannot be clearly distinguished from interview 1, which is dated in the transcript.

 Interview 3, part 2 05 August 1983 audiocassette sound 104

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 5, Folder 8

 Interview 4 19 August 1983 audiocassette sound 105

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 5, Folder 8

Note: Recording under review. The transcript for interview 4 is not separately dated and therefore cannot be clearly distinguished from interview 3, which is dated in the transcript.

 Interview with James Lee (b. 1947) Fuller, Sandra T., 1945- Lee, James, b. 1947 Interview 05 May 1986 audiocassette sound 106

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 5, Folder 9

 Interviews with Edna Martin

Note: Recordings restricted, under review.

 Interview 1 23 October 1982 audiocassette sound 107

Note: No transcript is Available

 Interview 2 11 November 1982 audiocassette sound 108

Note: No transcript is Available

 Interviews with AnnaBelle Mattson (1922-2008) Kelen, Leslie G., 1949- Mattson, AnnaBelle, 1922-2008 Interview 1, and Interview 2, part 1 21 October 1983 28 October 1983 audiocassette sound 109

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 6, Folder 1

Note: Side 1 contains Interview 1, part 1, and Side 2 contains Interview 1, part 2 and Interview 2, part 1.

 Interview 2, part 2 28 October 1983 audiocassette sound 110

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 6, Folder 1

 Interview 3 04 November 1983 audiocassette sound 111

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 6, Folder 1

 Interview 4 15 December 1983 audiocassette sound 112

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 6, Folder 2

 Interview 5 13 January 1984 audiocassette sound 113

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 6, Folder 2

 Interview 6 04 March 1986 audiocassette sound 114

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 6, Folder 2

 Interview with Joe McQueen (1919-2019) Kelen, Leslie G., 1949- McQueen, Joe, 1919-2019 Part 1 22 November 1985 audiocassette sound 115

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 6, Folder 3

 Part 2 22 November 1985 audiocassette sound 116

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 6, Folder 3

 Interview with Joan Nabors (1936-2025) Kelen, Leslie G., 1949- Nabors, Joan, 1936-2025 Interview 30 December 1987 audiocassette sound 117

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 6, Folder 4

 Interviews with Ernest Nixon (1922-2003) Cano, Anita Nixon, Ernest, 1922-2003 Interview 1 29 October 1982 audiocassette sound 118

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 6, Folder 5

 Interview 2 12 November 1982 audiocassette sound 119

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 6, Folder 5

 Interviews with Sammie Perkins (1919-1998) Kelen, Leslie G., 1949-

Note: The accompanying transcript identifies the interviewee as "Sammy Perkins" and uses incorrect gendered language when referring to her.

 Perkins, Sammie, 1919-1998 Interviews 1 and 2 21 August 1983 05 October 1983 audiocassette sound 120

Transcripts: Collection MS 0453, Box 6, Folder 6

Note: Side 1 contains Interview 1, and Side 2 contains Interview 2.

 Interview with Henry Sexton (1925-2004) Kelen, Leslie G., 1949- Sexton, Henry, 1925-2004 Part 1 30 August 1983 audiocassette sound 122

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 6, Folder 8

 Part 2 30 August 1983 audiocassette sound 123

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 6, Folder 8

 Interviews with Henry (1925-2004) and Eva Sexton (1921-2016) Kelen, Leslie G., 1949-

Note: Henry and Eva Sexton interviews in the transcript collection are not in chronological order.

 Sexton, Henry, 1925-2004 Sexton, Eva, 1921-2016 Interview 1, part 1 24 August 1983 audiocassette sound 124

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 6, Folder 10

 Interview 1, part 2 and Interview 2, part 1 24 August 1983 14 September 1983 audiocassette sound 125

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 6, Folder 9 and 10. Transcript for interview 1 is in Folder 10, and transcript for interview 2 is in Folder 9.

 Interview 2, part 2 14 September 1983 audiocassette sound 126

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 6, Folder 9

 Interviews with Oscar Singleton (b. 1913) Kelen, Leslie G., 1949- Singleton, Oscar, b. 1913 Interview 1, part 1 14 July 1983 audiocassette sound 127

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 6, Folder 11

 Interview 1, part 2 and Interview 2 14 July 1983 18 July 1983 audiocassette sound 128

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 6, Folder 11

Note: Audio under review for audio mapping.

 Interview 3 29 August 1983 audiocassette sound 129

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 6, Folder 11

 Interviews with Alberta West (1902-1991) Kelen, Leslie G., 1949- West, Alberta, 1902-1991 Interview 1, Interview 2, and Interview 3, part 1 15 May 1984 22 May 1984 29 May 1984 audiocassette sound 130

Transcripts: Collection MS 0453, Box 7, Folder 1

Note: Side 1 contains Interview 1 and Interview 2, part 1. Side 2 contains Interview 2, part 2 and Interview 3, part 1.

 Interview 3, part 2 29 May 1984 audiocassette sound 131

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 7, Folder 1

 Interviews with John Williams (1944-2008) Kelen, Leslie G., 1949- Williams, John O., 1944-2008 Interview 1 14 February 1986 audiocassette sound 132

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 7, Folder 2

 Interview 2 21 February 1986 audiocassette sound 133

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 7, Folder 2

 Interview 3 28 February 1986 audiocassette sound 134

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 7, Folder 2

 Interview 4 06 March 1986 audiocassette sound 135

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 7, Folder 3

 Interview 5 14 March 1986 audiocassette sound 136

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 7, Folder 3

Note: Audio under review. The corresponding transcript references a "Side 3" of the interview, however no corresponding "Side 3" is present in the audiovisual collection.

 Interview 6, part 1 21 March 1986 audiocassette sound 137

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 7, Folder 4

 Interview 6, part 2 and Interview 7 21 March 1986 28 March 1986 audiocassette sound 138

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 7, Folder 4

Note: Side 1 contains Interview 6, part 2 and Interview 7, part 1. Side 2 contains Interview 7, part 2.

 Interview with Terry Williams (b. 1950) Kelen, Leslie G., 1949- Williams, Terry Lee, b. 1950 Part 1 04 April 1986 audiocassette sound 139

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 7, Folder 5

 Part 2 04 April 1986 audiocassette sound 140

Transcript: Collection MS 0453, Box 7, Folder 5

 Interview with James "Jim" Dooley (1933-1998)

Note: Also see Collection A0038, Item 8 for an additional interview with James "Jim" Dooley.

 Interview 05 January 1985 audiocassette sound 141

Note: No transcipt is available.