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Folklore Archive: Student Field Projects Oral Histories
Collection
Identifier: WSOH002714
Abstract
The Folklore Archive, established in 1939 by WSU English professors Emlyn Gardner and Thelma James, contains the oldest and largest record of urban folk traditions in the United States. To document these traditions, Wayne State University students conducted field research projects that included oral history interviews. Collection consists of audio recordings of 55 interviews (or aggregations of multiple interviews on a single topic) conducted by student interviewer-collectors, some of which,...
Dates:
1961 - 1989; Majority of material found within 1968 - 1971
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Wade H. McCree Jr. Oral History
Item — Box: Individual Oral Histories Box 2: G-M, Folder: 9
Identifier: UOH002331
Abstract
While a student at Wayne State University, Tara Leigh Tappert interviewed noted African American attorney, judge, and law professor Judge Wade H. McCree Jr. in 1976 as part of the Wayne State University Oral History Methodologies course. Collection consists of interview recordings and transcript about his family and education prior to the beginning of his professional career in Detroit after World War II. He also discusses his military service and his legal career.
Dates:
1976-05-26
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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