Pettiford, Jack (1920-1982): Interview and Memoir
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: P453
Scope and Contents
BLACK COMMUNITY PROJECT
Pettiford discusses life in Springfield: family, high school, race discrimination, service in the Army during WWII, transportation, his employment at Panama Tavern and the Springfield City Street Department, black businesses, the civil rights movement and his work with the Community Action Agency and Neighborhood Youth Corps.
5 tapes, 450 mins., 147 pp.
Interview by John Wolfe, 1973
OPEN
See collateral file
Dates
- Other: Dummy Date
Creator
- Pettiford, Jack (Person)
Extent
6.00 items
Language of Materials
English
Creator
- Pettiford, Jack (Person)
- Wolfe, John (Person)
- Title
- Archon Finding Aid Title
- Description rules
- Other Unmapped
- Language of description
- Undetermined
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- Language of description note
- und
Repository Details
Part of the UIS Archives/Special Collections Repository
Contact:
Archives/Special Collections LIB 144
One University Plaza, MS BRK 140
Springfield IL 62703-5407 US
217-206-6520
archives@uis.libanswers.com
Archives/Special Collections LIB 144
One University Plaza, MS BRK 140
Springfield IL 62703-5407 US
217-206-6520
archives@uis.libanswers.com