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Brooks, Evelyn, May 11, 1976, tape 1, side 1

May 11, 1976

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Brooks, Evelyn, May 11, 1976, tape 1, side 1
  • Title
  • Brooks, Evelyn, May 11, 1976, tape 1, side 1
  • Date
  • May 11, 1976
  • Identifier
  • 31735073014452-01
  • Source Identifier
  • 31735073014452
  • Description
  • Evelyn Brooks describes the locations of her homes throughout her life in Homestead, her employment as a community development director at the United Methodist Church Union, and her religious affiliation as a Baptist. She describes her parents' upbringing in Virginia, marriage, and migration northward and recalls her father's diligence as a worker in the steel mill. She discusses the dynamic of her household growing up, recalling the great respect that the children had for their parents and her mother's employment as a housekeeper for upper middle class families primarily in Shadyside.
  • Extent
  • 30 minutes
  • Type
  • sound recording-nonmusical
  • Genre
  • oral histories (literary genre)
  • Source
  • Homestead Album Oral History Project Records, 1975-1977
  • Language
  • eng
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Homestead Album Oral History Project Records
  • Rights Information
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