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Alma Clay interview- transcript
No full textTranscript of interview with Alma Clay, property manager for Kearney Villa Apartments and long-time resident of Springfield, Missouri, by Samuel Knox at Kearney Villa Apartments in Springfield, Missouri. Interview conducted on March 26, 2015. Part of the "Birthplace: Greater Springfield Route 66 Oral History Project." Topics discussed include Route 66; African Americans; Order of the Eastern Star; John B. Hughes; Casper Lederer; St. Louis, Missouri; Tucker Business College in St. Louis; Nogo, Missouri; Joplin, Missouri; Springfield, Missouri; and Springfield locations, such as Lincoln School, Graham's BBQ, Herrick Motor Company, Landers Theatre, Casper's, Dickerson Park Zoo, and Alberta's Hotel. Recording can be accessed here: http://purl.missouristate.edu/library/archives/Route66/ACLA
Clarence Brewer interview, June 4, 2015- transcript
No full textTranscript of interview with musician Clarence Brewer by Samuel Knox, Jr., and Missouri State University's Head of Special Collections David Richards on June 4, 2015, at Deliverance Temple in Springfield, Missouri. Part of the "Birthplace: Greater Springfield Route 66 Oral History Project."
Topics discussed include Route 66; African Americans; guitars and guitar playing; alcoholism; vehicles and accidents; farming; Gene Roddenberry and teleportation; Dr. Katherine Lederer's "Many Thousand Gone"; Springfield, Missouri; and Springfield locations, such as businesses along St. Louis Street and Trafficway Street, Hotel Missouri, Dempsey Pike's barber shop, Charles Williams' barber shop, Sportsman's Club, KY3 television station, and Missouri State University (Tent Theatre). Recording can be accessed here: http://purl.missouristate.edu/library/archives/Route66/CLARENCEBREWER
Missouri State Magazine, 2015 (Summer)
No full textAn issue of Missouri State Magazine for Missouri State University. Volume 10, Issue 2
David Knox, Jr., interview, October 3, 2015
No full textAudio interview with Interview with Bishop David Knox, Jr., founder and senior pastor of Deliverance Temple Ministries, by Samuel Knox, Jr., on October 3, 2015, at Bishop Knox's home in Springfield, Missouri. Part of the "Birthplace: Greater Springfield Route 66 Oral History Project."
Topics discussed include Route 66; African Americans; employment; swimming; drinking fountains; Park Day; church fires; car dealerships; Kansas City, Missouri; Marshfield, Missouri, and Camp Arrowhead; Springfield, Missouri; and Springfield locations, such as Chestnut Expressway, Commercial Street, Chase Street, High Street, Kearney Street, St. Louis Street, I-44, Deliverance Temple Ministries, the square, Silver Springs Park, Grant Beach Park, rock quarry, Lincoln School, Frisco Station, K & H Construction, St. Paul Church of God and Christ, and the Vandivort Theater
Irv Logan, Jr., interview
No full textInterview with Irv Logan, Jr., by Tom Peters, Dean of Library Services at Missouri State University. Interview conducted on March 13, 2015, at The Green Center in University City, Missouri. Part of the "Birthplace: Greater Springfield Route 66 Oral History Project."
Topics discussed include Route 66; African Americans; Ozarks Jubilee; the Philharmonics; Brenda Lee; Alberta Ellis; St. Louis, Missouri; Springfield, Missouri; and Springfield locations, such as Alberta's Hotel, Alberta's Snack Bar and Cafe, Graham's Rib Station, Landers Theatre, and the Crystal Lounge
Alma Clay interview
No full textInterview with Alma Clay, property manager for Kearney Villa Apartments and long-time resident of Springfield, Missouri, by Samuel Knox at Kearney Villa Apartments in Springfield, Missouri. Interview conducted on March 26, 2015. Part of the "Birthplace: Greater Springfield Route 66 Oral History Project."
Topics discussed include Route 66; African Americans; Order of the Eastern Star; John B. Hughes; Casper Lederer; St. Louis, Missouri; Tucker Business College in St. Louis; Nogo, Missouri; Joplin, Missouri; Springfield, Missouri; and Springfield locations, such as Lincoln School, Graham's BBQ, Herrick Motor Company, Landers Theatre, Casper's, Dickerson Park Zoo, and Alberta's Hotel
Harold McPherson interview- transcript
No full textTranscript of interview with Harold McPherson, long-time resident of Springfield, Missouri, by Missouri State University Dean of Library Services Tom Peters at Mr. McPherson's home in Lee's Summit, Missouri. Interview conducted on February 23, 2015. Part of the "Birthplace: Greater Springfield Route 66 Oral History Project." Topics discussed include Route 66; African Americans; desegregation; the NAACP; the Frisco Railroad; Emancipation Day (August 4th); the Ozark Jubilee; Jonathan Fairbanks; the Philharmonics; Kansas City, Missouri (including the Street Hotel, the Blue Room, and the Kansas City Monarchs baseball team); Springfield, Missouri; and Springfield locations, such as Lincoln Nursery School, Kiddie Cove, Lincoln School, Silver Springs Park, Hunts Grocery, Missouri State University, Graham's BBQ, and the youth center. Recording can be accessed here: http://purl.missouristate.edu/library/archives/Route66/HAROLDMCPHERSO
Abraham Clark interview- photograph of certificate of membership of the Northern Cherokee Nation
No full textPhotograph of Abraham Clark's certificate of membership of the Northern Cherokee Natio
Abraham Clark interview, December 4, 2015
No full textInterview with Abraham Clark by Samuel Knox, Jr., on December 4, 2015, at Deliverance Temple in Springfield, Missouri. Part of the "Birthplace: Greater Springfield Route 66 Oral History Project."
Topics discussed include Route 66; African Americans; Native Americans (Creek and Cherokee); sharecropping; police discrimination; the Vietnam War; the Marine Corps; Disabled American Veterans; post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); genocide; Forrest City, Arkansas; Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; Buford, South Carolina; Joplin, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; Rolla, Missouri; Springfield, Missouri; Springfield Apartment and Housing Association; the Walter Majors Classic Car Club; the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company (Frisco); and Springfield locations, such as Taft School, Pipkin Junior High, Eastwood School, Kentwood Arms Hotel, Chestnut Expressway, Sunset Drive-In, Don Low's restaurant, Missouri State University, Camel Appliance, Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, Paul Mueller Company, Graham's Barbecue, and Cozy Corner restaurant
Dr. John Ikerd interview
No full textInterview with Dr. John Ikerd, advocate for sustainable agriculture, by Jan Johnson of Missouri State University's Duane G. Meyer Library. Interview took place at Meyer Library in Springfield, Missouri, on April 14, 2015. Topics discussed include economic sustainability, agricultural sustainability, agricultural economics, small farms, faith, industrial agriculture, education, teaching, farm life, the University of Missouri, Conway (Missouri), and Fairfield (Iowa)