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Joe Robles, Jr., interview
No full textInterview with Joe Robles, Jr., by Samuel Knox, Jr., on October 16, 2015, in Springfield, Missouri. Part of the "Birthplace: Greater Springfield Route 66 Oral History Project."
Topics discussed include Route 66; Hispanic Americans; African Americans; education; marches and riots; law enforcement; fire department; city planning; Vietnam War; technology (bar codes, computers, fax machines, GPS, etc.); Kansas City (Missouri and Kansas); and Springfield locations, such as Missouri State University, the Gillioz Theater, Red's Giant Hamburg, State Farm Insurance, Heer's, I-44, and the square
Clarence Brewer interview, June 4, 2015
No full textInterview 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)
Woody P. Snow interview
No full textInterview with author and radio personality Woody P. Snow by Missouri State University Dean of Libraries Tom Peters. Interview took place at Mr. Snow's home near Fordland, Missouri, on January 16, 2015. Topics discussed include the Missouri Ozarks, Table Rock Lake, Artie Ayres, Henry Schoolcraft, James Yocum, Yocum silver dollars, trade coins, Mr. Snow's book "Blood Silver," the Delaware Indians, the Osage Indians, the Kickapoo Indians, and the Shawnee Indians
Clarence Brewer interview, May 14, 2015
No full textInterview with artist and musician Clarence Brewer by Samuel Knox, Jr., on May 14, 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; Tom Thumb weddings; the movie "Space is the Place"; photography; Oliver L. Brown; San Francisco, California; Springfield, Missouri; and Springfield locations, such as Lincoln School, Campbell School, Jarrett School, Parkview School, Southwest Missouri State University (now Missouri State University) and Tent Theater, and Timmons Temple
Joseph Jefferson interview, January 13, 2015
No full textInterview with Joseph (Joe) Jefferson, conducted by Missouri State University Dean of Libraries Tom Peters at Mr. Jefferson's home in Springfield, Missouri. Mr. Jefferson is a long-time resident of Springfield, Missouri. Interview conducted on January 13, 2015. Part of the "Birthplace: Greater Springfield Route 66 Oral History Project."
Topics discussed include Route 66; African Americans; Ozarks Jubilee; Tulsa (Oklahoma); Springfield (Missouri); Springfield locations and businesses, including the Kentwood Arms Hotel, the Ritz Club, the Crystal Room, the Shrine Mosque, the Jewel Theatre, the Colonial Hotel, Graham's BBQ, Pitts Chapel Church, Alberta's, Greyhound Bus, Berry Tour Bus, the Rail Haven Motel, the Lily-Tulip Cup Corporation, the Springfield Underground, Barth's Clothing Store; and individuals, such as Be-Bop Brown, Red Foley, Susie Cradle, the Fellows family, and Martin Luther King, Jr
Abraham Clark interview, December 9, 2015
No full textInterview with Abraham Clark by Samuel Knox, Jr., on December 9, 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 (Cherokee); police discrimination; housing discrimination; job discrimination; the Vietnam War; the Marine Corps; Disabled American Veterans; Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; Buford, South Carolina; Joplin, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; Springfield, Missouri; Springfield Apartment and Housing Association; the Walter Majors Classic Car Club; the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company (Frisco) and a strike; the Solomon Woods murder; and Springfield locations, such as Pipkin Junior High, Eastwood School, Central High School, Sunset Drive-In, Don Low's restaurant, Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, Paul Mueller Company, Graham's Barbecue, Springfield Drive-In, Fox Theater, Gillioz Theater, and Landers Theater
Joe Sonderman interview
No full textInterview with Joe Sonderman by Tom Peters, Dean of Library Services at Missouri State University, on May 18, 2015, at Mr. Sonderman's home in Hazelwood, Missouri. Part of the "Birthplace: Greater Springfield Route 66 Oral History Project."
Topics discussed include Route 66; African Americans; the Route 66 Highway Association; the Ozarks Trails Association; the Bunion Derby; John T. Woodruff; Cyrus Avery; B.H. (Bion Harmon) Piepmeier; William Hope "Coin" Harvey; the Negro Motorist Green Book; Missouri locations such as Fort Leonard Wood, St. Louis, and Springfield; and the Kentwood Arms Hotel in Springfield, Missouri
Norman Jackson interview- transcript
No full textTranscript of interview with musician Norman Jackson by Samuel Knox, Jr., on October 27, 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; segregation; blues and gospel music; guitar playing; influence of religion; nursing homes; Martin Luther King, Jr.; B. B. King; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; and Springfield, Missouri. Recording can be accessed here: http://purl.missouristate.edu/library/archives/Route66/NORMANJACKSO
David Knox, Jr., interview, March 26, 2015- transcript
No full textInterview with Bishop David Knox, Jr., founder and senior pastor of Deliverance Temple Ministries, by Samuel Knox at Bishop Knox's home in Springfield, Missouri, on March 26, 2015. Part of the "Birthplace: Greater Springfield Route 66 Oral History Project."
Topics discussed include Route 66, African Americans; Springfield (Missouri); Joplin (Missouri); Church of God in Christ; and Springfield locations, such as Lincoln School, Graham's BBQ, Timmons Temple, Deliverance Temple, Landers Theater, and the Vandivort Center. Recording can be accessed here: http://purl.missouristate.edu/library/archives/Route66/DKNOXJ
Jim Barett interview
No full textInterview with Ozarks historian James F. (Jim) Barrett by Missouri State University Dean of Libraries Tom Peters. Interview took place at R.T.'s Family Restaurant (also known as Hillbilly Bowl, Lounge, and Restaurant) in Kimberling City, Missouri, on September 23, 2014. Topics discussed include Yocum silver dollars, John Q. Hammons, Pete and Jack Herschend, Silver Dollar City, Herschend Family Entertainment, Harold Bell Wright, the novel "Shepherd of the Hills," Roy Clark, the Bald Knobbers, the Stone County Library in Galena (Mo.), Joshua Heston, the State of the Ozarks website, the Wilderness Road Association of the Ozarks, and the Philibert Family. Missouri locations discussed include Kimberling City, Branson, West Branson, Taney County, Stone County, White River Valley, and James River Valley