McDaniel, Orville - Interview and Memoir
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- Created Date
- 1974
- Description
McDaniel recalls life in Springfield: childhood, Depression, church experiences, Grace African Methodist Evanglical Church (later United Methodist Church); race relations, segregation, and race discrimination; American Legion activities; and work experiences. Also discusses employment and discrimination at jobs in East St. Louis, Kansas City, Memphis, Mississippi, and Ohio at a steel company, paper mill, coal mine, riverboat, highway crew, and th...
- Creator
McDaniel, Orville (1904-1985)
- Contributing Institution
- University of Illinois at Springfield
- Subjects
- Afro-Americans
American Legion
Chauffeurs
Churches
Depression, 1929
Farms and Farming
Grace African Methodist Evangelical Church, Springfield (Ill.)
Methodists
Ohio
Race Discrimination
Religious Life
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
World War, 1939-1945 - Language
- English
- Rights
- © Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. For permission to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use this material, please contact: Archives/Special Collections, University of Illinois at Springfield, One University Plaza, MS BRK 140, Springfield IL 62703-5407. Phone: (217) 206-6520. http://library.uis.edu/archives/index.html
- Chicago citation style
- McDaniel, Orville (1904-1985). McDaniel, Orville - Interview and Memoir. 1974. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/uis/id/3117. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- McDaniel, Orville (1904-1985), (1974) McDaniel, Orville - Interview and Memoir. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/uis/id/3117
- MLA citation style
- McDaniel, Orville (1904-1985). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/uis/id/3117>.