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Motley, Olivia (Interview) - Johnson, Johnnie; Motley, Olivia
Black Muncie History Project
MSS 33/R 5
Interviewer: Johnnie Johnson
Interviewee: Olivia Motley
Date of Interview: ca. 1971-1976
Johnson: Could you state your full name and your present Muncie address? And how long you have been in Muncie?
Motley: Olivia [unintelligible] Motley, 1007 East Main Street. I was born here July 16, 1926.
Johnson: July 16, 1926 and um-when did your parents come to Muncie?
Motley: My dad came to Muncie as a boy, from Kentucky and visited part of his relatives that were here, that had come to Indiana before he did. And to my knowledge, my dad was here in the early 1900s.
Johnson: Early 1900s. What did he do?
Motley: Well,...
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Navarro, Mary (Interview) - Mitchell, J. Paul; Navarro, Mary
Black Muncie History Project
MSS 33/R 5
Interviewer: J. Paul Mitchell
Interviewee: Mary Navarro
Date: October 3, 1973
Navarro: My name is Mary Alice Navarro. My maiden name is Downs.
Mitchell: Were you born in Muncie?
Navarro: No, but I believe I've been in Muncie since I was two years old.
Mitchell: Where were you born?
Navarro: Indianapolis.
Mitchell: Indianapolis. And you came to Muncie in what year?
Navarro: Nineteen seventeen.
Mitchell: Nineteen seventeen. Your whole family move here?
Navarro: Yes. They actually moved from Pendleton, Indiana.
Mitchell: How big a family did you have?
Navarro: Well, there was just me and my mother and father.
[1:00]
Mitchell: What brought you to Muncie? [recorder noise]
Navarro: I don't know, [recorder noise] I don' know whether-I think it was the gas boom. Was...
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Sims, Sara (Interview) - Mitchell, J. Paul; Sims, Sara
Black Muncie History Project
MSS 33/R5
Interviewer: J. Paul Mitchell
Interviewee: Sara Sims
Date of Interview: December 7, 1972
Mitchell: Okay, now you came here in 1907?
Sims: Nineteen aught-seven.
Mitchell: Nineteen aught-seven, you must have been about nine years old? Is that right?
Sims: No, I wasn't quite nine.
Mitchell: Not quite nine?
Sims: I was born in 1897.
Mitchell: Eighteen ninety-seven.
Sims: I think I was around eight, seven or eight. I count from 1897.
Mitchell: Now did you have relatives here?
Sims: I had an uncle and an aunt. Her name was Mrs. Mary Warren. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Warren at 825 Brady Street and that's where we stopped at when we first came to Muncie. And, of course, my father...
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Stafford, Pauline (Interview) - Mitchell, J. Paul; Stafford, Pauline
Black Muncie History Project
MSS 33/R 5
Interviewer: J. Paul Mitchell
Interviewee: Pauline Stafford
Date of Interview: December 20, 1976
Mitchell: You're eighty-one.
Stafford: Eighty-two on the twenty-seventh of March.
Mitchell: Where were you born?
Stafford: Twenty-seventh of March.
Mitchell: Where you born?
Stafford: In Grant County.
Mitchell: Green County?
Stafford: Grant County.
Mitchell: In Marion.
Stafford: Marion, Indiana.
Mitchell: In the city? Did you live?
Stafford: No in the country. We lived in the country on a farm. And there was six girls and six boys of us.
Mitchell: Six girls and six boys.
Stafford: And today there's two girls and one boy.
Mitchell: So your family were farmers?
Stafford: Yes.
Mitchell: What kind of farming did they do? Truck farming mostly?
Stafford: No, just farming we had corn, oats, and things like that. Just a farmer like...
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Truitt, James G. (Interview) - Johnson, Johnnie; Truitt, James G.
Black Muncie History Project
MSS 33/R 5
Interviewee: James Truitt
Interviewer: Johnnie Johnson
Date: ca. 1971-1976
Johnson: Could you state your full name and how long you have been in Muncie?
Truitt: Yeah, my name is James G. Truitt. And I've been in Muncie since 1929.
Johnson: Since 1929. And where did you come from?
Truitt: Peoria, Illinois.
Johnson: Peoria, Illinois. Did your family come here with you? At that particular time.
Truitt: Nobody but me and my wife, I have a family; but they're-me and them, their mother departed but she was living somewhere else.
Johnson: Um-hm, and where were they living?
Truitt: They lived in Chicago.
Johnson: In Chicago?
Truitt: They were up in Chicago.
Johnson: For what reason did you have for...
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Williams, Lucille (Interview) - Goodall, Hurley C.; Williams, Lucille
Black Muncie History Project
MSS 33/R 5
Interviewer: Hurley Goodall
Interviewee: Lucille Williams
Date of Interview: February 1, 1972
Goodall: Now I'm talking to Miss Lucille Williams at her home on East Highland Avenue, in connection with the Negro history study. Ms. Williams is a longtime resident of Muncie and has been long active in Negro women organizations here. Testing. Yeah, that's good. Okay. Now, Ms. Williams, when did you first come to Muncie?
Williams: Nineteen four.
Goodall: Nineteen four.
Williams: Yes.
Goodall: Do you remember where you came from, I mean, where your parents?
Williams: We came from Peru, Indiana to Muncie. I was born in Ghent, Kentucky. And a group of men came down...
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Baker, Frank (Interview) - Goodall, Hurley C.; Baker, Frank
This interview contains Goodall's summary of Baker's interview. Baker's voice was not recorded.
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Turner, Mr. and Mrs. William (Interview) - Goodall, Hurley C.; Turner, William ; Turner, Mrs. William
Black Muncie Project
MSS 33/R 5
Interviewer: Hurley Goodall
Interviewee: Mr. & Mrs. William Turner
Date of Interview: February 2, 1972
Goodall: Testing. I'm talking with Mr. and Mrs. William Turner. What is your address?
Mrs.Turner: 1726 East Kirk.
Goodall: 1726 East Kirk, and this is February 1, 1972, and we're talking in regards to the history of the Negro in Muncie that's being conducted at the present time by Ball State University and the Muncie Human Rights Commission. Mr. Turner, do you recall when you came to Muncie?
Turner: Twenty-two.
Goodall: In 1922. And did Mrs. Turner come here or-?
Turner: She was here.
Goodall: She was here when you came. Do you remember when you...
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Taylor, Jake (Interview) - Johnson, Johnnie; Taylor, Jake
Black Muncie History Project
MSS 33/R 5
Interviewer: Johnnie Johnson
Interviewee: Jake Taylor
Date of Interview: ca. 1971-1976
Johnson: Mr. Taylor, could you give your full name and when you came to Muncie and where you live right now?
Taylor: Jake Theodore Taylor. [womens' voice, inaudible]
Johnson: And when you came to Muncie.
Taylor: I came to Muncie in 1948.
Johnson: And where did you come from?
Taylor: I came from Libertyville, Illinois.
Johnson: And your parents, when did your parents come, the same time?
Taylor: No, my parents is-uh, passed and they had been passed for quite a few years see before I left home.
Johnson: They did not come to Muncie?
Taylor: No, and Libertyville was not my home that's where...
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Lampkins, Joan (Interview) - Johnson, Johnnie; Lampkins, Joan
Black Muncie History Project
MSS 33/R 5
Interviewer: Johnnie Johnson
Interviewee: Joan Lampkins
Date of Interview: ca. 1971-1976
Johnson: Ms. Lampkins, when did you come to Muncie and where do presently work and where do you presently live?
Lampkins: Well, I was born in Muncie. I work at East Longfellow for Huffer Library. I live at 1606 North Brady.
Johnson: Did your parents originally reside here, and if they did, and how many children did they have and how many children do you have?
Lampkins: My mother and father, they came here before I was born. I was born in '37 and they had, my mother, they had seven children and I...
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Ferguson, Wilma (Interview) - Johnson, Johnnie; Ferguson, Wilma
Black Muncie History Project
MSS 33/R 5
Interviewer: Johnnie Johnson
Interviewee: Wilma Ferguson
Date of Interview: 1972
Johnson: Mrs. Ferguson, when did you first come to Muncie and where do you presently live now?
Ferguson: In September of 1966. I live on Shellbark Road at the present time, but when I came to Muncie I was living on Eighth Street.
Johnson: And where did you come from?
Ferguson: Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Johnson: Fort Wayne, Indiana. Let's see, what school did your children go to?
Ferguson: Here in Muncie or Fort Wayne?
Johnson: In Muncie.
Ferguson: South, Muncie Southside.
Johnson: Were there any specific problems that you ran into then?
Ferguson: Yes, the flag, the Confederate flag was still being used at Southside at...
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Campbell, Mr. (Interview) - Johnson, Johnnie; Campbell, Mr.
Black Muncie History Project
MSS 33/R 5
Interviewer: Johnnie Johnson
Interviewee: Mr. Campbell
Date of Interview: ca. 1971-1976
Johnson: Mr. Campbell, when did you first come to Muncie?
Campbell: About twenty years ago, about twenty-two years ago.
Johnson: Where did you personally come from?
Campbell: From a small town called Fountain City, Indiana-From a small town called Fountain City, Indiana. I was in the service first, and then my mother moved here, and then I came when I got out of the service. I came here in Muncie in 1949 to live.
Johnson: When did your parents come here? What year-do you remember what year they came here?
Campbell: I can't tell you what...
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Scott, Jessica (Interview) - Johnson, Johnnie; Scott, Jessica
Black Muncie History Project
MSS 33/R 5
Interviewer: Johnnie Johnson
Interviewee: Jessica Scott
Date of Interview: ca. 1971-1976
Johnson: Could you state your full name and when you came to Muncie and where you work and your age please?
Scott: My name is Jessica Scott. I live at 1909 Carver Drive, Muncie, Indiana. I came to Muncie as a very small child, perhaps in the third or fourth grade. I am not real sure of the year that I came; however, I went south when I was about ten years old coming back to Muncie in 1929.
Johnson: What was Muncie like then, do you recall any specifics...
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Pittman, Raymond (Interview) - Goodall, Hurley C.; Pittman, Raymond
Black Muncie History Project
MSS 33/R 5
Interviewer: Hurley Goodall
Interviewee: Raymond Pittman
Date of Interview: February 12, 1972
Goodall: Talking to Mr. Raymond Pittman. Ray is an old, long time union man in Muncie and he's worked extensively in organized labor. And served as president of the local, what was that, 609?
Pittman: Yeah.
Goodall: At Indiana Foundry. I'll sit over here with you, Ray. That's cool. And uh, I talked to Ray. Ray, do you remember when you first came to Muncie?
Pittman: The spring of 1913. The year of the flood and street car strike.
Goodall: Where did you come from when you came here, Ray?
Pittman: Alexandria, Indiana.
Goodall: Alexandria, Indiana. You mean...
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Bernstein, A. C. (Interview) - Vander Hill, Warren; Bernstein, A. C.
Middletown Jewish Oral History Project I
R 14
Interviewer: Warren Vander Hill
Interviewee: A. C. Bernstein
Date of Interview: 4/27/1979
Vander Hill: This is Warren Vander Hill, working on the Muncie Jewish Oral History Project, and this afternoon I'm speaking with Mr. A. C. Bernstein at his home in Warsaw, Indiana, Friday, April 27, 1979.
A.C., I'd like to begin our conversation this afternoon by having you tell me some of the things that we discussed a few moments ago in our preliminary conversation about your family. You told me a little about-your mother was born in Muncie and you went back and talked about some relationships...
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Burgauer, Allen (Interview) - Vander Hill, Warren; Burgauer, Allen ; Burgauer, Bertha
Middletown Jewish Oral History Project I
R 14
Interviewer: Warren Vander Hill
Interviewee: Allen Burgauer
Date of Interview: 3/20/1979
[Note: A. Burgauer was born in Muncie, 8/1/1913]
Vander Hill: Working on the Muncie Jewish Oral History Project. This evening I'm interviewing Mr. Allen Burgauer at his home here in Muncie, Indiana, March 20, 1979.
Mr. Burgauer, I wonder if you would begin our interview by giving me some information along the lines that we just spoke about a few moments ago. Namely, if you could tell me a few things about your grandparents. Where they came from in the old country, where they came when they finally emigrated...
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Freund, Bernard (Interview) - Vander Hill, Warren; Freund, Bernard
Middletown Jewish Oral History Project I
R 14
Interviewer: Warren Vander Hill
Interviewee: Bernard Freund
Date: 3/14/1979
Vander Hill: This is Warren Vander Hill, speaking with Mr. Bernard Freund. Muncie Oral Jewish History Project, March 14, 1979. I'm speaking with Mr. Freund in the study of his home here at Muncie, Indiana.
Bernard, can we begin our conversation this evening by having you tell me a few things about your parents and perhaps, if you wish, to go back a generation previous to that and tell me a bit about any mobility that occurred in those generations?
Freund: My maternal grandparents settled in Muncie in the early 1880s. My...
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Booher, Charles (Interview) - Goodall, Hurley C.; Booher, Charles ; Booher, Mrs. Charles
Black Muncie History Project
MSS 33/R 5
Interviewer: Hurley Goodall
Interviewees: Mr. & Mrs. Charles Booher
Date of Interview: February 14, 1972
Goodall: Yeah, you were talking about Mr. Pettiford's business being the one that hired the most Negroes at that time up until Faulkner? Well, go ahead.
Booher: It is believed by this person that Mr. Pettiford employed more people in his rug cleaning and furniture repair shop of any Negro in the city of Muncie prior to the building of Mr. Faulkner's nursing home, which now, at this point, to my recollection employs more Negroes than any, any Negro has ever employed in Muncie....
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