African Americans Affected by the East Bay Hills Fire oral history collection, 1993-1995

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Summary

Creators:
African American Museum & Library at Oakland and Atkinson, Nicole C.
Abstract:
The African Americans Affected by the East Bay Hills Fire Oral History Collection was an oral history project undertaken by the African American Museum & Library at Oakland. The African Americans Affected by the East Bay Hills Fire Oral History Collection consists of 10 interviews conducted from 1993 to 1995 with African Americans who were living in the East Bay during the Oakland hills firestorm of October 1991.
Extent:
.75 linear feet (1 box)
Language:
Languages represented in the collection: English
Preferred citation:

African Americans Affected by the East Bay Hills Fire oral history collection, MS184, African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library. Oakland, California.

Background

Scope and content:

The African Americans Affected by the East Bay Hills Fire Oral History Collection consists of 10 interviews conducted from 1993 to 1995 with African Americans who were living in the East Bay during the Oakland hills firestorm of October 1991. In addition to interviews with subjects whose homes were lost during the Oakland hills firestorm, the interview with P. Lamont Ewell documents the experience of the Fire Chief for the City of Oakland. These interviews are preserved in their original cassette tape format. Also available are a list of the questions used for the interviews and a complete collection of transcriptions.

The oral history interviews are divided into series by subject and organzied chronologically by the date in which they were conducted.

Biographical / historical:

The African Americans Affected by the East Bay Hills Fire Oral History Collection was an oral history project undertaken by the African American Museum & Library at Oakland. Interviews were conducted by Nicole C. Atkinson.

Acquisition information:
Oral history interviews were conducted by the African American Museum Library at Oakland and retained in the African American Museum Library at Oakland archives.
Processing information:

Processed by Carl Schmitz.

Arrangement:

Series I. Oral history cassette tapes Series II. Transcripts and interview questions

Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

No access restrictions. Collection is open to the public.

Materials are for use in-library only, non-circulating.

Terms of access:

Permission to publish must be obtained from the African American Museum & Library at Oakland.

Preferred citation:

African Americans Affected by the East Bay Hills Fire oral history collection, MS184, African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library. Oakland, California.

Location of this collection:
659 14th Street
Oakland, CA 94612, US
Contact:
(510) 637-0198
aamlo@oaklandlibrary.org
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