Forty Blocks: The East Garfield Park Oral History Project papers

  • Collection ID 2017.0004.1
  • Creator Names Chicago History Museum
  • Title Forty Blocks: The East Garfield Park Oral History Project papers [manuscript] 2016
  • Physical description .5 linear feet (1 box)
  • Collection summary Project documents and 27 oral history transcripts from Forty Blocks: The East Garfield Park Oral History Project conducted by the Chicago History Museum in 2016.
  • Terms Governing Use and Reproduction No known copyright restrictions.
  • Location of Other Archival Materials Note Related materials at the Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include other oral history collections collected by the museum.
  • Biographical or Historical Note In 2016 Breakthrough Urban Ministries, a community-based organization that provides social services on Chicago's West Side, and the Studs Terkel Center for Oral History collaborated on this oral history project. The oral history center worked with Breakthrough's Film Crew, a group of nine young people from East Garfield Park and other West Side communities, to conduct these interviews. Breakthrough and the East Garfield Park Youth Collaborative recruited most of the narrators. All narrators had strong connections to the West Side, mainly East Garfield Park and North Lawndale. A transcription company, interns, and a volunteer created the transcriptions comprising this collection, known as Forty Blocks: The East Garfield Park Oral History Project.
  • Geographic coverage
    • Chicago (Ill.) Social conditions 20th century.
    • Chicago (Ill.) Social conditions 21st century.
    • East Garfield Park (Chicago, Ill.)
  • Genre
    • Interviews. aat
    • Oral histories. aat
    • Transcripts. aat
  • Names
    • Breakthrough Urban Ministries
    • Chicago History Museum. Forty Blocks: The East Garfield Park Oral History Project.
  • Finding aid URL Audio available online http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/chm_oh