West Side Community Center, Bloomington, Indiana, 1985
A Guide to the Collection of Oral History Interviews at Indiana University
Bloomington
Finding aid prepared by the staff of the Center for
the Study of History and Memory with a grant from the National Endowment for the
Humanities Division of Preservation and Access, 2000-2002
Overview of the Collection
Repository
Indiana University Center for Documentary Research and Practice
Indiana University
Franklin Hall 0030B
601 E. Kirkwood Avenue
Bloomington, IN 47405
Phone: 812/855-2856
Fax: 812/855-0002
E-mail: ohrc@indiana.edu
https://cdrp.mediaschool.indiana.edu
Creator
Indiana University Center for the
Study of History and Memory
TitleWest Side Community Center, Bloomington, Indiana, 1985
Project No.
ohrc101
Interviews
5 interviews. Audiotapes, transcripts, and collateral
materials.
Physical Location
Interviews are housed in Franklin Hall, Room 0030B. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University
Archives.
Contact archives@indiana.edu for more information. For other locations housing the interviews
from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office.
Language
Materials are in English.
Abstract
Interviewees discuss the Black community of Bloomington, Indiana.
They also talk about the West Side Community Center as an important gathering
place for the community.
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains five interviews conducted over three months. The interviews range from twenty-one to sixty minutes.
All interviews consist of audio tapes but not transcriptions.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Oral history interviews conducted by the Indiana University Center for the
Study of History and Memory from 1968 to the present, with particular focus on the
history of twentieth-century America and the Midwest.
Usage Restrictions
The archive of the Center for Documentary Research and Practice at Indiana University is open
to the use of researchers. Copies of transcript pages are available only when such copies
are permitted by the deed of gift. Scholars must honor any
restrictions the interviewee placed on the use of the interview. Since some of our earlier
(pre-computer) transcripts do not exist in final form, any editing marks in a transcript
(deletions, additions, corrections) are to be quoted as marked. Audio files may not be copied for
patrons unless the deed of gift permits it, and a transcript is unavailable for that
interview. The same rules of use that apply to a transcript apply to the audio interview.
Interviews may not be reproduced in full for any public use, but excerpted quotes may be
used as long as researchers fully cite the data in their research, including accession
number, interview date, interviewee's and interviewer's name, and page(s).
Preferred Citation
[interviewee first name last name] interview, by [interviewer first name last
name], [interview date(s)], [call number], [project name], Center for Documentary Research and Practice, Indiana University,
Bloomington, [page number(s) or tape
number and side if no transcript; if digital audio and no transcript, cite time when quote occurs].
Interview List
Interviewee
Buka, Flora
March 30,
1985
Call Number
85-070
Physical Description
Not transcribed; 1 tape, 1 7/8 ips, 21 minutes
Interviewer
Zeff, Robbin Lee
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Flora Buka, born August 14, 1910, discusses the West Side
Community Center and the Black community in Bloomington.
Interviewee
Butler, Ernest
February 13,
1985
Call Number
85-069
Physical Description
Not transcribed; 1 tape, 1 7/8 ips, 39 minutes
Interviewer
Zeff, Robbin Lee
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Ernest Butler, born October 11, 1913, discusses Bloomington
Indiana's black community. He also discusses the West Side Community
Center.
Interviewee
Gilliam, Frances
January 23,
1985
Call Number
85-066
Physical Description
Not transcribed: 1 tape, 1 7/8 ips, 44 minutes
Interviewer
Zeff, Robbin Lee
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Frances Gilliam, born April 15, 1919, talks about Bloomington's
Black community. She also discusses her unpublished book about the local
African American community.
Interviewee
Hopkins, Matilda
January 25,
1985
Call Number
85-068
Physical Description
Not transcribed; 1 tape, 1 7/8 ips, 23 minutes
Interviewer
Zeff, Robbin Lee
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Matilda Hopkins, born February 14, 1916, discusses Bloomington's
Black community and the West Side Community Center.
Interviewee
Miller, Wilbert E.
January 23,
1985
Call Number
85-067
Physical Description
Not transcribed; 1 tape, 1 7/8 ips, 60 minutes
Interviewer
Zeff, Robbin Lee
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Wilbert E. Miller, born September 15, 1911, describes the West
Side Community Center. He also discusses Bloomington's Black community.
