Minnesota Black History Project: Interview with Ione Brown

Titles: Minnesota Black History Project: Interview with Ione Brown (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Mrs. Brown was born in Alexandria, Minnesota in 1903 and was raised by her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Austin Hobson (?). SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Mrs. Brown recalls family history, particularly of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Hobson. They migrated to Beloit, Wisconsin after the Chicago fire of 1871 and from there they moved to Alexandria, Minnesota, possibly during the 1890s. For years they were the only black family in Alexandria. Mr. Hobson was a barber and Mrs. Hobson was a laundress. Mrs. Brown discusses life in Alexandria as a black person, other communities of blacks near there and life in the black community in St. Paul/Minneapolis, where they lived later.

Dates

• 07/02/1974 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Brown, Ione
• interviewer: Taylor, David Vassar

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 43.4

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Minnesota Black History Project' <OH 43>

Quantity: 1 hour sound cassette 11 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 00:26:21 running time

Subjects

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