Minnesota Black History Project: Interview with Zorra LaVerne Sims Thomas

Titles: Minnesota Black History Project: Interview with Zorra LaVerne Sims Thomas (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Mrs. Thomas was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 11, 1924. She is the daughter of Fred Sims (born in Omaha, Nebraska on December 23, 1897) and Florence Austin (born in Hastings, Minnesota on October 28, 1900). SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Mrs. Thomas discusses the background and life of her great-grandfather, Joseph Edwards, who was born in Kalamazoo, Missouri in 1844 and migrated to Lakeville, Minnesota in about 1858.

Dates

• 07/24/1974 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Thomas, Zorra LaVerne Sims
• interviewer: Taylor, David Vassar

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 43.28

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

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

Quantity: 1 hour sound cassette 7 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 00:18:10 running time

Subjects

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