Oral history interview with S. Edward Hall

Titles: Oral history interview with S. Edward Hall (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: S. Edward Hall was born in Batavia, Illinois, in 1878. He came to St. Paul in 1900 and operated a barbershop downtown for sixty-two years. He was active in St. Paul community life and was a founder of the St. Paul Urban League. Hall died in October of 1975. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Early black migration to St. Paul and Minnesota; the forming of the Urban League; black employment in the early part of the century; blacks in building trades in St. Paul; the Duluth lynching; and the Hinckley forest fire.

Dates

• 05/28/1974 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Hall, S. Edward
• interviewer: Nance, Ethel Ray

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 54
• Accession Number: AV1997.195

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Quantity: 1 hour sound cassette 16 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 00:46:59 running time

Subjects

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