Our Gathering Places Oral History Project: Interview with David Harper

Titles: Our Gathering Places Oral History Project: Interview with David Harper (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: David Harper, a barber, has owned and run the Lexington Hair Shop in St. Paul, Minnesota since 1974. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: His childhood memories of haircuts and how he became a barber. The barbershop as a social hub. Differences between modern day shops and shops back in the 1950s and 1960s. His schooling and mentors. Equalizing function of a shop. Barber shops and black culture. His involvement in community activities. Women clientele. Changeover to appointments. Discussing political and social issues in a shop. A scattered black population and coming together. Thoughts on self-reliance.

Dates

• 09/05/1997 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Harper, David
• interviewer: Taylor, David Vassar

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 100
• Accession Number: AV2003.65.8

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Our Gathering Places Oral History Project' <OH 100>

Quantity: 1 hour sound cassette 16 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 00:58:28 running time

Subjects

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