Rondo Oral History Project: Interview with William L. Collins, Jr.

Titles: Rondo Oral History Project: Interview with William L. Collins, Jr. (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Billy Collins grew up in the Rondo community. The youth organizations and mentors provided there made a positive influence in his life. Billy's role model during his teen years was his father even though he spent the majority of his time away from home working as a waiter on the railroad. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Rondo community and the youth organizations and mentors there; his role model during his teen years; racism experienced outside the Rondo community and in Central High School in the 1960s; his driving motivation to serve the black community; Rondo teenage social scene and The Pivot malt shop.

Dates

• 03/04/2004 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewer: Cavett, Kate
• interviewee: Collins, William L. Jr.

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 110.6
• Accession Number: AV2007.22.6
• Link to Finding Aid

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Rondo Oral History Project' <OH 110>

Quantity: 1 sound cassette 50 pages transcript 2 audio files

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 01:16:50 running time

Subjects

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