Rondo Oral History Project: Interview with William Kelso Finney

Titles: Rondo Oral History Project: Interview with William Kelso Finney (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: William Kelso "Corky" Finney was the only child of Maceo Alexander Finney and Lola Vassar Finney. He grew up on Rondo Avenue. He was sickly and asthmatic as a child which prevented him from participating in sports. His father was a role model to him and his mother an authoritarian. Corky grew up in the neighborhood with his mother's business, Mrs. Finney's Beauty Shop, and a family of close Vassar cousins. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Memories of Cornmeal Valley and Oatmeal Hill of the Rondo neighborhood; his perception of the integrated part of Saint Paul; being forced to move when eminent domain took their property for I-94; decision to stay in the black community.

Dates

• 05/23/2003 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewer: Cavett, Kate
• interviewee: Finney, William Kelso

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 110.9
• Accession Number: AV2007.22.9
• Link to Finding Aid

Notes

• There is no audio for this interview.

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

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

Quantity: 70 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: text

Subjects

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