Rondo Oral History Project: Interview with Kathryn Coram Gagnon

Titles: Rondo Oral History Project: Interview with Kathryn Coram Gagnon (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Kathryn Coram Gagnon grew up in the Rondo community. She was a light skinned black person and experienced discrimination in Minnesota. Kathryn attended the University High School and participated in sports at the Hallie Q. Brown Community Center and Saint Philips Episcopal Church. She graduated from Mount Holyoke College, received several masters degrees, and was a successful school administrator. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Experience of growing up in the Rondo neighborhood; facing discrimination in Minnesota; opportunity to attend University High School and go on to college; musical scene in Rondo.

Dates

• 04/01/2004 - 04/16/2004 (Interviews conducted 4/1/2004 and 4/16/2004.) (Creation)

Creation

• interviewer: Cavett, Kate
• interviewee: Gagnon, Kathryn Coram

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 110.12
• Accession Number: AV2007.22.12
• Link to Finding Aid

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

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

Quantity: 2 sound cassette 91 pages transcript 4 audio files

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 02:49:09 running time

Subjects

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