Rondo Oral History Project: Interview with Barbara "Petey" Vassar Gray

Titles: Rondo Oral History Project: Interview with Barbara "Petey" Vassar Gray (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Barbara "Petey" Vassar Gray grew up as a "Vassar Girl" in the Rondo neighborhood. After graduating from Mechanic Arts High School, she went on to attend the University of Minnesota and received a Master’s Degree from the College of St. Catherine. She went on to become the assistant director of a tri-county library system near Detroit, Michigan. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Her upbringing in the Rondo neighborhood; relation with Saint Philips Episcopal Church in her personal and social life; experience in Mechanic Arts High School as a student; working as an assistant director in Detroit; her internal strength, power and willingness to not accept less than she deserves.

Dates

• 06/04/2004 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewer: Cavett, Kate
• interviewee: Gray, Barbara Vassar

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 110.13
• Accession Number: AV2007.22.13
• 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 53 pages transcript 2 audio files

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 01:16:26 running time

Subjects

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