Rondo Oral History Project: Interview with Melvin T. Henderson

Titles: Rondo Oral History Project: Interview with Melvin T. Henderson (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Mel Henderson grew up in the Rondo neighborhood. His father worked as Pullman porter and his grandparents had a farm in Hugo, Minnesota. It was a tightly knit community and the police beat officer looked after the neighborhood children. He became a star athlete at Central High School and went on to attend the University of Minnesota on an athletic scholarship. He retired after serving as Dean at the Metropolitan State University. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Memories of growing up in the Rondo community; learning to be a strong athlete; influence of The Emeralds, a rock-and-roll singing group, after junior high school; significance of his church, St. James AME Methodist Church, and its music in his life.

Dates

• 06/11/2003 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewer: Cavett, Kate
• interviewer: Zielinski, Kimberly K.
• interviewee: Henderson, Melvin T.

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 110.16
• Accession Number: AV2007.22.16
• 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 62 pages transcript 2 audio files

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 01:11:58 running time

Subjects

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