Interviewer
Mary Murphy
Files
Description
Perdita Duncan describes her experiences as a young African American growing up in Butte, Montana, during the early 20th century. She recalls the racial discrimination her parents and other African Americans faced trying to find employment in Butte as well as her father’s work as a podiatrist. Duncan reminisces about her time attending Oberlin College, the first college to admit African-American women, to study English and sociology. She discusses working in the law department of the New York City Department of Social Services and working as a music critic for a New York newspaper before returning to Butte to care for her mother in 1969.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Butte, Montana; Racial discrimination; Oberlin College; New York City Department of Social Services
Original Date
3-18-1980
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Butte Oral History Project, OH 098, Archives and Special Collections, Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula
Digital Publisher
University of Montana--Missoula. Mansfield Library
Rights
Copyright to this collection is held by the interview participants and by the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula. Permission may be required for use. For further information please contact Archives and Special Collections: (406) 243-2053 / library.archives@umontana.edu
Oral History Number
OH 098-017, OH 098-018
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
2 sound cassettes (02:00:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (27 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
01:50:53 minutes
Local Filename
OH_098_017_018.mp3; OH_098_017_018.pdf
Citation
Duncan, Perdita E., "Perdita E. Duncan Interview, March 18, 1980" (1980). Butte Oral History Project. 9.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/butte_oralhistory/9