Wilkerson, Ruth 2022-06-14

This interview features Ruth Wilkerson as she discusses her family history and her family life growing up in Houston. In this interview, Wilkerson provides some genealogical background on her great-grandparents, grandparents, and parents before delving in to her own childhood life up until she went off to college.

General Interview Information

Interviewee Name: Ruth Wilkerson

Additional Parties Recorded:

Date: June 14, 2022

Location: Lubbock, Texas

Interviewer: Zachary Hernandez

Length: 01:14:53 (1 hour 14 minutes)

Abstract

Introduction and family background information; Her grandparent’s settlement in Nebraska; Her parents’ history; After her parents marriage; her first childhood memories; Memories of World War II; Childhood education; Her teenage social life; Decision to go to Baylor for college

Access Information

Original Recording Format: born digital

Recording Format Notes: patrons may listen to audio in our reading room

Transcript: transcript available on dspace <https://hdl.handle.net/10605/374408 >

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