LG097 Interview: Missie Wilkerson (LG097Goreau_Side1)

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Side 1 and 2: Interview with Missie Wilkerson on 1973-07-28, continued on Tape ID: LG097. Abstract for Wilkerson: [00:00-14:40] In a July 28, 1973 interview, Missie Wilkerson speaks briefly with Goreau about life during the Great Depression. Wilkerson then shares an anecdote about Mahalia Jackson using her influence to help evict a non-paying tenant from one of Wilkerson's Chicago properties in the mid-1960s – 3:39. Wilkerson and Goreau discuss a possible film about Jackson and the potential of Wilkerson playing herself – 9:55. Goreau compliments Wilkerson's acting and story-telling ability – 12:58.

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Laurraine Goreau Interviews and Recordings

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Title: LG097 Interview: Missie Wilkerson (LG097Goreau_Side1)
Part Name: LG097Goreau_Side1
Interviewer: Goreau, Laurraine
Interviewee(s): Wilkerson, Missie
Date Created: 1973-07-28
Date Captured: 2020-03-14
2020-03-14
Description: Side 1 and 2: Interview with Missie Wilkerson on 1973-07-28, continued on Tape ID: LG097. Abstract for Wilkerson: [00:00-14:40] In a July 28, 1973 interview, Missie Wilkerson speaks briefly with Goreau about life during the Great Depression. Wilkerson then shares an anecdote about Mahalia Jackson using her influence to help evict a non-paying tenant from one of Wilkerson's Chicago properties in the mid-1960s – 3:39. Wilkerson and Goreau discuss a possible film about Jackson and the potential of Wilkerson playing herself – 9:55. Goreau compliments Wilkerson's acting and story-telling ability – 12:58.
Extent: 14 min., 40 sec.
Form: sound recording
Genre: interviews
Physical Location: Hogan Archive of New Orleans Music and New Orleans Jazz, Tulane University Special Collections
Sublocation: Laurraine Goreau collection, HJA-059
URL: https://archives.tulane.edu/
Name Subject(s): Jackson, Mahalia, 1911-1972
Wilkerson, Missie
Topical Subject(s): Depressions -- 1929
Geographic Subject(s): Chicago (Ill.)
Temporal Subject(s): Nineteen sixties
Publisher: Tulane University Digital Library
Language: eng
Identifier (Local): HJA059_LG097_1.mp3
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Type of Resource: Audio
Source Note: This recording was digitized in 2020 as part of a Recordings at Risk grant funded project administered by CLIR, "Tell the real story of me": Mahalia Jackson and Black Gospel Quartets in the South.
Preferred Citation: LG097 Interview: Missie Wilkerson, Laurraine Goreau collection, HJA-059, Tulane University Special Collections, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.
Contact: specialcollections@tulane.edu