wsu_wsuboh_carvergayton carvergayton wsuboh wsu yes Carver Gayton, August 7, 1973 Gayton, Carver Oral history--United States African Americans--Washington (State)--Seattle African Americans--Tennessee--Nashville Family--History Hendrix family Seattle Post Office Seattle Post Office--Officials and employees Postal service--Washington (State)--Seattle Postal service--Officials and employees--Washington (State)--Seattle African American churches--Washington (State)--Seattle African Americans--Religion YMCA (Seattle, Wash.) YWCA (Seattle, Wash.) Clubs--Washington (State)--Seattle Societies--Washington (State)--Seattle Social groups--Washington (State)--Seattle Republican Party (Wash.) Republican Party (Seattle, Wash.) African American political activists--Washington (State)--Seattle African Americans--Politics and government African American radicals--Washington (State)--Seattle Radicals--Washington (State)--Seattle Left-wing extremists--Washington (State)--Seattle Entertaining--Washington (State)--Seattle Amusements--Washington (State)--Seattle Entertainment events--Washington (State)--Seattle African American entertainers--Washington (State)--Seattle African American entertainers Entertainers--Washington (State)--Seattle Entertainers--United States Black Diamond Coal Company Coal mines and mining--Washington (State)--Black Diamond African American coal miners--Washington (State)--Black Diamond Coal miners--Washington (State)--Black Diamond African American business enterprises--Washington (State)--Seattle Business enterprises--Washington (State)--Seattle African American businesspeople--Washington (State)--Seattle Businesspeople--Washington (State)--Seattle African American children--Washington (State)--Seattle African American families--Washington (State)--Seattle Clothing and dress--Washington (State)--Seattle Fashion--Washington (State)--Seattle African Americans--Clothing--Washington (State)--Seattle African American baseball players--Washington (State)--Seattle Baseball players--Washington (State)--Seattle Baseball players--United States Baseball teams--United States Baseball teams--Washington (State)--Seattle Sports--Washington (State)--Seattle African Americans--Sports Recreation--Washington (State)--Seattle African Americans--Recreation Carver AC's (Baseball team) African Americans--Music African American musicians--Washington (State)--Seattle African American teachers and the community--Washington (State)--Seattle Civic leaders--Washington (State)--Seattle African American civic leaders--Washington (State)--Seattle African American teachers--Washington (State)--Seattle Teachers--Washington (State)--Seattle Washington (State). Employment Security Dept.--Employees Washington(State)--Officials and employees Gayton, Carver Oral history interview with Mr. Carver Gayton of Seattle, Washington. Tape 1, Side A: 0 - 3 Family background. Father born in Seattle, mother from Nashville. Talks about growing up in Seattle. Parents worked for the post office. Other jobs. 3 - 7 Black churches. YMCA and YWCA. Other social activities. Famous black performers. 7 - 10 The Hendrix family. Other social clubs. Grandfather's activity in Republican Party. Many blacks lined up with leftist concerns. 10 - 12 Father worked at the Black Diamond Coal Mine in what is now Hazelwood. Grandfather moved there in the 20's. 12 - 14 Black businesses in Seattle. 14 - 17 Talks about his children. Not many contacts with relatives back East. Other black families in the area. Changes in black fashions. 17 - 25 Sports activities. Carver AC's an all-black baseball team. Other social activities. Black music. 27 - 29 Talks about his job. [Spokane, Wash.] : Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries University of Washington. Information School Black Oral History Interviews, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University, Spokane, Wash. Black Oral History Interviews Collection (Washington State University. Library. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections) Washington State University. Library. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections 2002 Oral histories Sound recordings http://content.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/5985,89 Interview cassette tapes were converted to RealAudio files with a bit rate of 16Kbps and placed on a RealServer 8.0 streaming server at the Washington State University Libraries. Black Oral History Interviews, 1972-1974, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Forms part of online collection: Black Oral History Interviews Collection. 1973-08-07 Seattle (Wash.) Black Diamond (Wash.) Hazelwood (King County, Wash.) King County (Wash.) Nashville (Tenn.) Davidson County (Tenn.) For permission to publish, please contact Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (509) 335 - 6691. 20120427 153944