- Collection:
- Oral History Collection (Chicago History Museum)
- Title:
- I WAS THERE: Helen Ann Bourke
- Creator:
- Bourke, Helen Ann
Russick, John - Publisher:
- Chicago, Ill. : Studs Terkel Center for Oral History, Chicago History Museum
Chicago, Ill. : Chicago History Museum - Date of Original:
- 2008-08-28
- Subject:
- Conrad Hilton Hotel (Chicago, Ill.)
Democratic National Convention (1968 : Chicago, Ill.)
Oral history
Interviews
Riots
Elections
Political science - Location:
- United States, Illinois, Cook County, Arlington Heights, 42.08836, -87.98063
United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, 41.85003, -87.65005
United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Roseland, 41.70198, -87.62588 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Sound
Text
StillImage - Format:
- audio/mpeg
image/jpeg
application/pdf - Description:
- A college student at the time of the convention, Helen showed visitors around Chicago while working for Senator Eugene McCarthy's campaign. As a greeter and "hostess,"she wore a sundress with large daises on it , a symbol of McCarthy's presidential campaign. Helen spent most of her time at the Conrad Hilton Hotel, where she saw people throwing glass ash trays and bags of feces out of hotel rooms onto the police below.
- Metadata URL:
- http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_oh/id/19
- IIIF manifest:
- https://collections.carli.illinois.edu/iiif/2/chm_oh:19/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- © 2015 Chicago Historical Society, all rights reserved
For permission to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use this image, please visit https://images.chicagohistory.org or contact rightsrepro@chicagohistory.org. - Extent:
- Audio file: 17:58 minutes
- Original Collection:
- Oral History Collection (Chicago History Museum)
I WAS THERE: The 1968 Democratic National Convention Oral History Project - Contributing Institution:
- Chicago History Museum
- Rights:
-
I WAS THERE: Helen Ann Bourke
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