- Collection:
- Oral History Collection (Chicago History Museum)
- Title:
- Chicago Cold War: Jim Darby
- Creator:
- Darby, James
Hudzik, Maribeth - Publisher:
- Chicago, Ill. : Studs Terkel Center for Oral History, Chicago History Museum
Chicago, Ill. : Chicago History Museum - Date of Original:
- 2012-06-26
- Subject:
- United States. Navy
Oral history
Interviews
Cold War
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Military intelligence
Sexual minorities
Veterans - Location:
- France, 46.0, 2.0
Morocco, 31.791702, -7.09262
United States, District of Columbia, Washington, 38.89511, -77.03637
United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, 41.85003, -87.65005 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Sound
Text
StillImage - Format:
- audio/mpeg
image/jpeg
application/pdf - Description:
- James Darby served in the United States Navy during the early 1950s. He was a coder and typist, stationed in the Mediterranean, and he was trained in the Russian language. He was also a gay man in the military and left after this service. He was concerned that he would be discovered and discharged. Darby later worked with the Chicago Mayor's Council on Veterans Affairs.
- Metadata URL:
- http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_oh/id/247
- IIIF manifest:
- https://collections.carli.illinois.edu/iiif/2/chm_oh:247/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- © 2017 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: 1:09:49 minutes
- Original Collection:
- Oral History Collection (Chicago History Museum)
Chicago Cold War Oral History Project - Contributing Institution:
- Chicago History Museum
- Rights:
-
Chicago Cold War: Jim Darby
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