- Collection:
- Oral History Collection (Chicago History Museum)
- Title:
- I WAS THERE: Jim and Hjordis Garner
- Creator:
- Garner, Jim
Garner, Hjordis
Long, Tim - Publisher:
- Chicago, Ill. : Studs Terkel Center for Oral History, Chicago History Museum
Chicago, Ill. : Chicago History Museum - Date of Original:
- 2008-08-28
- Subject:
- Democratic National Convention (1968 : Chicago, Ill.)
Oral history
Interviews
Riots
Elections
Political science - Location:
- United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, 41.85003, -87.65005
United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park, 41.9217, -87.64783
United States, Missouri, City of Saint Louis, St. Louis, 38.62727, -90.19789 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Sound
Text
StillImage - Format:
- audio/mpeg
image/jpeg
application/pdf - Description:
- Hjordis grew up in west suburban Oak Park, Illinois and Jim, who was born in Missouri, graduated from college in Missouri and later entered the United States Navy. After school and military service, he started working at Encyclopedia Britannica. It was through this job that he moved to Chicago where he met Hjordis. In the mid-1960s, the couple purchased a house on North Lincoln Park Avenue West. From this vantage point, they experienced the riots related to the Democratic National Convention. Each night, shortly after 11:00 pm, the couple would look at Lincoln Park and the streets around their home to see Chicago police officers "taking pride" in clobbering people on the heads as they cleared people from the park. At one point Mr. Garner remembers hearing a policeman say with humor, "Leave your wounded behind. We'll take care of them."
- Metadata URL:
- http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_oh/id/38
- IIIF manifest:
- https://collections.carli.illinois.edu/iiif/2/chm_oh:38/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: 37:50 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: Jim and Hjordis Garner
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