- Collection:
- Oral History Collection (Chicago History Museum)
- Title:
- I WAS THERE: Barbara Geiger
- Creator:
- Geiger, Barbara
Grannan, Jill - Publisher:
- Chicago, Ill. : Studs Terkel Center for Oral History, Chicago History Museum
Chicago, Ill. : Chicago History Museum - Date of Original:
- 2008-08-26
- 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, Chicago, 41.85003, -87.65005
United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grant Park, 41.87948, -87.61894
United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Ravenswood, 41.96559, -87.66672
United States, Illinois, Cook County, Oak Park, 41.88503, -87.7845 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Sound
Text
StillImage - Format:
- audio/mpeg
image/jpeg
application/pdf - Description:
- Barbara was sixteen years old and living in west suburban Oak Park, Illinois with her family in 1968. Taking advantage of her parents being out of town, Barbara ventured downtown to volunteer at Senator Eugene McCarthy's headquarters, very close to the site of the riots. Hunger sent her back home to make dinner before the violence erupted. Barbara watched it all unfold on live television and the next day went to survey the aftermath of what she had seen. At the Conrad Hilton Hotel, she discovered an unrecognizable Chicago, including military tanks and the hotel in complete disarray.
- Metadata URL:
- http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_oh/id/42
- IIIF manifest:
- https://collections.carli.illinois.edu/iiif/2/chm_oh:42/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: 36:00 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: Barbara Geiger
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