- Collection:
- Oral History Collection (Chicago History Museum)
- Title:
- I WAS THERE: Mary Kirby
- Creator:
- Kirby, Mary
Bivins, Joy - Publisher:
- Chicago, Ill. : Studs Terkel Center for Oral History, Chicago History Museum
Chicago, Ill. : Chicago History Museum - Date of Original:
- 2008-08-27
- 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, Grant Park, 41.87948, -87.61894
United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park, 41.9217, -87.64783
United States, Illinois, Lake County, 42.34941, -87.86179
United States, Illinois, Lake County, Waukegan, 42.36363, -87.84479 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Sound
Text
StillImage - Format:
- audio/mpeg
image/jpeg
application/pdf - Description:
- Mary Kirby was born in Chicago in 1947 and raised in north suburban Waukegan, Illinois. Ms. Kirby's Irish Roman Catholic family was very involved in politics. Her father was an attorney, and her mother was an active member of the Democratic Party. Her mother eventually became the Democratic Committeewoman for Lake County Illinois. In 1968, Kirby, a senior at Cabrini College in Pennsylvania, was home for the summer and attended events in both Lincoln and Grant parks related to the Democratic National Convention (DNC). She traveled to Chicago from Waukegan for three days. After seeing the number of military and police personnel, however, she did not participate in the violent demonstrations that took place outside the Conrad Hilton Hotel. She recalled hearing Abbie Hoffman, attending a love-in at Lincoln Park, and the attitudes of the young people she met while in Chicago during convention week.
- Metadata URL:
- http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_oh/id/70
- IIIF manifest:
- https://collections.carli.illinois.edu/iiif/2/chm_oh:70/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: 46:47 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: Mary Kirby
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