- Collection:
- African American Oral History Collection
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Jesse Bell
- Creator:
- Bell, Jesse B., 1904-
Frederick, Olivia M. - Publisher:
- Audiocassette tape number 773, African American Oral History Collection, Oral History Center, University of Louisville Archives and Records Center.
- Date of Original:
- 1979-07-28
- Subject:
- African Americans--Kentucky--Louisville
African American physicians--Kentucky--Louisville
African American physicians--Kentucky--Frankfort
Physicians--Kentucky--Louisville
Physicians--Kentucky--Frankfort
Hospitals--Kentucky--Louisville
African Americans--Hospitals--Kentucky--Louisville
Red Cross Hospital (Louisville, Ky.)
Red Cross Hospital (Louisville, Ky.)--Administration
Nurses--In-service training--Kentucky--Louisville
Discrimination in medical care--Kentucky--Louisville
African Americans--Medical care--Kentucky--Louisville
Hospital closures--Kentucky--Louisville
African Americans in medicine--Kentucky--Louisville
Race relations
Segregation--Kentucky--Louisville
Race discrimination--Kentucky--Louisville
Louisville (Ky.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College--Students
Morehouse College--Students
African American universities and colleges
Meharry Medical College--Students
African Americans--Education (Higher)
African American medical colleges--Tennessee--Nashville - People:
- Speed, Hattie Bishop, 1858-1942
Bell, Jesse B., 1904- - Location:
- United States, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, 38.25424, -85.75941
- Medium:
- sound recordings
transcripts
oral histories (literary works) - Type:
- Sound
Text - Description:
- Oral history interview with Louisville physician Jesse Bell conducted on July 28, 1979 by Olivia Frederick. Dr. Bell discusses his early life and education, including his training at Alcorn College, Morehouse College, and Meharry Medical College. He discusses his involvement with the Red Cross Hospital, a black-run hospital in Louisville that was known as Community Hospital starting in 1972. (The hospital, founded in 1899, closed in 1975.) Dr. Bell became involved with the hospital in the early 1940s, and discusses the developments there, including the institution of a nurses' training program, integration, fundraising, and other issues. He discusses the clientele of the hospital as well as the care they received. He also talks about the loss to the black community at the closing of the hospital, and the apparent lack of loyalty the community had to the institution. He discusses Hattie Bishop Speed, as a person and as a supporter of the hospital.
The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. - Metadata URL:
- https://ohc.library.louisville.edu/interviews/record.php?q=Bell%2C%20Jesse
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- To inquire about reproductions, permissions, or for information about prices see: http://library.louisville.edu/uarc/digicollorder.html; please cite the Interview Number when ordering.
- Extent:
- audio/mp3; application/pdf
00:52:47; 22 pages - Original Collection:
- African American Community Interviews Collection (William F. Ekstrom Library. University Archives and Records Center)
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Louisville. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections
- Rights:
-
