- Collection:
- Black Oral History Collection
- Title:
- Carver Gayton, August 7, 1973
- Creator:
- Gayton, Carver
- Publisher:
- Black Oral History Interviews, 1972-1974, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University
- Date of Original:
- 1973-08-07
- Subject:
- Oral history--United States
African Americans--Washington (State)--Seattle
African Americans--Tennessee--Nashville
Family--History
Hendrix family
Seattle Post Office
Seattle Post Office--Officials and employees
Postal service--Washington (State)--Seattle
Postal service--Officials and employees--Washington (State)--Seattle
African American churches--Washington (State)--Seattle
African Americans--Religion
YMCA (Seattle, Wash.)
YWCA (Seattle, Wash.)
Clubs--Washington (State)--Seattle
Societies--Washington (State)--Seattle
Social groups--Washington (State)--Seattle
Republican Party (Wash.)
Republican Party (Seattle, Wash.)
African American political activists--Washington (State)--Seattle
African Americans--Politics and government
African American radicals--Washington (State)--Seattle
Radicals--Washington (State)--Seattle
Left-wing extremists--Washington (State)--Seattle
Entertaining--Washington (State)--Seattle
Amusements--Washington (State)--Seattle
Entertainment events--Washington (State)--Seattle
African American entertainers--Washington (State)--Seattle
African American entertainers
Entertainers--Washington (State)--Seattle
Entertainers--United States
Black Diamond Coal Company
Coal mines and mining--Washington (State)--Black Diamond
African American coal miners--Washington (State)--Black Diamond
Coal miners--Washington (State)--Black Diamond
African American business enterprises--Washington (State)--Seattle
Business enterprises--Washington (State)--Seattle
African American businesspeople--Washington (State)--Seattle
Businesspeople--Washington (State)--Seattle
African American children--Washington (State)--Seattle
African American families--Washington (State)--Seattle
Clothing and dress--Washington (State)--Seattle
Fashion--Washington (State)--Seattle
African Americans--Clothing--Washington (State)--Seattle
African American baseball players--Washington (State)--Seattle
Baseball players--Washington (State)--Seattle
Baseball players--United States
Baseball teams--United States
Baseball teams--Washington (State)--Seattle
Sports--Washington (State)--Seattle
African Americans--Sports
Recreation--Washington (State)--Seattle
African Americans--Recreation
Carver AC's (Baseball team)
African Americans--Music
African American musicians--Washington (State)--Seattle
African American teachers and the community--Washington (State)--Seattle
Civic leaders--Washington (State)--Seattle
African American civic leaders--Washington (State)--Seattle
African American teachers--Washington (State)--Seattle
Teachers--Washington (State)--Seattle
Washington (State). Employment Security Dept.--Employees
Washington(State)--Officials and employees - People:
- Gayton, Carver
- Location:
- United States, Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, 36.16589, -86.78444
United States, Washington, King County, 47.49084, -121.83583
United States, Washington, King County, Black Diamond, 47.30871, -122.00317
United States, Washington, King County, Hazelwood, 47.55093, -122.19151
United States, Washington, King County, Seattle, 47.60621, -122.33207 - Type:
- Sound
- Description:
- Oral history interview with Mr. Carver Gayton of Seattle, Washington. Tape 1, Side A: 0 - 3 Family background. Father born in Seattle, mother from Nashville. Talks about growing up in Seattle. Parents worked for the post office. Other jobs. 3 - 7 Black churches. YMCA and YWCA. Other social activities. Famous black performers. 7 - 10 The Hendrix family. Other social clubs. Grandfather's activity in Republican Party. Many blacks lined up with leftist concerns. 10 - 12 Father worked at the Black Diamond Coal Mine in what is now Hazelwood. Grandfather moved there in the 20's. 12 - 14 Black businesses in Seattle. 14 - 17 Talks about his children. Not many contacts with relatives back East. Other black families in the area. Changes in black fashions. 17 - 25 Sports activities. Carver AC's an all-black baseball team. Other social activities. Black music. 27 - 29 Talks about his job.
- Metadata URL:
- http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/5985/id/89
- Rights Holder:
- For permission to publish, please contact Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (509) 335 - 6691.
- Extent:
- audio/x-pn-realaudio
- Contributing Institution:
- Washington State University. Library. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
- Rights:
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