Summary Information

Title: South Madison Oral History Project and Migrant Farmworker Photographs
Inclusive Dates: 1966-1971, 1999-2000

Creator:

• Giffey, David

Call Number: Mss 1171; PH 6853; Audio 1734A

Quantity: 0.2 cubic feet (1 archives box), 24 tape recordings, and 97 photographs (digital copies)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Oral histories (1999-2000) conducted by David Giffey, a photojournalist and activist, entitled “People's Stories of South Madison” in which twenty individuals from various walks of life describe their experiences growing up in South Madison, Wisconsin. The majority interviewed are African American and discuss the struggles encountered in school, employment, and housing. Asian, Hispanic, and European experiences in South Madison are also represented. The collection consists of sound recordings of the interviews as well as transcripts. In addition, there are digital copies of photographs (1966-1971) from a separate project entitled “Struggle for Justice: the Migrant Farmworker Labor Movement in Wisconsin,” documenting the living and working conditions of migrant farm workers in Wisconsin.

Note:

"The People's Stories of South Madison," a companion booklet, is available in the Wisconsin Historical Society Library (Pam 02- 244).

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss01171

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