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Title	Mr. and Mrs. Claude Buckner, June 5, 1973
Birthdate/Interviewee	Unknown
Occupation/Interviewee	Mr. Buckner--Janitor Mrs. Buckner--Housewife
Interview Date	1973-06-05
Length of Interview	54 Minutes
Listen to Interview	http://content.wsulibs.wsu.edu/flash/?aud=buckner&img=bla
Subject	Buckner, Mr. and Mrs. Claude<br>Oral History -- United States<br>African Americans -- Idaho -- Boise<br>Churches--Idaho<br>African Americans--Employment<br>Family
Type	Interviews
Interview Location	United States--Idaho--Boise
Interviewer	Quintard Taylor
Abstractor	Margot H. Knight
Abstract	TAPE 1, SIDE A 0 - 5 minutes She has been in Boise since 1909. Born in Pueblo, Colorado. He came to Idaho in 1923. Family backgrounds. How his family came out west from Missouri . 5 - 11 minutes How her folks came out west from Georgia and Tennessee. Her father was a Baptist minister. Church activities in the Boise area. Her father's home became a Negro church. Eventually a church was built. Talks about the various churches in town . 11 - 14 minutes There were no social clubs in the area that she remembers. Blacks lived throughout Boise. Many blacks owned their own places. There was not much social life except for visiting . 14 - 18 minutes Black businesses in Boise. She talks about the schools she attended. Talks about Jimmy Terrell who has done real well for himself . 18 - 22 minutes They have no contact with relatives in the South. Other contacts with relatives. Recollections of other black families they knew in Boise . 22 - 27 minutes Entertainment. Barbecues. She talks about chataquas that came through. Clothing styles . TAPE 1, SIDE B 0 - 3 minutes He talks about his work as a janitor for the Boise Overland Auto agency. Other janitorial jobs. Many blacks worked as waiters. Tom Brown owned a cleaning store in 1910 or so . 3 - 6 minutes He says blacks were generally Republican until recently. Their son ran for City Council but lost. She is a board member of the YWCA . 6 - 10 minutes Where blacks have moved to from Boise. Blacks in surrounding towns . 10 - 13 minutes Blacks had some contact with Mexicans, Chinese and Indians in the area. Many black soldiers around during World War II. 13 - 14 minutes They read the Chicago Defender and the Jet. They don't recall any black newspapers in the area . 14 - 24 minutes They talk about their feelings about their lives in Boise. He thinks feelings have changed towards the blacks. The Chinese restaurants wouldn't serve blacks. Talk about some of the younger blacks . She's tired of Boise a little; it's hard to get music for church .
Abstract Date	1979-05-24
Identifier	buckner.rm
Collection	Black Oral History Interviews, 1972-1974 http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/finders/cass2.htm
Language	English
Format	Interview cassette tapes were converted to RealAudio files with a bit rate of 16Kbps and placed on a RealServer 8.0 streaming server at the Washington State University Libraries. In 2002, graduate students at the University of Washington's Information School described and uploaded these RealAudio files to a CONTENTdm server at the Washington State University Libraries.
Rights	For permission to publish, please contact Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (509) 335 - 6691.
Publisher	Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries http://wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/masc.htm
Contributors	The Information School of the University of Washington: Eydie Detera, Jon Haupt, Tess Mayer, Margie Miller, Tammara Turner

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