Guide to the State and Local Government Archives Oral History Collection, 1996-2002 AIS.1997.02

Head of the Pittsburgh Branch of the NAACP, president of the Guardians, former police chief of Pittsburgh Housing Authority founder Afro-American Heritage Parade; interviewer's questions, newspaper clippings; interviewer's notes; interviewer's notes on the 1999 Afro-American Heritage Parade, photo.

Wife of the late Joe Barr, former Mayor of Pittsburgh, interviewer's questions; transcript of interview; photo; newspaper clipping; interviewer's notes; addenda to interview.

Publisher Pittsburgh Post Gazette, transcript of interview; interviewer's questions, newspaper clipping; interviewer's notes; addenda to interview.

Head of the Pittsburgh Branch of the NAACP; solicitor Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations; transcript of interview; interviewer's questions; interviewer's notes; interviewee's editorial changes to transcript.

Head Institute of Politics; transcript of interview (parts 2 and 3 are not edited as of May 3, 2001); interviewer's questions; interviewer's notes; newspaper clipping (1).

Mayor of Oakmont, Pa.; transcript of interview; photos (4); interviewee's responses to biographical questionnaire; interviewee's resume.

Pittsburgh Director of Public Safety; transcript of interview (part 1); interviewer's questions; interviewer's notes; interviewee's editorial changes to transcript; interviewee's resume. Speech by David Craig on "Joseph Barr's Administration as Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh"; interviewee's addenda to interview; Summary of minutes of the Pittsburgh Government Study Commission; graduate seminar paper "Why Did They Win? An Analysis of Pittsburgh's 1972 Government Study Commission Election"; Memorandum (1986) on At Large Election of council in the Home Rule Charter; City Controller's "Performance Audit Department of Public Safety Office of Professional Standards".

Mayor of West Homestead, Pa.; transcript of interview; interviewer’s questions; newspaper clippings (14); West Homestead 75th Anniversary Commemorative Album.

Scope and Content Notes

JoAnn Evansgardner, a founder of the Pittsburgh Chapter of the National Organization for Women, a City Council Candidate, and former member of the Allegheny County Government Study Commission. File contains newspaper clippings, questionnaire, and interviewer's notes. The file also contains a transcript of the interview, Part 1-4:Part 5 (T1S2) is closed for research use for 40 years from date of interview.

Allegheny County Commissioner; interviewer's questions; interviewer's notes; biography.

Member of the Pennsylvania Commission on the Status of Women, one the Chairs of the East Hills National Organization for Women (NOW), Executive Secretary of the Pittsburgh Branch of the NAACP, NOW Director, and holder of numerous other positions.

Mayor of Whitaker, Pa.; transcript of interview; photo; interviewer's questions.

Member Denominational Ministry Strategy, transcript of interview; 2 photos; interviewer's questions; Hank Haney, “Wind/Mills and Tom Tinker.

Elsie Hillman, former member of the Republican National Committee, former chairperson of the Allegheny County Republican Party, holder of numerous other offices. File includes transcript of interview, interviewer's questions, newspaper clippings, interviewer's notes, and a photograph of Elsie Hillman on April 6, 1999 taken in her office at the Hillman Company, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Register of Wills, Allegheny County; transcript of interview; interviewer’s questions, newspaper clippings (2), answers to follow up questions; Kane's corrections to draft of transcript.

Allegheny County Controller, transcript of interview, interviewee’s editorial changes to transcript, interviewer’s questions, biography for VITA Award, newspaper clippings (5), photo.

Mayor of Wilkinsburg, interviewer’s questions, newspaper clippings (9), letter from Lafranchi to interviewer with follow up information, open letters from the Wilkinsburg Citizens Coordinating Committee (2), photo.

Radio journalist, transcript of interview, interviewer’s questions, obituary.

Mayor, Beaver, Pa., transcript of interview, interviewer’s questions, newspaper clipping, photo, slide.

Pittsburgh City Councilmember interviewer’s questions, interviewer’s notes, newspaper clippings (5); photo.

Mayor of Pittsburgh, transcript of interview; interviewer’s questions, interviewer’s notes, “Biography of Sophie Masloff,” newspaper clippings (2), interviewee’s ration book, photo.

Federal aid coordinator for Pittsburgh, director of Planning and Development for Allegheny County, interviewer’s questions, interviewers notes, portion of Allegheny County Overall Economic Development Plan 1977, Six Year Summary of Allegheny County’s HUD Development Block Grant Allocation, 1975-1980.

Rev. LeRoy Patrick, Pastor Emeritus of Bethesda Presbyterian Church, former member and president of the Pittsburgh School Board, former member and chair of the Pennsylvania Black Democratic Committee, and member of numerous other boards.

Former Mayor of Wilkinsburg, Pa.; transcript of interview; interviewer’s questions, biography form, interviewee’s resume, newspaper clippings (6), 6 photos.

President Board of Trustees University of Pittsburgh, transcript of interview; interviewer’s questions, interviewer’s notes, newspaper clipping, photo.

Rev. James Robinson, Pastor Emeritus of Bidwell Presbyterian Church, a member and Chair of the Citizens' Clergy Coordinating Committee, Member of the Pittsburgh School Board, former candidate for city council and director of the Manchester Youth Development Center. File contains transcript of interview.

CEO US Steel, transcript of interview; interviewer’s questions, interviewer’s notes, table Corporate Pittsburgh’s Elite, newspaper clippings (3), photo.

Pa. State Senator, interviewer’s questions

Labor Leader, transcript of interview.

Former candidate for US Congress, former US Attorney General, and former Governor of Pennsylvania. File includes transcript of interview, newspaper clippings, and interviewer’s notes.

Transcript of interview, interviewer’s questions, Wecht’s curriculum vitae, interviewer’s notes, newspaper clippings (7).

Contents include bow tie, baby bonnet, garter, eight wooden nickels, peddler’s permit, three buttons from the centennial, two buttons commemorating the 125th anniversary of Bellevue’s founding, and three shot glasses commemorating the Centennial of the City of Arnold.