Rachel Bassette Noel oral history
Scope and Contents
Noel talks about her childhood, family, education, marriage and her careers as a welfare worker and magazine editor; also discusses Denver public school system and a trip to African.
Dates
- 1973
Creator
- Noel, Rachel Bassette,1918-2008. (Person)
- Gray, Juanita, (Person)
- Collaborative Digitization Project (Denver, Colo.) (Organization)
Language of Materials
Material is in English unless otherwise noted.
Conditions Governing Access
Contact Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, Denver, Colorado.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright is retained by the author of the items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Biographical / Historical
Arrived in Denver, Colo. in 1949. In 1965, became the first African American elected to the Denver Public School board and the first black woman ever to serve elected office in Colorado. She presented the DPS board with the Noel Resolution, which asked the superintendent to develop a plan to integrate Denver's public schools. Under a cloud of threats to Noel and her family, the resolution passed in 1970.
Extent
3 Audiocassettes
Other Finding Aids
Typed index available.
Other Finding Aids
Typed transcript of tape available.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession information unknown.
General
Produced as part of the DPL Western History/Genealogy Dept., Oral History Project.
General
Audio files digitized through the Collaborative Digitization Project, Denver, Colorado.
Participant or Performer Note
Interviewed by Juanita Gray and James Harlan Davis.
- African American educators -- Colorado -- Denver. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Noel, Rachel Bassette, 1918-2008 -- Interviews.
- Oral histories (document genres) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Sound recordings Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Rachel Bassette Noel oral history[sound recording]
- Author
- Finding Aid prepared from MARC data.
- Description rules
- Anglo American Cataloguing Rules
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy Repository
