DePaul University

Project Director

Prof. Amy Tyson: Associate Professor, Department of History

Graduate Research Assistant, and Lead Interviewer

Eleanor Bossu

Volunteer Interview Auditor

Caelin Niehoff

Project Student Interviewers & Transcribers

Jeffrey Buchbinder

Molly Clark

Matthew D’Agostino

Carly Faison

Austin Kiesewetter

Joshua Messer

Anthony Natali

Caelin Niehoff

Olivia Orndorff

Jacqueline Román

Marillac St. Vincent Family Services

Community Partner Contacts

Sr. Patricia Dunne, D.C.

Katy Murphy

Oral History Narrators

Marillac Social Center

Betty Collins

Sr. Patricia Dunne, D.C.

Viola Floyd

Deanna Hallagan

Maureen Hallagan

Gwen Horton

Bessie Houston

Ora Lomack

Willie Morris Jr.

Albert Richardson

Ersilee Wesley


St. Vincent de Paul Center

Michelle Brown

Theresa Deal

Don Hamilton

Irwin Hermanowski

Maria Laverde

Edith Morton

Diane Prince

Sr. Katie Norris, D.C.

Pearl Washington

Zelma Wilson

Web Developer

Michael Cohen

Oral History Project Generously Funded by

Irene and Bill Beck Faculty Fellowship, sponsored by the Beck Research Initiative for Women, Gender, and Community and the Irwin W. Steans Center for Community-based Service Learning and Community Service Studies.

Website Design Generously Funded by

Vincentian Endowment Fund of DePaul University