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Oral history interview with Frank Leslie Thompson

Title
Oral history interview with Frank Leslie Thompson / conducted by Kathleen Joyce Prestwidge.
Publication
New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1987.

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Description
1 videocassette (VHS) (108 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
Thompson discusses his association with such figures as W.E.B. Du Bois, Louis Lattimer and Matthew Henson as well as a number of persons commonly associated with the Harlem Renaissance such as Countee Cullen and Madam C.J. Walker. He also engages in an extended discussion of his long and varied career as an engineer.
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Genre/Form
Oral histories.
Event (note)
  • Recorded on 19 January 1987 at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Biography (note)
  • A licensed professional engineer, Frank Leslie Thompson was founding director of the Allied Saving and Loan Association in Jamaica New York.
Call Number
Sc Visual VRA-933
OCLC
85222201
Title
Oral history interview with Frank Leslie Thompson / conducted by Kathleen Joyce Prestwidge.
Imprint
New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1987.
Event
Recorded on 19 January 1987 at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Biography
A licensed professional engineer, Frank Leslie Thompson was founding director of the Allied Saving and Loan Association in Jamaica New York.
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Research Call Number
Sc Visual VRA-933
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