Joan Trumpauer Mulholland Oral History Interview: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

The oral history consists of 2016.129.2.1a and 2016.129.2.2a: two versions (unedited, and edited) of a single digital video recording.

Joan Mulholland was interviewed as part of the NMAAHC Donor Oral History Collection. Ms. Mulholland donated Civil Rights ephemera, such as pamphlets, buttons, and flyers from Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) events to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

In this oral history interview, Joan Mulholland discusses the items she donated from the Civil Rights Movement that reflect her life of activism, including her involvement in SNCC. She also discusses her choice to attend the HBCU Tougaloo College in Jackson, Mississippi, as a white woman, and the response of her parents to her choices and political activities.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: July 11, 2016
• Created by: National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003
• Recorded by: Patrick Telepictures, Inc., American
• Interview of: Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, American, born 1941
• Interviewed by: William S. Pretzer, American
• Subject of: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
• Subject of: Tougaloo College, American, founded 1869
• Type: video recordings
• Type: oral histories
• Type: digital media - born digital
• Medium: digital
• Dimensions: Duration (2016.129.2.1a): 50.73 min.
• Dimensions: Duration (2016.129.2.2a): 49.42 min.
• Dimensions: 80.54 GB
• Place collected: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Education
• Topic: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
• Topic: Museums
• Topic: Race relations
• Object number: 2016.129.2.1a-.2a
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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