Mary Huntley Oral History Interview

Alton, Civil Rights Movement, culture, Democratic Party, Democratic Party machine, Edwardsville, government, library, politics

“Mary Huntley Oral History Interview,” Madison Historical, accessed April 26, 2024, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/2069.

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In this oral history interview, Mary Huntley describes her career as the director of the Hayner Public Library system in Alton, as well as her and her husband's involvement in the Civil Rights movement when they lived in Alabama. She also discusses her involvement with the local Democratic Party, her husband's role as director of the SIUE University Museum, and her childhood in North Carolina.

Madison County Oral Histories

• culture
• government
• Alton
• Edwardsville
• politics
• Civil Rights
• Democratic Party

May 27, 2019

English

• Oral History

• mp3
• pdf

Hansen, Stephen

Huntley, Mary

• Alton, Illinois
• 1930s - 2010s

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