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Phyllis Griffin interview transcript, December 21, 2004

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PG: Oh hold on. Now you're really pushing it...

N: (laughs)

PG: Let's see here. I might be able to find her telephone number 

(long pause, than exchange of contact information)

PG: (speaking about Mary Campos) ... and she's very important. I mean, I would , like, go see her three times. It's her and Evelyn Davis that I asked to go to the Funeral home, um, when my mother was being created, and so they sat on her behalf and on behalf of the family. And Mary has the longest history as an audit with my parents. 

NL: Is there any.. anything else you'd like to add. 

PG: Um, thank you for doing this. 

NL: It's been a pleasure.

PG: Very much. I was really excited to hear it, and uh, I feel, um, honored, you know, for my mothers memory, that people are really gathering the information together. I know that I have... I have a children's story that I'm going to write in her behalf. Um, a story she told me about her childhood, um, and to encourage young children in Iowa about the importance of believing in oneself no matter what your background or where you come from, how hard your struggle may be. 

NL: Well I found that, uh, the field of African American Women's History is very young, and scholars are just, just now starting to retrieve the voices of women themselves. So I'm hoping to contribute to that in some small way. 

PG: Well I think it's a big way, you know?

NL: And I'm also hoping to incorporate this into my own teaching when I.. cause that's what I'll be doing next year. 

(short discussion of teaching follows)

PG: So you saw the bridge didn't you ? The pedestrian bridge?

NL: I.. I probably did, but I wasn't aware of it when I went under it. Is there, is there and Edna Griffin bridge?

PG: Yes there is, you didn't know that?

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22 PG: Oh hold on. Now you're really pushing it... N: (laughs) PG: Let's see here. I might be able to find her telephone number (long pause, than exchange of contact information) PG: (speaking about Mary Campos) ... and she's very important. I mean, I would , like, go see her three times. It's her and Evelyn Davis that I asked to go to the Funeral home, um, when my mother was being created, and so they sat on her behalf and on behalf of the family. And Mary has the longest history as an audit with my parents. NL: Is there any.. anything else you'd like to add. PG: Um, thank you for doing this. NL: It's been a pleasure. PG: Very much. I was really excited to hear it, and uh, I feel, um, honored, you know, for my mothers memory, that people are really gathering the information together. I know that I have... I have a children's story that I'm going to write in her behalf. Um, a story she told me about her childhood, um, and to encourage young children in Iowa about the importance of believing in oneself no matter what your background or where you come from, how hard your struggle may be. NL: Well I found that, uh, the field of African American Women's History is very young, and scholars are just, just now starting to retrieve the voices of women themselves. So I'm hoping to contribute to that in some small way. PG: Well I think it's a big way, you know? NL: And I'm also hoping to incorporate this into my own teaching when I.. cause that's what I'll be doing next year. (short discussion of teaching follows) PG: So you saw the bridge didn't you ? The pedestrian bridge? NL: I.. I probably did, but I wasn't aware of it when I went under it. Is there, is there and Edna Griffin bridge? PG: Yes there is, you didn't know that?