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    Hatch Sisters Group Interview

    Content Warnings: Death, physical violence, houselessness

    Audio Quality Notes: There are three speakers, so they often overlap. Occasional loud thumps from hitting table.

    At a Glance

    Public Housing Residency: Jane Addams Homes, ABLA Homes

    Themes: Family, Togetherness

    Content Warnings: Death, physical violence, houselessness

    Primary time periods: 1960s-1970s

    Primary locations: Chicago, Jane Addams Homes

    Keywords: college, sculptures, school, church, food, kitchen, public housing, apartment, house, novels, bookshelf, green, camp, fire, baseball, TV, lawn, change

    Descriptive Context

    Interview Summary

    Content Warnings: Death, physical violence, houselessness

    This interview features sisters Anna, Jennie, and Rhoda Hatch and their retelling of what it was like growing up in Jane Addams. The trio excitedly shares their perspectives of childhood, schooling, and the swift changes of the Jane Addams neighborhood.

     

    About the Narrator

    Narrator Full Name: Hatch Sisters Group Interview

    Narrator pronouns: None

    Refer to as: None

    Self-identified race and/or ethnicity: Black, African American

    Biographical Context:

    Jennie: I’ve always felt like the years we spent in Public Housing were very Essential in our Family lives as far as our educational backgrounds from generation to generation. It’s kinda like a Sankofa Moment. You really don’t know where you are going unless you know where you been!I was 15 years of age during the Great Snow Storm in Chicago January of 1967; our Mother passed away in our apartment on Ada on January 28th, 1967. We really didn’t feel like we were in Public Housing until we moved into a House.

    Life Dates:
    • Birth: 1952-01-06 (Jennie),
    • Birth: 1950-11-14 (Anna),
    • Birth: 1946-07-26 (Rhoda),
    • Death: 2020-04-04 (Rhoda)
    About the Interview

    Interviewer: Shirley Alfaro

    Date of Interview: 2017-09-20

    Method of Interview: in-person

    Location of Interview: Chicago, IL

    Language: English

    Duration: 01:44:30

    Formats Available: .wav

    Audio Quality and other notes: There are three speakers, so they often overlap. Occasional loud thumps from hitting table.

    Post-Production by: Cosmo J.

    Contextual Information Last Updated: 2024-03-29

    Time-Stamped Index
    00:01:00
    First Question: Tell me a little about where you grew up (in ABLA) Keywords: Jane Addams Homes

    Keywords: Jane Addams Homes

    00:06:22
    Anna talks about schooling and growing up in the neighborhood.
    Anna talks about schooling growing up, reminiscing on her favorite teachers, and how often her other sisters would get into trouble for fighting. She continues onto talk about how they witnessed new projects being built, and how they didn’t often mingle with certain communities to stay out of drama. Jennie chimes in on her experience growing up, playfully debunking her sisters claims of being the troublemaker.
    Keywords: Jane Addams Homes, school, community divisions
    00:21:40
    Decorations
    One of oral historian’s favorite quotations from interview
    Partial Transcript: “So tell me how did you guys decorate? What did you put on the walls?”
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