Muriel Smith
Muriel Smith describes her mother's experiences as a nurse in July, 1967.
Detroit Historical Society
7/15/2015
Detroit Historical Society, Detroit, MI
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Dr. Carl Lauter, July 7th, 2015
Detroit Receiving Hospital—Detroit—Michigan,
1967 riot—Detroit—Michigan
In this interview, Dr. Lauter describes working at Detroit Receiving Hospital in July 1967 and taking care of patients that were injured in the civil disturbance, some of whom were under arrest, and being followed on his rounds by a military detail. He also discusses the changes that occurred in Detroit following the unrest.
Rosemary Konwerski, July 17th, 2015
1967 riot—Detroit—Michigan
Hamtramck—Michigan
Lafayette Clinic—Detroit—Michigan
Luby, Elliott MD—Psychiatrist—Detroit—Michigan
Michigan Department of Mental Health
National Institute of Mental Health
Polish American community—Detroit—Michigan
In this interview, Konwerski discusses working at the Lafayette Clinic in Detroit during and after the 1967 civil disturbance. She also discusses her family’s move from Hamtramck to Warren, Michigan in April 1967. Following the disturbance in July 1967, Konwerski worked on a research project financed by the National Institute of Mental Health and lead by Elliot Luby, MD, staff psychiatrist at the Lafayette Clinic, about the people arrested during the 1967 civil disturbance. The report was published in 1969. Here, Konwerski discusses the findings of the report and how it was executed. Konwerski also discusses the closing of the Lafayette Clinic in 1992 and her work at other mental health facilities in Metro Detroit throughout the 1990s and early 2000s.
Cheryl Pierce-Reid, July 25th, 2015
In this interview Cheryl speaks of her upbringing in Detroit and her early years as a nurse at Detroit Receiving and Kirwood Hospital. She also recalls her time at nursing school and seeing the events of 1967 first hand.
Detroit Historical Society, Detroit, MI
11/04/2015
Detroit Historical Society, Detroit, MI
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Detroit, 1967
Katharine Burns, March 4th, 2016
In this interview, Katharine Burns discusses growing up in Detroit and her limited interaction with African Americans until she started working at the Lafayette Clinic. She also discusses the discrimination and the extreme disturbance in the city at that time. Katharine also recalls her experience living in New York and going to grad school.
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Ted Van Buren, March 19th, 2016
In this interview, Van Buren discusses working in a de facto segregated hospital in Detroit in the 1960s and his recollections of the 1967 disturbance. He compares modern day society and race relations to what he experienced in the 1960s.
Detroit Historical Society, Detroit, MI
6/02/2016
Detroit Historical Society, Detroit, MI
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Marceline Hartung
Marceline Hartung was a 19 year old nursing student in July of 1967 and watched the events unfold from the roof of her dorm.
Detroit Historical Society
07/08/2016
Detroit Historical Society, Detroit, MI
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John Crissman, July 11th, 2016
In this interview, Crissman tells of being called in to Detroit Receiving to work as a trauma surgeon.
Detroit Historical Society
07/15/2016
Detroit Historical Society, Detroit, MI
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Detroit Receiving Hospital
Thelma Edwards, July 11, 2016
In this interview, Edwards details what it was like growing up on the west side of Detroit and discusses the week of July 23rd, 1967, during which she was working at Detroit Receiving Hospital as a registered nurse.
Detroit Historical Society
07/15/2016
Detroit Historical Society, Detroit, MI
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Detroit Receiving Hospital
Janice Dyer Dean
Janice Dyer Dean had just started a job at Detroit General Hospital and had to be picked up for work in an ambulance.
Detroit Historical Society
07/28/2016
Detroit Historical Society, Detroit, MI
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Mary Allor, July 7th, 2016
In this interview, Allor describes her neighborhood growing up and her naivety with regards to the racial tensions in Detroit. She shares her memories of the unrest as she remembers them and discusses the future of the city.
Detroit Historical Society
07/29/2016
Detroit Historical Society, Detroit, MI
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Robert Tell
Robert Tell was a senior executive at Sinai-Grace Hospital in Detroit in July of 1967. He was called into work where he could see the fires from the roof of the hospital. He worked throughout the week.
Original Account published by the Detroit Jewish News, 2002, Special Edition regarding the 1967 Riot.
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08/23/2016
Detroit Jewish News
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Robert Tell, July 23rd, 2016
In this interview, Tell discusses his move from Brooklyn to Oak Park and his experiences as senior administrator at Sinai hospital during the 1967 disturbance.
Detroit Historical Society
09/23/2016
Detroit Historical Society, Detroit, MI
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Virginia Kelly, August 19th, 2016
In this interview, Kelly discusses growing up in Detroit and how her family eventually moved to Grosse Pointe when her neighborhood became unsafe. She also discusses her experiences working at the Detroit General Hospital during the week of July 23, 1967.
Detroit Historical Society
11/01/2016
Detroit Historical Society, Detroit, MI
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Evelyn Sims, August 15th, 2016
In this interview, Sims discusses what it was like to grow up and go to school on the east side and her memory of the ’43 race riots. She recounts how she traveled various places going to school and teaching for nursing as well as various aspects of her husband’s career. She discusses her memory of hearing about ’67 and how it affected her husband’s office. She considers broader themes, such as the racial climate of the 1960s and her sentiments towards the future of the city of Detroit.
Detroit Historical Society
11/29/2016
Detroit Historical Society, Detroit, MI
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Ophelia Northcross, August 19th, 1998
In this interview, Northcross talks about her memories of the Boston-Edison neighborhood of Detroit and the changes she witnessed over time. She talks about the tensions between the Jewish and black populations in the area, particularly in the Twelfth Street area that she regards as part of the cause for the violence of the summer of 1967. She also shares her memories of the social scene of the black professional community in the area at the time.
Detroit Historical Society
11/10/2017
Detroit Historical Society, Detroit, MI
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