Title Information

Title

Katherine Perkins, class of 1932

Title Information: Alternative (displayLabel="Pembroke title")

Title

Katherine Perkins, class of 1932

Name: Personal

Name Part

Perkins, Katherine

Role

Role Term: Text (marcrelator)

interviewee

Name: Personal

Name Part

Campbell, Heather Gaye

Role

Role Term: Text (marcrelator)

interviewer

Type of Resource

mixed material

Origin Information

Date Created (keyDate="yes", encoding="w3cdtf")

Nov 19 1982

Language

Language Term: Code (ISO639-2B)

eng

Abstract

In this interview, Katherine Perkins talks about her family and her upbringing in East Providence and how she came to attend Pembroke College. She discusses her travel as a day student to campus, the courses she took, extracurricular activities, the one black woman in her class, and the Great Depression. Katherine describes her first career as a social worker and her later work as a French teacher at East Providence High School. At the end of the interview she discusses her activities in retirement, including the Brown Street Series and the Pembroke Club.

Note: biographical/historical (displayLabel="Class year")

1932

Note: biographical/historical (displayLabel="Biographical note")

Katherine Perkins was born in Dartmouth, Massachusetts. After attending school in East Providence, she entered Pembroke in 1928, taking the trolley car to campus for her classes. She worked in the East Providence Library and as a social worker before becoming a French teacher at East Providence High School, where she taught for 35 years. She died on November 27, 2005 at age 94.

Subject (Local)

Topic

1930s

Subject (Local)

Topic

Academics

Subject (Local)

Topic

Athletics

Subject (Local)

Topic

Employment

Subject (Local)

Topic

Great Depression

Subject (Local)

Topic

Pembroke College Traditions

Subject (Local)

Topic

Professors

Genre (aat) (authorityURI="http://vocab.getty.edy/aat/", valueURI="http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300202595")

oral histories (literary works)