Oral history with Barbara Shaum; 2006

Oral history.; Barbara Shaum, the daughter of two attorneys, moved from rural Pennsylvania to New York City. She attended several post-secondary educational institutions, and she married twice. She is an artist, particularly talented in sewing and crafting leather. In 1965 she went to Mississippi and taught leatherworking to African American civil rights activists as well as helping them market the bags and belts they made.

Oral history.; Barbara Shaum, the daughter of two attorneys, moved from rural Pennsylvania to New York City. She attended several post-secondary educational institutions, and she married twice. She is an artist, particularly talented in sewing and crafting leather. In 1965 she went to Mississippi and taught leatherworking to African American civil rights activists as well as helping them market the bags and belts they made.

Oral history.; Barbara Shaum, the daughter of two attorneys, moved from rural Pennsylvania to New York City. She attended several post-secondary educational institutions, and she married twice. She is an artist, particularly talented in sewing and crafting leather. In 1965 she went to Mississippi and taught leatherworking to African American civil rights activists as well as helping them market the bags and belts they made.