Records of God-Sent Grandparents oral history project, 2004.

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Records of God-Sent Grandparents oral history project, 2004.

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This collection is comprised of cassettes containing interviews with members of the God-Sent Grandparents Support Group at the Salvation Army's Third Street headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pa. The interviews detail the life stories of African American women living in Pittsburgh and the hardships they cope with while raising their grandchildren. There is also a report which includes the project's purpose, a summary of each interview, and a free-verse play titled "And the Tree Grows Strong" written by the interviewer, Robert Gorczyca, using each woman interviewed as a character. A master's thesis regarding the God-Sent Grandparents Support Group by David J. Fetterman has been added to the collection by the Archives Service Center to provide background information on this unique support group.

0.21 linear ft. (1 box)

University of Pittsburgh

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SNAC Resource ID: 6909132

University of Pittsburgh

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Salvation Army

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Information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: <a href="http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Salvation Army">http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Salvation Army</a>. From the guide to the Salvation Army Combined Corps Roll and Ledger, 1926-1980, 1928-1969, (Special Collections Research Center) ...

Lewis, F. Frances.

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Parker, Margaret Terrell, 1892-

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Chapman, Carol (Carol Anne)

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Gorczyca, Robert.

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The God-Sent Grandparents Support Group was founded in the early 1990s by a social worker in the Hill District of Pittsburgh who recognized the problems facing grandparents raising their grandchildren. These grandparents met weekly in the community room of their housing project to discuss possibilities of guardianship or the adoption of their grandchildren, as well as providing time for recreation and prayer. In 1993, the support group moved to the Salvation Army's Third Street headquarters in d...

Stokes, Mary D.

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Thomas, Amy (Detective story writer)

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God-Sent Grandparents Support Group.

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Carter, Ruth A.

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Ruth Alice Burroughs was born on January 11, 1909 to Ira Elbert and Sadie May (Congdon) Burroughs of Charlotte, Vermont. She was descended from Ethan and Ira Allen's uncle, Samuel Allen "III" (1706-1755?) of Northampton, Mass. through their descendant, Submit Allen (1813-1885), who married Stephen M. Burroughs. On June 28, 1935, Ruth married Joseph Cleveland Carter (1908-1995) of Corinth, Vermont, son of Karl Eben Carter and Georgia Amelia Cleveland of Corinth. She had graduated fro...

Graves, Annie

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Johnson, Maggie

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Morris, Julia Whitsitt

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