Guide to Louise Edwards-Simpson Papers on the Voices of Homelessness Project

Creator: Edwards-Simpson, Louise
Title: Louise Edwards-Simpson Papers on the Voices of Homelessness Oral History Project
Dates: 2012-2014
Quantity: 0.28 Linear feet (1 box)

Language: English
Repository: Archives and Special Collections, St. Catherine University Library

Preferred Citation: [Item description or folder title], Louise Edwards-Simpson Papers on the Voices of Homelessness Oral History Project. St. Catherine University Archives and Special Collections, St. Paul, MN 55105.

The Voices of Homelessness Oral History Project set out to solicit, collect, transcribe, preserve, and then make available oral history interviews documenting stories of the intersection between housing insecurity and higher education as told by students and staff members at St. Catherine University. The project was completed from May 2012 to April 2014 and contains 14 interviews. Louise Edwards-Simpson, Assistant Professor of History, was the Project Director. She was assisted by Luci Russell and Helen Garcia, undergraduate student research collaborators from the SCU/UST School of Social Work. The project was made possible in part by a grant from the Minnesota state Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and was administered by the Minnesota Historical Society.

Documents in the Louise Edwards-Simpson Papers on the Voices of Homelessness Project include a guide to the collection, publicity, background information on the project, interview transcripts, and digital files which include audio files of the interviews, photographs, and other supplementary documents. Audio files and transcripts are available for most of the interviews, with a few including transcripts only.

The collection is arranged into 2 series.

1. Series 1: Project Files
2. Series 2: Interviews

Publication Information

Archives and Special Collections
2004 Randolph Ave
St. Paul, MN, 55105
651.690.6553
archives@stkate.edu

Acquisition

Louise Edwards-Simpson donated this collection to the University Archives in 2014.

Processing Information

The collection was processed and the finding aid written by Teresa Tjepkes, April 2014.

Series 1: Project Files

1/6 Box; 1 Oversize Folder

Arrangement:
Alphabetical.

Series 2: Interviews

5/6 Box

Conditions Governing Access:
Some files are restricted.

Arrangement:
Begins with digital files folder, then alphabetical.