"Housing Unit's Oldest Resident Sings at Times, Eats Better", circa 1960

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9

Identifier: 014.01.09.1b

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

An excerpt from the newspaper clipping reads as follows:

Mrs. Julia Williams, four score and 16, who has never lived so high in the sky as now, can stand in the balcony window of her twelfth-floor apartment and really let the world hear When the Saints Go Marching In. She is the oldest resident in the Central apartments at W. Central and Kent where more than 200 people, mostly elderly, occupy new apartments completed last Spring by the St. Paul housing and redevelopment authority at a cost of 1,379,149 dollars.
Mrs. Williams says her breath is not as good as it once was. "But every once in a while the Lord gives it back to me to sing," she said. Just then came one of those "once in a while" moment and, in a booming contralto, out came one of her favorite hymns. Her voice sounded farvent and fine.
The Hallie Q. Brown community center schedules recreation and sets up programs for residents of Central apartments, most of whom are white. Birthday parties are held once a month for all whose birthday is in that month.

Dates

circa 1960

Conditions Governing Access

Restrictions regarding access to the physcial materials are in place due to COVID precautions.

Extent

From the Collection: 1.58 Linear Feet (1 container) : This scrapbook, composed of 37 pages, front and back, with a front cover and a back cover. Each page also features two punch holes along one, short edge. This scrapbook has been unbound, with each page placed in a protective sleeve. An acid-free, archival folder containing photocopies of the newspaper and article clippings is also contained within the box. The front and back covers of the scrapbook are forest green in hue, with gold detailing. The center of the front cover features a sigil of a green lion in a gold shield, standing on his hind legs. The condition of individual materials pasted, clipped, or stapled to each page is generally good, but does feature adhesives such as tape, glue, staples and clips. Photographs have some fading and discoloration, otherwise the condition is good. General condition of the scrapbook is good. ; Each contruction paper-like page is a deep violet, almost burgundy color, with the following dimensions: 40 cm by 26 cm.