Oral History Interview of Irlene Tabbs
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Citation
Tabbs, Irlene
, Barker, Kendrick, and Jenkins, Damont, “Oral History Interview of Irlene Tabbs,” East St. Louis Culture, accessed February 5, 2025, https://eaststlouisculture.siue.edu/items/show/102.
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Title
Oral History Interview of Irlene Tabbs
Subject
Food
Description
In this oral history interview, conducted by Kendrick Barker at the Clyde C. Jordan Senior Center on July 12, 2016, Irlene Tabbs discusses how her mom always cooked so she said she didn't know too many restaurants as a kid.
Creator
Tabbs, Irlene
Barker, Kendrick
Jenkins, Damont
Publisher
East St. Louis Culture
Date
20160712
Rights
East St. Louis Culture by eaststlouisculture.org is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Format
mp3
Language
English
Type
Oral history
Identifier
178
Oral History Item Type Metadata
Original Format
mp3
Duration
06:37
Interviewer
Barker, Kendrick
Interviewee
Tabbs, Irlene
Location
Clyde C. Jordan Senior Center
Time Summary
| Damont Jenkins | Irlene Tabbs | 2:03 | 6:30 | She talked about how when she was a child teachers made her learn. | Education | No |
| Kendrick Barker | Irlene Tabbs | 0:09 | 06:36 | The teachers back then were really focused on teaching their students. | Education | No |
| Damont jenkins | Irlene Tabbs | 1:13 | 1:25 | She was talking about how teachers made them learn and how they had to learn what they thought them. | Education | No |
| Damont Jenkins | Irlene Tabbs | 1:32 | 1:48 | Talking about how English, reading, and science impacted her life. | Education | No |
| Kendrick and Damont | Irlene Tabbs | 1:56 | 2:03 | Talking about what molded her has a person | Education | No |
| Damont Jenkins | Irlene Tabbs | 1:56 | 2:03 | Talking about how education molded her into the person she is today. | Education | No |
| Damont Jenkins | Irlene Tabbs | 2:10 | 2:23 | Talking about how every Sunday they ate biscuits, gravy,rice,and chicken | Food | Yes |
| Kendrick barker | Irlene Tabbs | 1:21 | 1:45 | We talked about impacted on learning environment. | Education | No |
| KENDRICK | Irlene Tabbs | 2:51 | 2:56 | talked about cooking on sundays | Food | No |
| Damont Jenkins | Irlene Tabbs | 2:46 | 2:56 | She talked when she was growing up she didn't know about many restaurants. | Food | No |
| kendrick | Irlene Tabbs | 3:07 | 3:15 | She likes jazz, rock and roll,and blues | Music | No |
| Damont Jenkins | Irlene Tabbs | 3:07 | 3:15 | She said she likes Jazz, Rock and Roll, and she also likes Blues | Music | No |
| kendrick | Irlene Tabbs | 5:20 | 5:33 | We talked what has the government took away | Environment | No |
| kendrick | Irlene Tabbs | 3:32 | 3:58 | she didn't like her shockings | Education, Music | Yes |
| kendrick | Irlene Tabbs | 3:32 | 3:58 | she didn't her shockings | Fashion | No |
| Damont Jenkins | Irlene Tabbs | 3:32 | 3:53 | She said fashion has changed a lot because when she was going to school she had to wear stockings. | Fashion | No |
| Damont Jenkins | Irlene Tabbs | 4:19 | 4:30 | She talked about how being to fashion didn't matter. | Fashion | No |
| Damont Jenkins | Irlene Tabbs | 4:37 | 4:49 | She was talking about how Football , Basketball , and Track. | Sports | No |