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Oral history interview with Kenneth Williams

Title
Oral history interview with Kenneth Williams / conducted by Betty Dobson.
Author
Williams, Kenneth.
Publication
New York, N.Y. : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1985.

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Additional Authors
  • Dobson, Betty Jean, 1930-
  • Harlem Hospital Center (New York, N.Y.)
  • Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Description
1 videocassette (VHS) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Subject
  • Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946 > Influence
  • Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938 > Influence
  • Oral surgeons > Interviews
  • African American dentists > Interviews
  • African Americans in dentistry
Event (note)
  • Recorded on 17 April 1985 at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Biography (note)
  • Dr. Kenneth Williams is a recently retired dentist and oral surgeon at the Harlem Hospital Center. He was the first dental intern at the Harlem Hospital. He was possibly the most renowned dentist in Harlem at the height of his career. His patients included such personalities at Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton, Louis Armstrong and Ethel Waters. He counted among his friends Arthur Schomburg and Countee Cullen.
Call Number
Sc Visual VRA-912
OCLC
730473776
Author
Williams, Kenneth. Interviewee
Title
Oral history interview with Kenneth Williams / conducted by Betty Dobson.
Imprint
New York, N.Y. : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1985.
Event
Recorded on 17 April 1985 at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Biography
Dr. Kenneth Williams is a recently retired dentist and oral surgeon at the Harlem Hospital Center. He was the first dental intern at the Harlem Hospital. He was possibly the most renowned dentist in Harlem at the height of his career. His patients included such personalities at Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton, Louis Armstrong and Ethel Waters. He counted among his friends Arthur Schomburg and Countee Cullen.
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Added Author
Dobson, Betty Jean, 1930- Interviewer
Harlem Hospital Center (New York, N.Y.)
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Research Call Number
Sc Visual VRA-912
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