Reminiscences of Ardie Clark Halyard : oral history, 1978.

Biographical Note

Businesswoman, community leader

Scope and Contents

Family background; childhood and education in Georgia; marriage to Wilbur Halyard, 1920-1963; Columbia Savings and Loan Association, Milwaukee; founder 1923 with husband, managing officer, 1963-1969, assistance to black homeowners; director of rehabilitation, Goodwill Industries; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People: founding chapters in Wisconsin, Martin Luther King award; associations with community and professional organizations; perspectives on religion, racial attitudes, women in professions

Subjects

• African American business enterprises.
• African Americans--Housing.
• African Americans--Segregation.
• African Americans--Social conditions.
• African American women executives--Interviews.
• Greenlee, Marcia M., interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Halyard, Ardie Clark, 1900-
• Interviews.
• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
• Oral histories (literary works)

Access Conditions

Copyright by narrator and Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College