Scope and Contents Dr. Hal Chase’s interview focuses primarily on his memories of the two domestic workers his family employed in their home. The first was a woman named Elsie Jackson, who was born in Oklahoma, and who worked for his family for about six years in the 1950s. After Chase’s parents divorced and his mother remarried, Jackson was let go. Chase attributes this to his stepfather’s opinion, which he characterizes as of his time and place, that Jackson was too independently minded. Chase’s perception is that Elsie Jackson did not enjoy her role and that she had ambitions beyond domestic work. The second woman Chase’s family employed was Leora Mitchell, a Roman Catholic woman from Kentucky. Chase describes learning about racial politics and humanity from her. He also recalls a boyhood friend, John Sykes, who his stepfather did not want him to be close with because he was Black. Chase also remembers a neighbor named Ora Jane Caise, a graduate of Kentucky State University, who worked as a...