Oral History Interview: Archibald, Alice Jennings, 1997-03-14
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Title
Oral History Interview: Archibald, Alice Jennings, 1997-03-14
Interviewee
Archibald, Alice Jennings
Birth Year
1906
Birth Place
New Jersey - New Brunswick
Rutgers graduating class
1938
Interviewer
Piehler, G. Kurt
Snyder, Eve
Location of interview
New Brunswick, NJ
Date Created
14 March 1997
Description
Mrs. Alice Jennings Archibald was born and raised in New Brunswick New Jersey and graduated from New Brunswick High School in 1923 as salutatorian of her class. She attended Howard University and graduated there in 1927 with her Bachelor’s Degree, and also received a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Cincinnati in 1928. Mrs. Archibald became the first African-American woman to graduate from the Rutgers Graduate School of Education in 1938. During World War II, Mrs. Archibald worked for Raritan Arsenal as a completion clerk and a neighborhood Air Warden. After the war, she joined the staff of the New Brunswick Urban League as assistant to the executive director in 1946 and then worked at the Employment Office as a counselor. With the Urban League, Mrs. Archibald hired the first black man to Johnson and Johnson, and hired the first black teachers in New Brunswick. She continued as a counselor until her retirement in 1972.
Mrs. Archibald was a life-long member of the Mount Zion AME Church of New Brunswick, where she served as the church historian.
Mrs. Archibald was a life-long member of the Mount Zion AME Church of New Brunswick, where she served as the church historian.
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Rutgers Alumni
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Graduate School of Education
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Rutgers University-New Brunswick
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Teachers
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Education Administration
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Mount Zion AME Church of New Brunswick
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Urban League
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Collection
Rutgers Oral History Archives (ROHA)
Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries
Rights
Permission to quote from this transcript must be obtained from the Rutgers Oral History Archives.
Identifier
ROHA-Archibald