Division Street: America is
Studs Terkel’s look at twentieth century urban life in and around
Chicago. He included interviews with immigrants from other lands,
like George Drossos from Greece,  and
those who migrated to Chicago looking for work such as Eva Barnes
from rural Illinois and Mrs. Thacker and her son, Danny from Kentucky.
Terkel interviews urban dwellers that aim high (Lucy Jefferson and
Judy Huff) and high school drop-outs who are just “keeping on”
(Jimmy White and Lilly Lowell). Street-wise Kid Pharaoh offers insight
on the nature of success and so does Benny Bearskin from his Native
American perspective.
The Making of Division Street: America
“The nomadic, transient nature of contemporary life has made
diffusion the order – or disorder – of the city….I
guess I was seeking some balance in the wildlife of the city as
Rachel Carson sought it in nature.”
“Although there is a Division Street in Chicago, the title
of this book is metaphorical.…I was on the prowl for a cross-section
of urban thought, using no one method or technique. I was aware
it would take me to suburbs, upper, lower, and middle income, as
well as to the inner city itself and its outlying sections….It
finally came down to individuals, no matter where in the city or
its environs they lived. Being neither a sociologist, nor a research
man, motivational or otherwise, I followed no blueprint or set of
statistics….It was the man of inchoate thought I was seeking
rather than the consciously articulate.…In no instance did
I deliberately seek out the bizarre in people.…Each has pertinent
comments to make on urban life in the twentieth century.”
Copyright © 1993 Division Street: America. Reprinted by permission of The New Press.
The Division Street Recordings
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Interview with Benny Bearskin - Part 1
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09-04-1969 |
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Discussing "Division Street: America" with Benny Bearskin, a Native American boilerman. |
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Community life, Division Street: America, Bearskin, Benny, Native American pride, urban life |
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Terkel, Studs
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Bearskin, Benny
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Interview with Benny Bearskin - Part 2
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09-04-1969 |
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Discussing "Division Street: America" with Benny Bearskin, a Native American boilerman. |
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Community life, Division Street: America, Bearskin, Benny, Native American pride, urban life |
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Terkel, Studs
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Bearskin, Benny
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Interview with Eva Barnes - Part 1
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09-04-1969 |
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Discussing "Division Street: America" with Eva Barnes, a stockyards worker. |
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Stockyards worker, Division Street: America, Barnes, Eva, 1925 wedding |
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Terkel, Studs
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| Interviewee(s): |
Barnes, Eva
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Interview with Eva Barnes - Part 2
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09-04-1969 |
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Discussing "Division Street: America" with Eva Barnes, a stockyards worker. |
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Stockyards worker, Division Street: America, Barnes, Eva, 1925 wedding |
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Terkel, Studs
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| Interviewee(s): |
Barnes, Eva
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Interview with Eva Barnes - Part 3
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09-04-1969 |
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Discussing "Division Street: America" with Eva Barnes, a stockyards worker. |
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Stockyards worker, Division Street: America, Barnes, Eva, 1925 wedding |
| Interviewer(s): |
Terkel, Studs
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Barnes, Eva
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Interview with Eva Barnes - Part 4
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| Date: |
09-04-1969 |
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Discussing "Division Street: America" with Eva Barnes, a stockyards worker. |
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Stockyards worker, Division Street: America, Barnes, Eva, 1925 wedding |
| Interviewer(s): |
Terkel, Studs
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| Interviewee(s): |
Barnes, Eva
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Interview with George Drossos
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09-04-1969 |
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Discussing "Division Street: America" with George Drossos, a teacher at a Greek school. |
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Community life, Division Street: America, Drossos, George, Native pride, homesickness |
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Terkel, Studs
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Drossos, George
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Interview with Jimmy White - Part 1
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1968 |
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Discussing "Division Street: America " with ex-gang leader Jimmy White, a high school dropout. |
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staying in school, Oral history, Division Street: America, White, Jimmy, dropping out |
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Terkel, Studs
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| Interviewee(s): |
White, Jimmy
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Interview with Jimmy White - Part 2
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1968 |
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Discussing "Division Street: America " with ex-gang leader Jimmy White, a high school dropout. |
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staying in school, Oral history, Division Street: America, White, Jimmy, dropping out |
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Terkel, Studs
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| Interviewee(s): |
White, Jimmy
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Interview with Judy Hough - Part 1
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1968 |
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Discussing "Division Street: America " with teacher Judy Hough. |
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Oral history, Division Street: America, Hough, Judy, Teaching |
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Terkel, Studs
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| Interviewee(s): |
Hough, Judy
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Interview with Judy Hough - Part 2
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1968 |
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Discussing "Division Street: America " with teacher Judy Hough. |
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Oral history, Division Street: America, Hough, Judy, Teaching |
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Terkel, Studs
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| Interviewee(s): |
Hough, Judy
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Interview with Kid Pharaoh - Part 1
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09-04-1969 |
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Discussing "Division Street: America" with Kid Pharaoh, a street-wise Chicagoan interested in urban life and politics. |
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Oral history, Division Street, Kid Pharoah, urban life, politics |
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Terkel, Studs
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| Interviewee(s): |
Pharoah, Kid
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Interview with Kid Pharaoh - Part 2
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| Date: |
09-04-1969 |
| Summary: |
Discussing "Division Street: America" with Kid Pharaoh, a street-wise Chicagoan interested in urban life and politics |
| Keywords: |
Oral history, Division Street, Kid Pharoah, urban life, politics |
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Terkel, Studs
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| Interviewee(s): |
Pharoah, Kid
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Interview with Lily Lowell
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1968 |
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Discussing "Division Street: America " with west side girl Lily Lowell, a high school dropout and nanny. |
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Oral history, Division Street: America, Lowell, Lily, low self esteem |
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Terkel, Studs
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| Interviewee(s): |
Lowell, Lily
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Interview with Lucy Jefferson - Part 1
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09-04-1969 |
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Discussing "Division Street: America" Lucy Jefferson, a physical therapist who educated herself and her children without public aid. |
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Oral history, Division Street, Jefferson, Lucy, public aid |
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Terkel, Studs
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| Interviewee(s): |
Jefferson, Lucy
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Interview with Lucy Jefferson - Part 2
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| Date: |
09-04-1969 |
| Summary: |
Discussing "Division Street: America" Lucy Jefferson, a physical therapist who educated herself and her children without public aid. |
| Keywords: |
Oral history, Division Street, Jefferson, Lucy, public aid |
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Terkel, Studs
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| Interviewee(s): |
Jefferson, Lucy
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Interview with Lucy Jefferson - Part 3
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| Date: |
09-04-1969 |
| Summary: |
Discussing "Division Street: America" Lucy Jefferson, a physical therapist who educated herself and her children without public aid. |
| Keywords: |
Oral history, Division Street, Jefferson, Lucy, public aid |
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Terkel, Studs
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| Interviewee(s): |
Jefferson, Lucy
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Interview with the Thackers - Part 1
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09-04-1969 |
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Discussing "Division Street: America" with the Thackers, a mother and son who left Appalachia for Chicago. |
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urban life, Gates, Danny Paul, Mrs. Thacker, stress |
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Terkel, Studs
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Gates, Danny Paul
Thacker, Mrs.
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Interview with the Thackers - Part 2
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| Date: |
09-04-1969 |
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Discussing "Division Street: America" with the Thackers, a mother and son who left Appalachia for Chicago. |
| Keywords: |
urban life, Gates, Danny Paul, Mrs. Thacker, stress |
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Terkel, Studs
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Gates, Danny Paul
Thacker, Mrs.
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Interview with the Webbs
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| Date: |
09-04-1969 |
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Discussing "Division Street: America" with the Webbs, grocery store owners originally from Tennesee. |
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urban life, Community life, Division Street: America, Webb family, school children |
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Terkel, Studs
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Webb, Mr. and Mrs.
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Introduction by Studs Terkel - Part 1
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| Date: |
09-04-1969 |
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Introduction by Studs Terkel to the Division Street interviews. |
| Keywords: |
Terkel, Studs |
| Interviewer(s): |
Terkel, Studs
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| Interviewee(s): |
Terkel, Studs
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Introduction by Studs Terkel - Part 2
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| Date: |
09-04-1969 |
| Summary: |
Introduction by Studs Terkel to the Division Street interviews. |
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Division Street: America, Terkel, Studs |
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Terkel, Studs
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| Interviewee(s): |
Terkel, Studs
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Introduction by Studs Terkel - Part 3
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| Date: |
1968 |
| Summary: |
Introduction by Studs Terkel to Division Street: America. |
| Keywords: |
Division Street: America, Terkel, Studs, Oral history |
| Interviewer(s): |
Terkel, Studs
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| Interviewee(s): |
Terkel, Studs
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