Rev. Rob Eller-Isaacs Oral History
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Rev. Rob Eller-Isaacs Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with Rev. Rob Eller-Isaacs. A longtime Unitarian minister, Eller-Isaacs was a civil rights and peace movement activist in Chicago in the 1960s. A supporter of the Poor People’s Campaign in 1968, he visited the Resurrection City encampment during a trip to Washington, D.C. Interview conducted over Zoom on September 21, 2021 by Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is 58 minutes long.
Rev. Rob Eller-Isaacs Oral History
09/21/2021
Born digital (.m2ts file), Born digital (.m4a file), Born digital (.mp4 file)
Duration: 58 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2021.001.0086
At the time of this oral history in Fall 2021, Rev. Eller-Isaacs and his wife, Rev. Janne Eller-Isaacs, had very recently retired as co-ministers of the Unity Church Unitarian in St. Paul, Minnesota, where they had served together since Fall 2000. During the COVID-19 pandemic between March 2020 and August 2021, Revs. Eller-Isaacs and other ministers at Unity Church recorded more than 250 virtual "Minister's Messages" for the church's YouTube channel. All of these recordings may be viewed here: Minister's Messages - YouTube. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
Rev. Rob Eller-Isaacs Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with Rev. Rob Eller-Isaacs. A longtime Unitarian minister, Eller-Isaacs was a civil rights and peace movement activist in Chicago in the 1960s. A supporter of the Poor People’s Campaign in 1968, he visited the Resurrection City encampment during a trip to Washington, D.C. Interview conducted over Zoom on September 21, 2021 by Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is 58 minutes long.
Rev. Rob Eller-Isaacs Oral History
09/21/2021
Interviews
Civil rights
Oral histories
Protests
Childhood
Religion
Peace
Poor People's Campaign
Dallas
Washington, D.C.
Chicago
Civil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)
Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)
Childhood Recollections (OHC)
Born digital (.m2ts file), Born digital (.m4a file), Born digital (.mp4 file)
Duration: 58 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2021.001.0086
At the time of this oral history in Fall 2021, Rev. Eller-Isaacs and his wife, Rev. Janne Eller-Isaacs, had very recently retired as co-ministers of the Unity Church Unitarian in St. Paul, Minnesota, where they had served together since Fall 2000. During the COVID-19 pandemic between March 2020 and August 2021, Revs. Eller-Isaacs and other ministers at Unity Church recorded more than 250 virtual "Minister's Messages" for the church's YouTube channel. All of these recordings may be viewed here: Minister's Messages - YouTube. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
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