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Film, Video Jerri J. Reed-Taylor interview conducted by Anita Grant, 2023-10-22

Video recording of interview with Jerri Reed-Taylor conducted by Anita Grant.

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Title

  • Jerri J. Reed-Taylor interview conducted by Anita Grant, 2023-10-22

Summary

  • Jerri J. Reed-Taylor -- a first-generation funeral home owner, mortuary science instructor at Malcolm X College of Mortuary Science, and member of the Board of Trustees for the Academy of Professional Funeral Service Practice (APFSP) -- was selected as the 2024 Professional of the Year by the National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association. In this interview, Ms. Reed-Taylor shares the psychological impact of the pandemic from her perspectives as a wife, mother, and embalmer. Ms. Reed-Taylor also discusses how she and her colleagues transitioned to online instruction. This experience was especially challenging as students and faculty were navigating family deaths, job losses, and the need for proficient, online learning resources in a traditional brick and mortar mortuary science program.

Names

  • Reed-Taylor, Jerri J., interviewee
  • Grant, Anita E., interviewer, photographer

Created / Published

  • 2023-10-22.

Headings

  • -  Reed-Taylor, Jerri J.--Interviews
  • -  Undertakers and undertaking--United States--Interviews
  • -  Undertakers and undertaking--Study and teaching
  • -  COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023--Psychological aspects
  • -  COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023--Social aspects

Genre

  • Digital photographs--Color--2020-2030
  • Video recordings
  • Personal narratives
  • Oral histories
  • Interviews

Notes

  • -  Recorded at the Hilton Atlanta Airport, Atlanta, Georgia, 2023-10-22.
  • -  Reflections on the COVID-19 Pandemic from Last Responders: COVID-19 American History Project, 2023-2024 (AFC 2023/018), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Medium

  • 1 video file (MOV, 37:37) : digital, sound, color
  • 2 photographs : digital, color, JPG
  • 1 document file (PDF) : digital, text

Source Collection

  • Reflections on the COVID-19 Pandemic from Last Responders: COVID-19 American History Project, 2023-2024 AFC 2023/018

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024655320

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Credit line

It Takes a Village: Rural Central Appalachian Childcare Providers' COVID-19 Experiences: COVID-19 American History Project, 2023-2024 (AFC 2023/017), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Pandemic Stories from New Orleans-Area Service and Hospitality Workers: COVID-19 American History Project, 2023-2024 (AFC 2023/016), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Reflections on the COVID-19 Pandemic from Last Responders: COVID-19 American History Project, (AFC 2023/018), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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Chicago citation style:

Reed-Taylor, Jerri J., Interviewee, Grant, Anita E., Interviewer, photographer. Jerri J. Reed-Taylor interview conducted by Anita Grant, -10-22. -10-22, 2023. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024655320/.

APA citation style:

Reed-Taylor, J. J., Grant, A. E., photographer. (2023) Jerri J. Reed-Taylor interview conducted by Anita Grant, -10-22. -10-22. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024655320/.

MLA citation style:

Reed-Taylor, Jerri J., Interviewee, photographer by Grant, Anita E., Interviewer. Jerri J. Reed-Taylor interview conducted by Anita Grant, -10-22. -10-22, 2023. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2024655320/>.