Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Melvin J. Holley
Melvin J. Holley
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| Other authors / contributors: | Holley, Melvin J., 1933- interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Recorded Lansing, Michigan 2008 February 29.
Recorded Detroit, Michigan 2012 October 23.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Genealogist Melvin J. Holley was born on January 27, 1933 in Detroit, Michigan in a family of eight children. Holley attended Higginbotham Elementary School and then transferred to Post Intermediate Academy in 1945 before graduating from Cass Technical High School in 1951. He joined the Michigan National Guard in October 1956 and served as a military technician. Holley retired in 1991 with the rank of Chief Warrant Officer 4. Holley's interests later motivated him to enroll at Michigan State University and earn his B.A. degree in history in 1996. In 2000, administrators at the Lansing Area African American Genealogy Society (LAAAGS) requested Holley help build their organization into one of national prominence. Holley was then elected to president of the LAAAGS in 2006. Holley was a member of the Religious Conference Management Association, United Conferences for Men and Greater Lansing Youth for Christ organizations.
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