Code,913004
Subject,Kathleen Shamp
Date,8/12/11
Interviewer,Nina Gibans
Abstract,"Kathleen Shamp, originally from Wooster, came to Cleveland to work for the Cleveland Public Library. She lived off and on at the Evangelist Church that doubled as a Salvation Army sponsored women's home. Throughout her life Shamp has been involved in the Cleveland music scene. She sang in multiple church choirs, including the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, Jewish Singing Society and took voice lessons at the Cleveland Institute of Music. She led a busy life by working at the Cleveland Public Library, earning her Masters degree at Western Reserve College and moonlighting singing jobs at night. Shamp continues to keep her love of music alive today by frequently attending the Ohio Light Opera. "
Tags,"Wooster, Freedlander Family, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, University Circle, Wade Park, Robert Shaw, Ohio Light Opera, Evangelist Church, Great Snowstorm of 1950, Gray Drug Store, East 105th Street, Jewish Singing Society, Cleveland Institute of Music, Cleveland Public Library, Marjorie Winbigler murder"
Special Notes,The sound quality is excellent. 
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0,"Kathleen Shamp grew up in Wooster, Ohio. Nina (Freedlander) Gibans also has connections to Wooster and is part of the Freedlander family and wrote a book on the Freedlander family and their connections to Wooster. "
1,"Gibans provides some history on the Freedlander family. Shamp explains that her family would travel to Cleveland, while she was growing up, for a day of shopping. She details her travel route and what was literally her first sight to Cleveland. "
2,She worked with the Cleveland Public Library. She stayed at the Evangelist Church on and off for 6 years because it also was a womens hotel run by the Salvation Army. She describes her experience living at the womens hotel.  
3,"Shamp explains how women would frequently move out, but later find themselves back at hotel. She describes the type of woman that stayed there. She was able to take the bus back and forth from work. 1950 there was a snow storm. "
4,She describes her experience in the Great Snowstorm of 1950. After a few days of being cooped up the women headed out to 105th Street. Only Gray Drug Store was open by candle light. 
5,"She sang in the choir with the church across the street from the women's hotel. She moved to University Circle, but soon moved again to an apartment building on Cornell Rd. "
6,Shamp was in the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus under Robert Shaw. She was unhappy were she was living so she got a second job as an alto soloist at Plymouth Church in Shaker Heights. 
7,She soon began taking voice lessons at the Cleveland Institute of Music. She mentions the successes of her colleagues from the institute. 
8,Also at this time she was taking classes at Western Reserve and eventually graduated with her masters degree in library science. Shamp explains how she was able to work and school at the same time. She eventually moved back to the Shaker Square Area. 
9,"When she lived in Shaker she car pulled. She moved to Judson in 2000, after she retired from the library. She knew people at Judson through the University Circle United Methodist Church. "
10,"She started with the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus in 1952. She shares her experience with the Chorus, especially noting her excitement upon learning that Robert Shaw was going to be the director. "
11,She stayed with the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus for 20 or 30 years. She lists the different audiences for whom she performed and the different directors under which she sang. 
12,"She describes the mean streak of Robert Page, a Chorus director. She quit the Chorus while it was being conducted by Robert Page because of his directing style. "
13,"Occasionally she returns to Wooster, especially to see the Ohio Light Opera. Discussion ensues between Gibans and Shamp on the most recent Ohio Light Opera performance. "
14,Shamp continues to attest to the great performance she witnessed the last time she saw the Ohio Light Opera. Gibans mentions that she goes to Wooster frequently. 
15,Gibans mentions why her family came to Cleveland. Shamp remembers she sang with the Jewish Singing Society and shares one of her memories at a performance with that chorale. 
16,The murder of Marjorie Winbigler caused Shamp to never walk through the park alone at night. She poses some of the speculations that circled around Winbigler's disappearance. 
17,Gibans mentions that there are efforts to make the area safer. Shamp comments that the Judson athletic director takes the residents out to walk in the park. Many weddings are performed in the park. 
18,Shamp states her name for the record and the interview ends. 
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