Description: Audrey Moore Stewart (1910-2018) graduated in 1932 with a degree in Journalism. She took some graduate courses and finished a second BA in English in 1934. Audrey joined the Alpha Delta Theta sorority and the Glee Club; and she wrote for the Daily Illini. Her family was well-off, so Audrey did not experience financial difficulty in the Depression.
She died in May 2018, just a few days after her 108th birthday, making her the longest-lived interviewee from the Great Depression oral history series.
Date of Interview: 5/19/2001
Interviewer: Ellen Swain
Transcript: Audrey Moore Stewart Oral History Transcript
Related Resources: Archives Alumni Oral History Project Files