Transcripts
STORIES OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND - AN NEH FUNDED PROJECT
The Southern Maryland Studies Center recently received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for the project: Stories of Southern Maryland. This project focuses on the transcription of 40 oral history interviews documenting the history and culture of Southern Maryland. The selected oral histories cover themes that give voice to minorities and covers subjects that prove to be important research material given current events, such as segregation, the influenza epidemic, and The Great Depression in Southern Maryland. The resulting transcripts will be available to the public at no cost through ADA compliant pdf files that will be posted on our website as they are completed.
If you wish to listen to a specific oral history, please send an email to smsc@csmd.edu with the identifier number or name of the oral history that interests you.
Transcripts are listed in numerical order according to each oral history’s identifier number.
| Oral History Identifier; Interview with: | Subjects | Tags |
| OH-00012; Joseph Hungerford Morton, Havannah S. Morton | School integration, Education, Teaching, Vocational education, State departments of education, Industrial arts, African American teachers | K-12 education, Music teacher, Religion |
| OH-00013; William A. Diggs | African American History, Education, Teaching, African American teachers, School discipline, Segregation in education, Segregation, Racism, Lynching, Slavery, Sharecropping, United States Naval Powder Factory, Genealogy, Rural conditions | William A. Diggs, Emancipation, One room school house, Food preservation |
| OH-00014; Emma Agnes Murray Middleton | Education, Teaching, School librarians, Segregation, School integration, Catholic Church, Church schools, Transportation, Genealogy, Rural conditions, Piscataway Indians | Church integration, Charles County infrastructure, Piscataway Conoy Tribe |
| OH-00020; Julia Hyde Posey | Newspaper presses, Rural electrification, Catholic schools, Genealogy, Political parties, Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945, Port Tobacco (Md.), Rural conditions | La Plata Tornado 1926, Port Tobacco Times, Times Crescent, Mount Bleak |
| OH-00021; Julia Hyde Posey | Newspaper presses, Genealogy, Port Tobacco (Md.), Rural conditions, Segregation, St. Ignatius Church (Port Tobacco, Md.), National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Maryland, Piscataway Indians | Port Tobacco Times, Times Crescent, Mount Bleak, Piscataway Conoy Tribe |
| OH-00033; Gertrude Wright McWilliams | Navy-yards and naval stations, Depressions, World War, 1939-1945, Segregation, Transportation, United States Naval Ordnance Station (Indian Head, Md.), Indian Head (Md.), Civil service, County government, Women politicians, Wills, Inheritance and succession, Inheritance and transfer tax | Register of Wills, Depression, 1929 |
| OH-00037; John Wesley Thompson | Thomas Stone National Historic Site (Md.), World War, 1939-1945, United States Naval Powder Factory, Excavations (Archaeology), Architecture, Agriculture, Horse racing | Habre de Venture, Beehive Lodge, Black masonic Lodge |
| OH-00047; Lillian V. Parks | Segregation in education, African American teachers, County school systems, Charles County Board of Education, Segregation, Single-parent families; Education, Higher (Higher Education) | J.C. Parks |
| OH-00052; Julia Mudd Cox Totten | Rural conditions, Agriculture, Antique and classic cars, Education, County school systems, Office management, Charles County Board of Education | F.B. Gwynn, Ryon’s Store |
| OH-00057; Barnsley Edgar Warfield and Hazel Warfield | Rural conditions, Rural electrification, Patuxent River (Md.), Ferries, Shellfish gathering, Fishing, Fish declines, Education, Middle school principals, School integration, Race relations, Piscataway Indians, Slavery, Farm tenancy, United States--History--War of 1812, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 | Benedict, (Md.), Benedict fire of 1909, Patuxent Native Americans, War of 1812, Camp Stanton, Civil War, 1861-1865 |
| OH-00077; Mercedes Key Upshaw | African American teachers, Education, Rural conditions, School discipline, Segregation in education, School integration, Rural schools | Pomonkey (Md.), Key store, One room school house |
| OH-00085; Dorothy W. Barbour | Education, African American teachers, Segregation, School integration, Genealogy, Rural conditions, Farm tenancy, St. Joseph's Church (Pomfret, Md.), Rural schools | One room school house |
| OH-00089; James Willard Dutton | Fishing, Depressions, United States Naval Ordnance Station (Indian Head, Md.), Education, Bateaux, Fishing nets, Pound net fishing, Drift net fishing, Striped bass fisheries, American eel fisheries | Watermen, Nanjemoy Creek and Depression, 1929 |
| OH-00090; Joseph Francis Stine | Oystering, Crabbing, Fishing boats, Fish hatcheries, Dredging (Fisheries), Education, Rural Conditions, General stores, Genealogy, World War, 1939-1945 | Watermen, Rock Point (Md.), Wicomico River (Charles County, Md.), Cobb Neck (Md.), D-Day, 1944 (Normandy invasion) |
| OH-00098; Harry Thomas Stine | Oystering, Depressions, Fishing boats, American oyster fisheries, Pollution, Environmental protection, Cobb Island (Md.), Potomac River, Transportation, Genealogy, Civil service, World War, 1939-1945 | Watermen, Depression, 1929, Rock Point (Md.), Wicomico River (Charles County, Md.), Cobb Neck (Md.), The Oyster Wars, D-Day, 1944 (Normandy invasion) |
| OH-00120; Thurman E. and Idell P. Thompson | Rural Conditions, Agriculture, Depressions, Genealogy, Segregation, Sharecropping, Religion, Methodist church buildings, La Plata (Md.) | La Plata United Methodist Church |
| OH-00126; Marina Estevez | Agriculture, Businesswomen, Cuba, Cuban Americans, Hispanic Americans, Home-based businesses, Immigrants, New York (N.Y.), Rural conditions, Rural electrification, Second language acquisition, United States Naval Ordnance Station (Indian Head, Md.) | Food preservation, Charles County infrastructure |
| OH-00127; Nellie Gray Carter | African American teachers, Education, Race relations, Rural schools, School integration, Segregation in education, United States Naval Ordnance Station (Indian Head, Md.) | One room school house |
| OH-00128; Alcena Modesta Key Clark | African American teachers, Education, Rural schools, School integration, Segregation, Segregation in education | Key store, One room school house, Pomonkey (Md.) |
| OH-00130; Mary Ellen Neal | African American teachers, County school systems, Education, Indian Head (Md.), Rural conditions, Rural schools, Segregation in education, United States Naval Ordnance Station (Indian Head, Md.) | One room school house, Oak Grove (Md.) |
| OH-00136; Edna Warren Simmons | African American teachers, Education, Racism, Rural conditions, Rural schools, School integration, Segregation, Segregation in education | Food preservation, One room school house |
| OH-00139; Catherine I. Swann | Agriculture, Canning and preserving, Rural conditions, Traditional medicine, Typhoid fever; Medicine, Rural | Food preservation |
| OH-00140; Pearl Thompson Furey | African American teachers, Education, Rural conditions, Rural schools, School discipline, School integration, Segregation, Segregation in education | One room school house |
| OH-00141; James Milton Washington | African American teachers, Charles County Board of Education, County school systems, Education, Farm tenancy, Rural conditions, School discipline, School integration, Segregation in education | |
| OH-00143; Aaron C. Kane and Sarah Taylor Kane | African American teachers, Depressions, Education, Middle school principals, School integration, Segregation in education; Education, Higher | Depression, 1929, Music teacher |
| OH-00145; Charles Jones Woodland | African American History, Agriculture, Antique and classic cars, Depressions, Genealogy, Race relations, Rural conditions, Rural schools, Segregation, Transportation, La Plata (Md.), Thomas Stone National Historic Site (Md.) | Depression, 1929, Food preservation, Habre de Venture, One room school house |
| OH-00147; Frances Estevez and Rodrigo J. Moure | Agriculture, Antique and classic cars, Cuban Americans, Hispanic Americans, Immigrants, La Plata (Md.), Plastics industry and trade, New York (N.Y.), Rural conditions, Transportation | Charles County infrastructure |
| OH-00148; Nannie Trueman Chapman Bryan | Agriculture, Genealogy, La Plata (Md.), Race relations, Rural conditions | Food Preservation, Glen Albin, Habre de Venture |
| OH-00149; Rita Irene Cooksey | Genealogy, General Stores, La Plata (Md.), Race relations, Segregation | La Plata Tornado 1926 |
| OH-00151; Lorina Butler Chambers | Agriculture, Race relations, Rural conditions, Segregation | Food preservation, Habre de Venture |
| OH-00171; Eleanor Roberta Higdon and Thomas Leonard Higdon | Family medicine, Physicians, Rural Conditions; Medicine, Rural | |
| OH-00176; Lena Rebecca Welch | Agriculture; Rural conditions; Rural schools; Single-parent families; Transportation | Food preservation |
| OH-00212; Jane Eleanor Gray Wheeler | Agriculture, Communicable diseases, Education, Horsemanship, Race relations, Rural conditions, Rural schools, School discipline, School integration, Segregation in education | La Plata High School, One room school house |
| OH-00214; Jennie Elizabeth Bowie | Agriculture, Climatic changes, Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919, Rural Conditions; Medicine, Rural | Food preservation, Pisgah (Md.) |
| OH-00221; Benjamin Lawrence Key | African American teachers, Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.), Education, Race relations, School integration, Segregation in education | Pomonkey (Md.), Pomonkey school |
| OH-00225; Miel D. Burgee | Charlotte Hall School, Education, Military education, Depressions, Segregation in education | Depression, 1929 |
| OH-00226; Miel D. Burgee | Charlotte Hall School, Education, Military education | |
| OH-00252; Wallace Shepherd Barnes | Alcohol trafficking, Bars (Drinking establishments), La Plata (Md.), Prohibition | Stumble Inn |
| OH-00254; William Preston Williams | Confederate States of America, Spies, Potomac River, United States Naval Proving Ground (Indian Head, Md.), Point Lookout Prison Camp for Confederates, Soldiers, Black (Black Soldiers), United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 | Civil War, 1861-1865, Confederate sympathizers, Confederate spies, Goose Bay, Budd Ferry, Rose Hill, Blue Dog Hill, St. Clements Island |
| OH-00262; Harold S. Marbury | Agriculture, Race relations, Rural conditions |
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The Stories of Southern Maryland Oral History Transcription Project has been made possible in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH): Stories of Southern Maryland. http://www.neh.gov/. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this transcription, do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.