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Oral History Recordings at JPPM – 1

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JPPM Oral Histories:

Oral history recording: Interview with Minnie Octavia Brown (née Gross) on Wallville, St. Luke’s Church, Patterson House, Point Farm, and family. 27 Feb. 1996

Oral history recording: Interview with Alvin Grover, Oliver Foote, and Deborah Fialka on oystering, St. Leonard Creek, farming, Grover’s family, Foote’s family, schools. 24 May 2002

Oral history recording: Interview with 5 of the 6 Gross Family siblings (Kenneth Gross, Orlando Gross, Elaine Fowler, Chester Gross, Ellen Gross Barnes) and Allan Brown. Discuss growing up on their farm. 21 June 2005.

Oral history recording: Interview with Elizabeth Bowen, wife of J. Lloyd Bowen. Discusses Wallville in the early 20th century and describes a photo she donated of the Wallville School class of 1906. 22 May 1985.

 

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Transcript and audio available upon request.

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County: Calvert County
Themes: African American People and Culture, People, Places, and Our Southern Maryland Environment, Rural Life in Southern Maryland
Timeframes: 1917 – 1929 WWI and the Roaring Twenties, 1929 – 1940 The Great Depression, 1940 – 1952 World War II and the Early Cold War
Audience: College, General Public, High School, Middle School, Teacher

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Type of Entry: Individual Resource
County: Calvert County
Themes: African American People and Culture, People, Places, and Our Southern Maryland Environment, Rural Life in Southern Maryland
Timeframes: 1917 – 1929 WWI and the Roaring Twenties, 1929 – 1940 The Great Depression, 1940 – 1952 World War II and the Early Cold War
Audience: College, General Public, High School, Middle School, Teacher

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