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Families

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 64 Collections and/or Records:

Joseph Owen Curtis Photograph Collection

 Digital Collection
Identifier: dcpl_p007
Dates: 1920 ca. - 1980 ca.
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library

Judy Brown interview, 2022-11-23

 Item
Identifier: rwhc_ohp_2022_001.wav
Abstract In this oral history interview, Ms. Judy Brown, a teacher at Georgetown Day School, discusses her life and experiences moving from Durham, North Carolina, to the D.C. region. Ms. Brown recalls her upbringing and early educational experiences in Durham, particularly her experience integrating her junior high school. She then recalls her family’s move to Silver Spring, Maryland, in the summer of 1965 and their experience moving into an all-white neighborhood. She also discusses her high school...
Dates: 2022-11-23
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / Center for Inspired Teaching 'Real World History' Oral History Project / Series 9: 2022-2023 School Year / Sub-Series 1: Interviews

Samuel Hay Kauffmann Family Photographs Collection

 Collection
Identifier: P001
Scope and Contents Approximately 80 photographs of the Kauffmann family including: Samuel Hay Kauffmann, Louise Kauffmann Simpson, Victor Kauffmann, Jessie Christopher Kauffmann, Philip Christopher Kauffmann, and Samuel Hay Kauffmann II. Collection is mostly portrait photographs, including a daguerreotype, tintypes, albumen cartes-de-visite and cabinet cards, gelatin silver developing out paper, and platinum prints. Of note: a tintype Union Case, a Mathew Brady carte-de-visite, Japanese albumen photographic...
Dates: 1844-1916
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library

Larry La's family at the refugee camp in Kuching, Sarawak, 1979

 File
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc014
Scope and Contents From the Series:

In Asian American Voices in the Making of Washington, D.C.’s Cultural Landscape Asian American chefs/restaurateurs share their lived experiences of opening restaurants in D.C. and introducing their heritage cuisines and flavors to local communities. All narrators have some shared experiences, yet uniquely individualized stories, echoing the diversity of geography, ethnicity, culture, and religions within the category of Asian American.

Dates: 1979
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / DC Oral History Collaborative Collection / Series 14: Asian American Voices in the Making of Washington, D.C.’s Cultural Landscape / Sub-Series 4: Photographs and Supplementary Materials

Lashonia Thompson-El interview, part 1, 2018-05-05

 File
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc013
Scope and Contents This oral history interview was conducted with Lashonia Thompson-El by Kristin Adair in Washington, DC. Lashonia Thompson-El was born in 1973 in Washington, DC. In the interview, Lashonia speaks about growing up in Southeast Washington, in a family that had migrated from North Carolina. As a teenager, she got involved in a life of crime. At the age of 19, she was arrested and later sentenced to 20 to 60 years in prison for a double homicide. She was granted parole in December 2011, after...
Dates: 2018-05-05
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / DC Oral History Collaborative Collection / Series 13: Women of the WIRE: Stories of D.C.’s Formerly Incarcerated Women / Sub-Series 1: Interviews

Lashonia Thompson-El interview, part 2, 2018-07-08

 File
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc013
Scope and Contents This oral history interview was conducted with Lashonia Thompson-El by Kristin Adair in Washington, DC. Lashonia Thompson-El was born in 1973 in Washington, DC. In the interview, Lashonia speaks about growing up in Southeast Washington, in a family that had migrated from North Carolina. As a teenager, she got involved in a life of crime. At the age of 19, she was arrested and later sentenced to 20 to 60 years in prison for a double homicide. She was granted parole in December 2011, after...
Dates: 2018-07-08
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / DC Oral History Collaborative Collection / Series 13: Women of the WIRE: Stories of D.C.’s Formerly Incarcerated Women / Sub-Series 1: Interviews

Leslie Sarvis interview, 2021-10-04

 Item
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc029_03.wav
Abstract

Ms. Sarvis discusses growing up in D.C., mostly in Carver/Langston in Northeast, her early sense of herself as different and coming into her gender and sexuality, her older sister also being trans, going to clubs and performing, the impact of the AIDS epidemic, her time in prison, her involvement with transgender and HIV/AIDS organizations including Transgender Health Empowerment, and the changes in the city.

Dates: 2021-10-04
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / DC Oral History Collaborative Collection / Series 30: Transgender Histories of D.C. / Sub-Series 1: Interviews

Mary Staton interview, 2022-11-28

 Item
Identifier: rwhc_ohp_2022_003.wav
Abstract In this oral history interview, Ms. Mary Staton, a longtime D.C. area resident, discusses her life and experiences moving from Rocky Mount, North Carolina, to the Washington, D.C. area. She recounts her upbringing in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, and how her family’s emphasis on the importance of education coexisted with the responsibilities of growing tobacco, corn, cotton, and more on their farm. She discusses her experiences with segregation and her involvement protesting in the Civil...
Dates: 2022-11-28
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / Center for Inspired Teaching 'Real World History' Oral History Project / Series 9: 2022-2023 School Year / Sub-Series 1: Interviews

Nathan Harrington interview, 2020-07-01

 Item
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc028_05.wav
Abstract Nathan Harrington discusses pivotal experiences in his childhood and young adulthood that motivated him to found the Ward 8 Woods Conservancy. He recounts his parent’s careers and the serendipitous conditions that lead to his birth. Being the youngest of many siblings, Nathan describes lots of time spent alone with his parents, and with his Mom in particular. Noting his Mother’s untimely and tragic passing in 2012, Nathan recalls special moments they shared and the lasting impact of her...
Dates: 2020-07-01
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library / DC Oral History Collaborative Collection / Series 28: Over the River and Through the Woods, Longtime Residents and Parklands of Ward 8 / Sub-Series 1: Interviews

National Tots and Teens, Inc., DC Chapter Records

 Collection
Identifier: 138
Scope and Contents

The D.C. chapter of Tots and Teens, Inc. records document the organization's operations and includes: agendas, by-laws, event flyers, family rosters, meeting minutes, memorabilia, news bulletins, newsletters, and related materials.

Dates: 1953-2001
Found in: The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library

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