Families
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 64 Collections and/or Records:
Nicolette Williams interview part 1, 2018-05-05
File
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc013
Scope and Contents
This oral history interview was conducted with Nicolette Williams by Kristin Adair in Washington, D.C. Nicolette Williams was born in Washington, D.C. She talks about being raised by her aunt in Southeast D.C., because both of her parents were on drugs when she was a child. She describes returning to live with her mother at the age of 13, at which point she started getting involved in street life. She was in and out of the 14 years to life for murder. She served 16 years in prison and...
Dates:
2018-05-05
Nicolette Williams interview part 2, 2018-09-08
File
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc013
Scope and Contents
This oral history interview was conducted with Nicolette Williams by Kristin Adair in Washington, D.C. Nicolette Williams was born in Washington, D.C. She talks about being raised by her aunt in Southeast D.C., because both of her parents were on drugs when she was a child. She describes returning to live with her mother at the age of 13, at which point she started getting involved in street life. She was in and out of the 14 years to life for murder. She served 16 years in prison and...
Dates:
2018-09-08
Northern Shaw Striver Historic Survey Oral History Project
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: OHP016
Scope and Contents
In 1993, Jeff Koenreich conducted these oral histories for the Library's Oral History Project. Residents of the Striver Section of the Shaw neighborhood were interviewed. Topics include the history of the neighborhood, childhood, family, segregation, the Civil Rights movement, and the community.
Dates:
1993
Peter Redgrave interview, 2021-06-05
Item
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc031_08.wav
Abstract
Peter Redgrave talks about being born outside of London and starting to move around at the age 6, as his family travels to the United States, following his father’s hotel work. Peter’s parents separated a few years later, which creates a shift in the family dynamic. Peter’s mother works and goes to law school, while Peter and his brother get into skateboarding and building a community, through zine-making and traveling to new skating locations around the country. Peter develops his interest...
Dates:
2021-06-05
Dorothy Provine Free Black Research Collection
Collection
Identifier: 139
Scope and Contents
The Dorothy Provine Free Black Research Collection contains photocopies of wills, marriage registers, freedom records, manumissions records, research files, writings by Provine, birth records, death records, records of social organizations, genealogy records, and records of black property owners. It should be noted that while the documents in this collection date from 1686 to 1997, nearly all records in this collection are photocopies of original documents, made predominantly in the...
Dates:
1686-1997
Ruffin/Jones Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: 145
Scope and Contents
The Ruffin/Jones Family Collection contains photographs, cassette tapes with audio recordings of interviews, and printed material such as articles and publications, brochures and programs, school-related items, letters, and research files and notes pertaining to C. Bernard Ruffin, III and members of his family. The life and work of his aunt, Louise Jones Hubbard, is particularly well-documented; material related to her makes up a large portion of the collection. The collection is...
Dates:
1842 - 1999 (bulk 1920s - 1999); Majority of material found within 1920 - 1999
Saving a Community's Recollections: Takoma Park Oral History Project
Collection — External hard drive DIG_00006
Identifier: OHP021
Scope and Contents
In 2001 the Oral History Committee of Historic Takoma received a grant from Montgomery County's Historic Preservation Commission to conduct interviews with three longtime residents of Takoma Park, Maryland. Topics include public schools, World War II, architecture, real estate development, transportation, the African-American community, race relations, churches, and recreation in the neighborhood and metropolitan area. All interviews were conducted Eilene McGuckian.
Dates:
2001
Savoy Family Genealogical Collection
Collection
Identifier: 150
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of genealogical information related to the Savoy family of Washington, DC, obtained from family members’ records and research. It documents members of the Savoy family born between the years of 1794 and 2009; however, most of the material and information within the collection pertains to Savoy family ancestors born between 1794 and 1912. The life of Edward Augustine Savoy (1855 - 1943) is particularly well-documented. The collection includes materials such as...
Dates:
1836-2013
Seng Luangrath interview index, 2018-09-25
File
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc007_04_ind.pdf
Scope and Contents
Seng Luangrath discusses her childhood in Vientiane, Laos, living in a multi-generational home, learning to cook from her grandmother, the impact of the Laotian Civil War and the Vietnam War on her family, attending a French-language school, learning that her family would be escaping Laos but that her sister would remain with her grandmother, the experience of being smuggled across the Laos border into Thailand, life as a refugee in Thailand then the Philippines, attending an English...
Dates:
2018-09-25
Seng Luangrath interview part 1, 2018-09-25
File
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc007_02_1.wav
Scope and Contents
Seng Luangrath discusses her childhood in Vientiane, Laos, living in a multi-generational home, learning to cook from her grandmother, the impact of the Laotian Civil War and the Vietnam War on her family, attending a French-language school, learning that her family would be escaping Laos but that her sister would remain with her grandmother, the experience of being smuggled across the Laos border into Thailand, life as a refugee in Thailand then the Philippines, attending an English...
Dates:
2018-09-25