Oral history -- Washington(D.C.)

Abstract

This collection contains oral histories (recordings and transcripts) with local poets E. Ethelbert Miller, Kim Roberts, and Sarah Browning. Daniel Schwarz conducted these interviews as part of a course assignment while he was a student at American University.

Abstract

This collection contains oral histories (both audio and video recordings) of people associated with the Marion Barry campaign for mayor in 1978. The colletion also contains a small amount of paper records and artifacts related to the campaign and District government. These oral histories were conducted between 2015 and 2017. The collection as a whole dates from 1975 - 2017.

Scope and Contents

This interview is part of an oral history project conducted by graduate student Mallory McGovern in 2023.

Scope and Contents

Transcript for the interview with Michael Mand. This interview is part of an oral history project conducted by GW graduate student Mallory McGovern in 2023.

Abstract Thelma Hunt (1903-1992) in her long career as a pioneer woman psychologist, had a considerable impact on the discipline of psychology. Her distinguished career in teaching and administering the psychology department at The George Washington University made her a dominant person in shaping the development of the discipline. She had many "firsts," not only as a woman, but as an innovator in test construction and measurement, in emphasizing high standards in personnel psychology in the public...

Abstract This collection contains audio cassettes, posters, correspondence, and publications related to the Witness To A Possibility (WTAP) project to document the Black Theater movement that took place in Washington, D.C., between 1968 and 1976. The Witness to a Possibility project was carried out in the 1980s by Howard University Professor Vera J. Katz and her former student, Taquiena Boston. The two worked together to collect documents and to conduct oral histories with many of the writers,...