Murel, Victor

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Baltimore Neighborhood Heritage Project Oral History Collection contains paper records and audiocassette recordings from 1978 through 1980. The paper records are composed of the files kept on each narrator (the person being interviewed) and the administrative needs of the project. Narrator records contain biography forms, interview notes, and tape indexes for approximately 212 narrators. The interview notes briefly describe the circumstance surrounding the interview(s) session. The tape...

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Ms. Brook’s grandfather, Nathanial Monroe Carroll founded the Carroll Home, today called the Carroll Manor, in 1873. The Carrol home was the first home for elderly blacks in Baltimore. Ms. Brooks provides some information about the facility and its history. The bulk of the interview pertains to Ms. Brooks time in New York City. Her Father was minister of St. Mark’s Cathedral. She discusses life in Harlem, and the changes she witnessed in the neighborhood over the years she was there.

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The Jackson interview provides information on living conditions and neighborhood life in both East and West Baltimore. He recounts his employment for an ice cream company that later became the Borden Ice Cream Company, memories of the Fire of 1904 as well as details about African-American social life, particularly at the Royal – Baltimore’s “first black bowling alley.”

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The Miller interview provides detailed information about living conditions for African-Americans before and after the Second World War as well as black life in Baltimore. Topics include the segregation, the waterfront, service in the Navy, sports, Pennsylvania Avenue and politics.

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At the time of this interview Mr. Shell did not recall specific information about his parents or siblings. He was raised by his grandparents who were sharecroppers in the South. The Shell interview contains many fragments of details on a variety of topics including rural life, farming, as well as Mr. Shell’s time spent serving his country during World War II.

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The interviewee talks about African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church and well-known preachers. Mr. Ware also discusses his life in the Army and his work in Washington, D.C., and the church he attended, called Trinity A.M. He also talks about black voting, working during the Depression, and the change from dirt to brick streets. He notes that his was the first black family to move to Myrtle Avenue.