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Saving a Community's Recollections: Takoma Park Oral History Project oral history collection

 Collection
Identifier: OH SCR

Dates

  • 2001

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Conditions Governing Use

The reproduction of materials in this collection may be subject to copyright restrictions. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine and satisfy copyright clearances or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections. For more information visit the MCHC’s Rights and Permissions page.

Biographical / Historical

The Takoma Park Oral History Project was a product of Historic Takoma, Inc. a non-profit organization established with the goal of “preserving the heritage of Takoma Park-Md and Takoma-DC.” Financed in part by the Montgomery County Historical Society, the oral history project was one of Historic Takoma’s first efforts to “encourage collection and preservation of the community’s oral history before it is too late.”

Takoma Park, located in Montgomery County, was founded in 1883 by real estate developer Benjamin Franklin Gilbert as one of the first planned commuter suburbs. Gilbert, who also served as the city’s first mayor sought to create a "sylvan suburb of the National Capitol”, establishing the city along the Metropolitan Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad on the MD – DC line.

Extent

4 Items : 4 oral histories

Language of Materials

English

Scope and Contents

The Takoma Park Oral History Project consists of three interviews with lifelong residents of Takoma Park, including Roland Dawes, one of the first African American businessmen in Takoma Park. Topics discussed include: Takoma Park during the years of the Great Depression and World War II; segregation; how Takoma Park has changed over the years; the Takoma Park Historical Society; the arrival of the metro in Takoma Park in 1978.

Materials available for this collection include transcripts for each of the interviews, audio recordings, biographical material, background information and documents on the project, maps, town statistics, and Historic Takoma, Inc. publications.

Title
Guide to the Saving a Community's Recollections: Takoma Park Oral History Project oral history collection
Status
In Progress
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
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Revision Statements

  • 2020-07-10: Manually entered into ArchivesSpace by Emily Somach.

Repository Details

Part of the H. Furlong Baldwin Library Repository

Contact:
H. Furlong Baldwin Library
Maryland Center for History and Culture
610 Park Avenue
Baltimore MD 21201 United States
4106853750