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- Title
- AC Interview, March 21, 2016
- Date
- March 21, 2016
- Creator
- Person responsible unknown
- Description
- Description SUMMARY OF INTERVIEW: AC moved to the United States in 1990 to find work in Connecticut then Massachusetts then DC. He worked as a taxi driver for a couple years before finding a permanent position as a security guard for commercial buildings within DC. As soon as he moved to the United States he began English classes and now takes computer classes to increase his skills. He retired in 2015 and began receiving Social Security and also withdrew his 401k. He is currently unemployed and focusing on his health because he was unable to do so when he was working. He has plans to learn Microsoft PowerPoint take his skills back to his homeland to teach children the application as well as English. PROJECT’S OBJECTIVES: The Homeless Voices Amplification Co-op (HVAC) works to amplify stories of unhoused individuals’ past and present work experiences. Recognizing that unhoused individuals are the most valuable source of knowledge on the realities of their employment, HVAC partners with the unhoused to create space for strategic community reflection as a means to further activism for economic justice. HVAC believes stories have the power to humanize individuals and undermine stigmas and stereotypes in ways statistics cannot. HVAC intends to draw upon the power of these stories to create a powerful, multi-dimensional online platform that can enhance efforts to mobilize the community.
- Subject
- Thrive DC: St. Stephen's Episcopal Church; Homeless Voices Amplification Co-op’s DC Employment Justice Research Project; homeles
- Country
- United States
- Collection
- Homeless Voices Amplification Coop
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1515
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- sound recording
- Title
- Adam Canaday Interview, October 30, 2020
- Date
- October 30, 2020
- Creator
- Adam Canaday; HopeLily Van Duyne; Person responsible unknown
- Description
- Adam Canaday is a Journeyman Coachman with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation that runs the museums and historic houses and sites in Williamsburg, Virginia. Adam talks about his experiences working at Colonial Williamsburg since he was a small child. He addresses some of the issues that people of color face working at Colonial Williamsburg, especially when working as historical interpreters. This interview was conducted as part of class requirements for HIST:667 Oral History with Dr. Anna Kaplan in fall 2020.
- Subject
- Colonial Williamsburg; Native Americans; Chickahominy; enslaved people; African Americans; costumed interpreters
- Country
- United States
- Collection
- African American Historical Interpreters: The Experience of Working in the Past
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2577
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- sound recording
- Title
- African American Historical Interpreters: The Experience of Working in the Past
- Creator
- HopeLily Van Duyne
- Subject
- Black re-enactors
- Type
- Oral History
- Collection
- Oral Histories
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- sound recording
- Title
- Akuba Dharamah Interview, March 21, 2016
- Date
- March 21, 2016
- Creator
- Person responsible unknown
- Description
- PROJECT’S OBJECTIVES: The Homeless Voices Amplification Co-op (HVAC) works to amplify stories of unhoused individuals’ past and present work experiences. Recognizing that unhoused individuals are the most valuable source of knowledge on the realities of their employment, HVAC partners with the unhoused to create space for strategic community reflection as a means to further activism for economic justice. HVAC believes stories have the power to humanize individuals and undermine stigmas and stereotypes in ways statistics cannot. HVAC intends to draw upon the power of these stories to create a powerful, multi-dimensional online platform that can enhance efforts to mobilize the community.
- Subject
- Thrive DC: St. Stephen's Episcopal Church; Homeless Voices Amplification Co-op’s DC Employment Justice Research Project; homelessness
- Country
- United States
- Local Identifier
- Akuba Daramah_March 21_2016_Sound
- Collection
- Homeless Voices Amplification Coop
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1429
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- sound recording
- Title
- Alonzo Johnson Interview, April 12, 2015
- Date
- April 12, 2015
- Creator
- Person responsible unknown
- Description
- PROJECT’S OBJECTIVES: The Homeless Voices Amplification Co-op (HVAC) works to amplify stories of unhoused individuals’ past and present work experiences. Recognizing that unhoused individuals are the most valuable source of knowledge on the realities of their employment, HVAC partners with the unhoused to create space for strategic community reflection as a means to further activism for economic justice. HVAC believes stories have the power to humanize individuals and undermine stigmas and stereotypes in ways statistics cannot. HVAC intends to draw upon the power of these stories to create a powerful, multi-dimensional online platform that can enhance efforts to mobilize the community.
- Subject
- Georgetown Law School; Homeless Voices Amplification Co-op’s DC Employment Justice Research Project; homelessness
- Country
- United States
- Local Identifier
- Alonzo Johnson_April 12_2015_Sound
- Collection
- Homeless Voices Amplification Coop
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1440
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- sound recording
- Title
- Ben Smith Interview, November 19, 2020
- Date
- November 19, 2020
- Creator
- Mia Owens; Person responsible unknown
- Description
- Ben Smith speaks about his experiences growing up in New York City as a Chinese adoptee. He talks about growing up with two dads and the impact that living in a diverse community has had on his life. Ben also discusses his interests in community building, his YouTube channel Becoming Ben Smith, and his perceptions of his identity as a Chinese adoptee.
- Subject
- adoption; adoptee; community; parents; China; Chinese culture; Asian; American
- Country
- United States
- Collection
- Chinese Adoption Oral History Project
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2526
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- sound recording
- Title
- Biography in Sound: Architect of Victory - George C. Marshall (Reel 1)
- Date
- 1958-07-03
- Description
- Narrated by David Brinkley, produced by James L. Holton. The story of this great military leader, told by his voice and some of his friends: General William Sexton, foreign correspondent Mark Watson (Baltimore Sun), General Lawton Collins, General George Herron, Speaker Sam Rayburn, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, General John Hull, Lord Alanbrooke, Harry S. Truman, Dean Acheson, Bromley Smith, Ray Scherer of NBC, Dwight Eisenhower, Anna Rosenberg and Robert A. Lovett.
- Series
- Entertainment programs -- Biography in Sound
- Subject
- Historical drama; Radio programs
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959
- Local Identifier
- bios-069
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-17184
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- sound recording
- Title
- Biography in Sound: Architect of Victory - George C. Marshall (Reel 2)
- Date
- 1958-07-03
- Description
- Narrated by David Brinkley, produced by James L. Holton. The story of this great military leader, told by his voice and some of his friends: General William Sexton, foreign correspondent Mark Watson (Baltimore Sun), General Lawton Collins, General George Herron, Speaker Sam Rayburn, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, General John Hull, Lord Alanbrooke, Harry S. Truman, Dean Acheson, Bromley Smith, Ray Scherer of NBC, Dwight Eisenhower, Anna Rosenberg and Robert A. Lovett.
- Series
- Entertainment programs -- Biography in Sound
- Subject
- Historical drama; Radio programs
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959
- Local Identifier
- bios-070
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-17185
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- sound recording
- Title
- Biography in Sound: Theodore Roosevelt (Reel 1)
- Date
- 1958-10-10
- Description
- Written by Earl Hamner. Directed by Burt Leonard. Narrated by Walter O'Keefe. A biography of Teddy Roosevelt told by his friends and relatives [Teddy Roosevelt Jr., Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Gifford Pinchot, Senator Roy Watkins (Utah), and others.] Program traces his career from Mayor of New York thru his positions as Secretary of War, The Rough Riders, Governor of New York, Vice President, President, private citizen and explorer.
- Series
- Entertainment programs -- Biography in Sound
- Subject
- Historical drama; Radio programs
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
- Local Identifier
- bios-026
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-17180
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- sound recording
- Title
- Biography in Sound: Theodore Roosevelt (Reel 2)
- Date
- 1958-10-10
- Description
- Written by Earl Hamner. Directed by Burt Leonard. Narrated by Walter O'Keefe. A biography of Teddy Roosevelt told by his friends and relatives [Teddy Roosevelt Jr., Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Gifford Pinchot, Senator Roy Watkins (Utah), and others.] Program traces his career from Mayor of New York thru his positions as Secretary of War, The Rough Riders, Governor of New York, Vice President, President, private citizen and explorer.
- Series
- Entertainment programs -- Biography in Sound
- Subject
- Historical drama; Radio programs
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
- Local Identifier
- bios-027
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-17181
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- sound recording
- Title
- Biography in Sound: Typewriter in a Foxhole (Reel 1)
- Date
- 1958-01-16
- Description
- The story of war correspondent Ernie Pyle, narrated by Robert McCormick and featuring the voices of Merrill Mueller, Lindsay Nelson, Hoagy Carmichael, General Omar Bradley, others.
- Series
- Entertainment programs -- Biography in Sound
- Subject
- Historical drama; Radio programs
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Pyle, Ernie, 1900-1945
- Local Identifier
- bios-019
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-17182
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- sound recording
- Title
- Biography in Sound: Typewriter in a Foxhole (Reel 2)
- Date
- 1958-01-16
- Description
- The story of war correspondent Ernie Pyle, narrated by Robert McCormick and featuring the voices of Merrill Mueller, Lindsay Nelson, Hoagy Carmichael, General Omar Bradley, others.
- Series
- Entertainment programs -- Biography in Sound
- Subject
- Historical drama; Radio programs
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Pyle, Ernie, 1900-1945
- Local Identifier
- bios-020
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-17183
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- sound recording
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "South of Cape Horn"
- Date
- 1949-12-13
- Publisher
- American University Library. Archives and Special Collections.
- Description
- Written by George Faulkner and stars Mickey Rooney. Features Parker Fenneley, Arnold Moss, Ian Martin. Music by Arden Cornwell and conducted by Don Voorhees. Directed by John Zoller. Bill Hamilton, Ted Pearson, anncrs. An adventure story of the discovery by Americans of the Antarctic Continent.
- Series
- Entertainment programs -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Radio broadcasting -- United States; Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical drama
- Local Identifier
- program_no:634
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/hickman:437
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- sound recording
- Title
- Cavalcade of America: Troublesome Jane
- Date
- 1949-09-20
- Description
- Program 622. Written by Luther Davis and stars Ruth Hussey and Kenny Delmar. Features Ian Martin. Music by Arden Cornwell and conducted by Don Voorhees. Directed by John Zoller. Bill Hamilton, Ted Pearson, announcers. The story of Jane Swisshelm, newspaper correspondent and publisher.
- Series
- Entertainment programs -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical drama
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Swisshelm, Jane Grey Cannon, 1815-1884
- Local Identifier
- cav-595
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50198
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- sound recording
- Title
- Cowanda Gresham Interview, April 12, 2015
- Date
- April 12, 2015
- Creator
- Person responsible unknown
- Description
- PROJECT’S OBJECTIVES: The Homeless Voices Amplification Co-op (HVAC) works to amplify stories of unhoused individuals’ past and present work experiences. Recognizing that unhoused individuals are the most valuable source of knowledge on the realities of their employment, HVAC partners with the unhoused to create space for strategic community reflection as a means to further activism for economic justice. HVAC believes stories have the power to humanize individuals and undermine stigmas and stereotypes in ways statistics cannot. HVAC intends to draw upon the power of these stories to create a powerful, multi-dimensional online platform that can enhance efforts to mobilize the community.
- Subject
- Georgetown Law School; Homeless Voices Amplification Co-op’s DC Employment Justice Research Project; homelessness
- Country
- United States
- Local Identifier
- Cowanda Gresham_April 12_2015_Sound
- Collection
- Homeless Voices Amplification Coop
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1448
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- sound recording
- Title
- David Chisolm Interview, April 12, 2015
- Date
- April 12, 2015
- Creator
- Person responsible unknown
- Description
- PROJECT’S OBJECTIVES: The Homeless Voices Amplification Co-op (HVAC) works to amplify stories of unhoused individuals’ past and present work experiences. Recognizing that unhoused individuals are the most valuable source of knowledge on the realities of their employment, HVAC partners with the unhoused to create space for strategic community reflection as a means to further activism for economic justice. HVAC believes stories have the power to humanize individuals and undermine stigmas and stereotypes in ways statistics cannot. HVAC intends to draw upon the power of these stories to create a powerful, multi-dimensional online platform that can enhance efforts to mobilize the community.
- Subject
- Georgetown Law School; Homeless Voices Amplification Co-op’s DC Employment Justice Research Project; homelessness
- Country
- United States
- Local Identifier
- David Chisolm_April 12_2015_Sound
- Collection
- Homeless Voices Amplification Coop
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1447
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- sound recording
- Title
- David Sembly Interview, April 12, 2015
- Date
- April 12, 2015
- Creator
- Person responsible unknown; Person responsible unknown
- Description
- PROJECT’S OBJECTIVES: The Homeless Voices Amplification Co-op (HVAC) works to amplify stories of unhoused individuals’ past and present work experiences. Recognizing that unhoused individuals are the most valuable source of knowledge on the realities of their employment, HVAC partners with the unhoused to create space for strategic community reflection as a means to further activism for economic justice. HVAC believes stories have the power to humanize individuals and undermine stigmas and stereotypes in ways statistics cannot. HVAC intends to draw upon the power of these stories to create a powerful, multi-dimensional online platform that can enhance efforts to mobilize the community.
- Subject
- Georgetown Law School; Homeless Voices Amplification Co-op’s DC Employment Justice Research Project; homelessness
- Country
- United States
- Local Identifier
- David_Sembly_April 12_2015_Sound
- Collection
- Homeless Voices Amplification Coop
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1454
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- sound recording
- Title
- Debra Smith Interview, April 12, 2015
- Date
- April 12, 2015
- Creator
- Person responsible unknown
- Description
- PROJECT’S OBJECTIVES: The Homeless Voices Amplification Co-op (HVAC) works to amplify stories of unhoused individuals’ past and present work experiences. Recognizing that unhoused individuals are the most valuable source of knowledge on the realities of their employment, HVAC partners with the unhoused to create space for strategic community reflection as a means to further activism for economic justice. HVAC believes stories have the power to humanize individuals and undermine stigmas and stereotypes in ways statistics cannot. HVAC intends to draw upon the power of these stories to create a powerful, multi-dimensional online platform that can enhance efforts to mobilize the community.
- Subject
- Georgetown Law School; Homeless Voices Amplification Co-op’s DC Employment Justice Research Project; homelessness
- Country
- United States
- Local Identifier
- Debra Smith_April 12_2015_Sound
- Collection
- Homeless Voices Amplification Coop
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1456
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- sound recording
- Title
- Gary Gee Interview, November 17, 2020
- Date
- Novemeber 17, 2020
- Creator
- Gary Gee; Person responsible unknown; Person responsible unknown
- Description
- This interview is part of a documentation of the experience of the artists who contributed to the Black Lives Matter mural in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana. Gary Gee, one of the eighteen artists, is a full-time professional artist. In this interview, Gary discusses his long path to becoming a professional artist, his painting of the letter “I” in “Lives”, and the history of racism in the Indianapolis community.
- Subject
- Black Lives Matter; art; Indianapolis, Indiana; racism; community; activism
- Country
- United States
- Collection
- "The Eighteen": Black Lives Matter Activists in Indianapolis, Indiana
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2566
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- sound recording
- Title
- George Olivar Interview, April 12, 2015
- Date
- April 12, 2015
- Creator
- Person responsible unknown
- Description
- PROJECT’S OBJECTIVES: The Homeless Voices Amplification Co-op (HVAC) works to amplify stories of unhoused individuals’ past and present work experiences. Recognizing that unhoused individuals are the most valuable source of knowledge on the realities of their employment, HVAC partners with the unhoused to create space for strategic community reflection as a means to further activism for economic justice. HVAC believes stories have the power to humanize individuals and undermine stigmas and stereotypes in ways statistics cannot. HVAC intends to draw upon the power of these stories to create a powerful, multi-dimensional online platform that can enhance efforts to mobilize the community.
- Subject
- Georgetown Law School; Homeless Voices Amplification Co-op’s DC Employment Justice Research Project; homelessness
- Country
- United States
- Local Identifier
- George Olivar_April 12_2015_Sound
- Collection
- Homeless Voices Amplification Coop
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:1427
- mods_typeOfResource_mt
- sound recording