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Oral History Transcript of an Interview with James Samuel Atwell
The Atwell family lived in Shady Side, Maryland for three generations. The Atwells were carpenters, shipwrights, and boat builders. In this Oral History, Jim tells stories of his father using Shady Side "dialect;" of his grandmother, Anna Maude…
Oral History Transcript of an Interview with Doug Hinton
Douglas (Doug) Hinton was born in 1945 to Earl Douglas Hinton (Big Doug) of Kentucky and Naomi Trott Hinton of Shady Side, in Annapolis, Maryland. He attended Shady Side Elementary and Southern Junior-Senior High. Doug was raised in the family home…
Oral History Transcript of an Interview with Paul Ellison Lee
Paul Ellison Lee was born on February 15, 1926 to Robert E. Lee and Sarah Isabelle Lee, née Rogers, in the family home in Shady Side, Maryland. He served in the US Navy and during World War II he operated and landed craft on D-Day and across the…
Oral History Transcript of An Interview With Ethel Andrews and Erwood Avery
This Oral History is a discussion of The Great Swamper, a
local newsletter or newspaper that was published at
intervals during the 1940s and 1950s by William Gilbert
Nowell.
local newsletter or newspaper that was published at
intervals during the 1940s and 1950s by William Gilbert
Nowell.
Captain Bill and The Great Swamper
"Captain Bill," pictured in the photo, wrote and published The Great Swamper, among other newspapers, during his
lifetime. In this photo, he's sitting with copies of the Newspaper.
lifetime. In this photo, he's sitting with copies of the Newspaper.
Transcript of an Interview with Iva Fern Proctor Ford
Iva Fern Proctor Ford was born and raised in Shady Side, Maryland. Her mother was part of the Crandell family and she spent a great deal of time with her Grandmama Crandell, helping around the boarding house she ran for hunters, primarily from…