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A Transcript of an Interview with Captain George Proctor

Captain George Proctor was born in Shady Side in the year 1894. In this Interview, he describes growing up within the community during the late 19th and early 20th century.

An Audio Interview with Iva 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…

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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…

Tags: Addison Baker Ford, Anna Hazard, Annapolis, Annapolis Maryland, Artesian Well, Aunt Venny, Baltimore, Barge, Bernard Hallock, Bernie Atwell, Billy Joe Groom, Butcher, Captain Bill Nowell, Captain Perry Rogers, Cawood Smith, Cedarhurst, Cooking, Dairy, Dance Helen Dawson, Dr. Dent, Duckers, Elsa Leatherbury, Emma Giles, Emma Jean Lee, Ester Leatherbury, Farm, Fritz Witt, Galesville, Garde, George Proctor, Gilbert Leatherbury, Gingersnaps, Gustav Heinrich, Hartges, Harvey Hardesty, Heinrich's Store, Herbert Crandell, Ice House, Jewell Tea Company, Larkin's Products, Lerch house, Mary Nowell, Miss Ethel, Movies, Mr. Lerch, Mullers, Nellie Blanche Crandell, Parrish's Creek, Patuxent River, Samuel Townsend, School, Shady Side School, Siegert, Skating, Snow Cream, Snug Harbor, Sophie Norman, Steamboat, Steamboat Road, Sulky, Tolchester, Tracy's Landing, Turkey, Warren, West River, William Frederick Broening, Willie, Woodfield's

An Oral History Interview with Paul E. 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…

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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…

Tags: Abe Leatherbury Plumbing, Annapolis, Annapolis Maryland, Annie Rogers, Artisan Well, Avalon Shores, Backyard Boats, Baltimore, Bay Bridge, Bay Bridge Construction, Betty Lou Senesi, Bill Nowell, Bill Paulus, Boarding Houses, Boat, Canning House, Centenary Church, Children, Church Woods, Claude Wilde, Crab feast, crabbing, Dancing, Deadrise, Dogwood Street, Dr. Dent, Dr. Smith, Emma Giles, Erosion, Ethel Andrews, Farming, Fernando Weems, Fishing, Fishing Parties, Flooding, Forestville, G.C. Hopkins, Game, Garden, George Proctor, Hand Tonging, Harrison Rogers, Hawthorne, Herb Crandell, Herbert Atwell, Herbert Parks, Hilie Wilde, Hopkins Family, Howard Shenton, Howard Stallings, Hunting, Idlewilde Road, Isabelle lee, Jenny LeFevre, John Lee, Leatherbury's Oyster House, Lee Oyster house, Linda, Lorriane Nieman, Lucretia Brown, Lynn Siegert, Maryland, Mike Hartage, Miss Ethel, Miss Green, Miss Hillie Wilde's, Model A Ford, Moose Lodge, Movie Theater, Mr. Owings, Mrs. Griner, Muskrat, Newspaper, Norman Hazard, Normandy Beach, Owings, Oyster Planting, Oystering, Parrish Creek, Paul L., Perry Rogers, Post Office, Priscilla, Raymond, Renno's, Robert Lee, Robert Rogers, Rural Home Hotel, Shady Side, Shady Side Market, Shoreline Charges, Showboat, Skating, Southard Woodfield, Southern High, St. Matthew's Church, Swan, Swinburn's, Thomas Lumber Company, Three Sisters, Trot Line, Twin Islands, United States Navy, Virginia White Fitz, Whitey Wilde, Willie Crandell, Willie Parks, Wood's Wharf, Woods Wharf Road

Oral History 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 James Samuel Atwell