Oral history interview video with Teddy McLaren, Alice Sanford, Dorothea Collins, Barbara Williams, and four unidentified interviewees. 1995

McLaren, Teddy (Interviewee)

Sanford, Alice, 1928-2017 (Interviewee)
Collins, Dorothea (Interviewee)
Williams, Barbara (Interviewee)
Rivera, Guadulesa (Interviewer)
United South End Settlements (Boston, Mass.) (Associated name)

1995

Moving image

Interviews

Video

reformatted digital

An interview with Teddy McLaren, Alice Sanford (1928-2017), Dorothea Collins, Barbara Williams, and four unidentified interviewees, who reminisce about their early years growing up in the South End as Black women during the 1930s and 1940s. They recount a wide variety of memories of family, neighborhood, and school life in these and subsequent decades. The group also discusses the impact of music on their lives such as taking instrument lessons and attending shows in Boston by notable jazz musicians and entertainers. The changes in demographics and the urban fabric of the South End is also a consistent topic throughout the interview.

Collection finding aid: http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20297022

This oral history was collected and recorded as part of the South End Honor Roll Project-an effort led in 1995 by the United South End Settlements (USES) and funded by the Massachusetts Cultural Council-to collect stories about the South End neighborhood of Boston from individuals with diverse backgrounds. Oral histories include interviewees who identify as Black, Puerto Rican, Dominican-, Irish-, Lebanese-, and Ukrainian-American. Memories and personal anecdotes mostly date from the Great Depression to World War II to post-war times. Largely, topics concern community organization, cultural traditions, social experiences, and changes in the urban fabric of the neighborhood over time. These group interviews were conducted in-person at the homes of some of the interviewees in 1995, and were led by Guadulesa Rivera, then Cultural Coordinator at USES.

United South End Settlements records (M126)
Boston Research Center. Harriet Tubman House Memory Project

South End (Boston, Mass.)
United South End Settlements (Boston, Mass.)
McLaren, Teddy
Sanford, Alice, 1928-2017

M126_B079_VHS004

Northeastern University Library
Archives and Special Collections (M126)

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