Housing Our Story: Towards Archival Justice for Black Baltimore oral history collection
Content Description
This collection consists of twenty-two oral history interviews conducted in 2018 as part of a project titled Housing Our Story: Towards Archival Justice for Black Baltimore, a grant-funded project led by Johns Hopkins University faculty members Dr. Jennifer Kingsley, Dr. Shani Mott, and Dr. N.D.B. Connolly who worked with undergraduate students to collect oral histories of Black staff and contract workers employed at the university. The aim of the project was to preserve individual histories of Black workers at Johns Hopkins in an effort to make the archival record more representative of the people who "weave Hopkins into the social and political fabric of Baltimore," yet whose stories remain largely absent from institutional memory.
Dates
- Creation: 2018
Creator
- Connolly, N. D. B. (Person)
- Kingsley, Jennifer P., 1978- (Person)
- Mott, Shani (Person)
- Allen, Jeffrey (Person)
- Allette, Zizwe (Person)
- Baldwin, Candice (Person)
- Brown, Mark (Person)
- Colón, Joseph (Person)
- Elliott, Shedrick, III (Person)
- Hudgins, Marcus (Person)
- Laforest-Sharif, Regine (Person)
- Dixon, Nyesha (Person)
- Coombs, Tracey (Person)
- Mellerson, Albertha (Person)
- Morris, Sharon (Person)
- Norris, Lynnise (Person)
- Philip, Marva (Person)
- Ravenell, Raquan (Person)
- Ray, Kenneth (Person)
- Reeves, Tracey (Person)
- Reynolds, Myeshia (Person)
- Saporu, Darlene (Person)
- Smith, Calvin (Person)
- Tavares, Kanita (Person)
- Wilson, Marie (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The restricted interviews are not available for access. Information on restricted interviews can be found in a "Conditions Governing Access" note at the applicable file levels of the collection.
Conditions Governing Use
Single copies may be made for research purposes. Researchers are responsible for determining any copyright questions. It is not necessary to seek our permission as the owner of the physical work to publish or otherwise use public domain materials that we have made available for use, unless Johns Hopkins University holds the copyright.
Extent
13.2 Gigabytes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of twenty-two oral history interviews conducted in 2018 as part of a project titled Housing Our Story: Towards Archival Justice for Black Baltimore.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred to Allison Seyler by Jennifer Kingsley, Nathan Connolly, and Shani Mott on behalf of the Housing Our Story Project in October 2019.
Processing Information
Processed by Kristen Diehl and Jordon Steele in 2021.
- Title
- Guide to the Housing Our Story: Towards Archival Justice for Black Baltimore oral history collection
- Author
- Kristen Diehl
- Date
- 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
The Sheridan Libraries
Special Collections
3400 N Charles St
Baltimore MD 21218 USA
specialcollections@lists.jhu.edu