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Ellen Craft Dammond reminiscences.
- Title
- Ellen Craft Dammond reminiscences.
- Author
- Dammond, Ellen Craft
- Publication
- 1981.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding aid
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Box 1, Folder 1 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG Oral History Box 1, Folder 1 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Hutson, Jean Blackwell, 1914-1998
- Description
- 1 folders (1 letter size folder)
- Summary
- This collection includes "The Reminiscences of Ellen Craft Dammond", a transcript of an interview with Jean Blackwell Hutson as part of an oral history class at Columbia University in 1981.
- Subjects
- Note
- Shares a box with other oral history transcripts.
- Access (note)
- Some collections held by the Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture are held off-site and must be requested in advance. Please check the collection records in the NYPL's online catalog for detailed location information. To request access to materials in the Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, please visit
- Cite As (note)
- [Item], Ellen Craft Dammond reminiscences, Sc MG 650, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library.
- Source (note)
- Received in 1998, unknown donor.
- Biography (note)
- Ellen Dammond (1916-2007), a social worker and personnel supervisor, was descended from both the Fossetts of Monticello and the famous fugitive slaves William and Ellen Craft. Her uncle was the equal rights activist William Monroe Trotter. She felt strongly about preserving and passing on the history of the struggles for freedom and equality, and both she and her daughter, Peggy Preacely, were active participants in the civil rights movement in the 1960s. Dammond also worked with Polly Cowan and Dorothy Height in the Wednesdays in Mississippi project. This collection includes "The Reminiscences of Ellen Craft Dammond", a transcript of an interview with Jean Blackwell Hutson as part of an oral history class at Columbia University in 1981.
- Call Number
- Sc MG 650
- OCLC
- 1200440961
- Author
- Dammond, Ellen Craft, creator.
- Title
- Ellen Craft Dammond reminiscences.
- Production
- 1981.
- Access
- Some collections held by the Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture are held off-site and must be requested in advance. Please check the collection records in the NYPL's online catalog for detailed location information. To request access to materials in the Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, please visit: http://archives.nypl.org/divisions/scm/request_access
- Cite As:
- [Item], Ellen Craft Dammond reminiscences, Sc MG 650, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library.
- Biography
- Ellen Dammond (1916-2007), a social worker and personnel supervisor, was descended from both the Fossetts of Monticello and the famous fugitive slaves William and Ellen Craft. Her uncle was the equal rights activist William Monroe Trotter. She felt strongly about preserving and passing on the history of the struggles for freedom and equality, and both she and her daughter, Peggy Preacely, were active participants in the civil rights movement in the 1960s. Dammond also worked with Polly Cowan and Dorothy Height in the Wednesdays in Mississippi project. This collection includes "The Reminiscences of Ellen Craft Dammond", a transcript of an interview with Jean Blackwell Hutson as part of an oral history class at Columbia University in 1981.
- Source
- Received in 1998, unknown donor.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Hutson, Jean Blackwell, 1914-1998, interviewer.
- Research Call Number
- Sc MG 650