Call Number Interviewee Biography Summary Interviewer Date of interview OH 8309 GEORGE ASENDORF (1915-) Accountant, Hecht Co, 1935-1976 ; early experiences in Druid Park and Eastern Shore Ann Michelson OH 8310 HERMAN C. BAINDER (1916-) Katya Bennett OH 8311 EMILY ROBERTA BECK Susan Goodman OH 8312 ALBERT BLUM (1900-) Retired Judge of the Municipal Court of Baltimore City; Former Assistant State's Attorney of Baltimore City; Lt. Commander in Navy, WW II ; Education at Johns Hopkins and University of Maryland Law School; career as Baltimore City Judge; travel experiences Anne-Marie Dallenbach
OH 8313 OSCAR BONNY (1910-) Minister ; early life: family exiled to Siberia; escape into Germany, then to England and United States; experiences with helping Johns Hopkins Students deal with choice of being Conscientious objectors during Vietnam War. Anne-Marie Dallenbach OH 8314 GRACE BURMEISTER ; growing up in Pennsylvania; experiences with AIM Cheryl Lawson OH 8315 ESTHER BONNET (1913-) Generation to Generation Project: The Living Legacy of Older Persons, Katya Bennett OH 8316 ROSE ELLEN CLARKE (1908-) Cannon Shoe, Co., Mt. Royal Ave., 1965-1972; Lever Bro's, St. Paul & Lexington, 1956-1958; Third Service Command, army intelligence, temporary appointment, Court Square Building, 1942-1946 Leila Mahlin 1980 OH 8317 RUTH COFFIN (1906-) Ann Michelson
OH 8318 DAVID PATTERSON CONNER (1907-) Electrician & Lineman: Baltimore & Ohio R.R., 1927-1943; Bethlehem Steel, 1943-1970 ; work at Bethlehem Steel Joan Flanagan OH 8319 ELEANOR CORNER (1891-) Teacher, Arondale School, 1916-1917; Research in Economics, War Department, 1918-1921; Public Affairs Teacher, Women's Civic League, 1921-1922 ; Ellen Steinenger OH 8320 REV. CHARLES DANNER JR., (1920-) Diane Teubner OH 8321 WILLIAM DEWOLFF (1913-) Teacher, Forest Park High School, 1944-1957; Counselor, Edmondson High School; Vice Principal, Western High School, 1957- ; experiences during Depression Cynthia Davidson OH 8322 OH 8323 DOROTHY DUNNELLS (1907-) MARY DAVIDSON, (1915-) Nurse, Baltimore, Pennsylvania, 1932-1975 Senior Specialist, Western Electric, 1942-1972 ; ; experiences with AIM Ann Michelson Ann Michelson
OH 8324 OH 8325 GEORGIA EARLE (1897-) ANTOINE FIEDLER (1902-) Conservation Comm., MD, 1916-1930; Baltimore Museum of Art, 1943-1945; National Gallery of Art, 1945; UN delegation in San Francisco for State Department, 1945;Pasadena Museum of Art; Armed Services Committee of Congress, 1947 ; experiences with Baltimore Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art, UN delegation in San Francisco for State Department, Armed Services Committee of Congress, MacArthur hearing Anne-Marie Dallenbach Melanie A. Butler OH 8326 OH 8327 OH 8328 OH 8329 MARY FREDERICK (1912-) MARGARET FRENKILL GEORGE FROCK (1904-) HELEN O'BOYLE GAINS (1903-) Textile Operator: William E. Hooper & Sons, 1928-1961; Mt. Vernon Mills, 1961-1972; Filter Right, Timonium, 1972-1974 Secretary: Baltimore Plumbing Supply Co., 1923-1927; John C. Knipp & Sons, 1927-1932; Baltimore Contracting, 1932-1943; Housewife Electron, Armco Steel, 1937-1969 Principal, Elementary School, Prince George's County, MD, 1934-1965 ; ; experiences with AIM Katya Bennett Janice E. Ruth Susan Goodman Cynthia Davidson
OH 8330 NAOMI E. GLADDEN OH 8331 OH 8332 OH 8333 OH 8334 THERESE GONZALES (1905-) ELIZABETH GRAY KITTERIDGE (1912-) ROBERT SAMUEL JETT (1901-) LUBOV BREIT KEEFER (1896-) Teacher (pilot program), 1958-1963; housewife Real Estate, Baltimore, 1920-1923; Lawyer, Baltimore, 1923- Teacher: Music, Peabody Conservatory, 1917-1967; Languages, Johns Hopkins University, 1942-1974; Welder, Westinghouse, WW II ; importance of religion ; ; Early life in Russia prior to the Revolution of 1917; Russian attitudes towards older Debra R. Crowell Maria Helena Diaz Susan Goodman Gail D. Solomon Harriet L. Haile OH 8335 ELSIE KRUG (1888-) Missionary, China, 1912-1918; Gift Shop, Chinese Art, St. Paul St., until 1953 ; relationship with Dr. Goucher Anne-Marie Dallenbach
OH 8336 OH 8337 VIRGINIA LEIMBACH (1911-) FLORENCE LEWIS (1911-) Secretary, 1932-1935; Real estate agent, Maturity Tour Guide, and Volunteer Tour guide Teacher, New Jersey, 1926-1935 ; experiences growing up in a wealthy family; experiences in AIM Diane Teubner Harriet L. Haile OH 8338 OH 8339 MILDRED LOGAN (1893-) CAROLINE LYCETT (1905-) Assistant Underwriter, Maryland Casualty Company, 1942-1959 Roslyn Garden Club; Shut-In Society; St. Mark's Episcopal Church and Diocese of Maryland ; experiences with AIM ; experiences working with Episcopal Church Melanie Butler James W. Turner OH 8340 OH 8341 BETA MANAKEE (1901-) EMMA MARSHAL (1888-) Librarian, Enoch Pratt Free Library, 1926-1948 Caterer; Housewife ; experiences with African Americans ; experiences as an African American woman with discrimination; the Wexler Center Katya Bennett Melanie Butler
OH 8342 OH 8343 JOHN P. GRAY (1886-) BETTY GREGOR (1908-) Housewife ; early life in Austria after WW I; Escape from East Germany to West Germany in early 1950's Janice E. Ruth Cynthia Davidson OH 8344 GLADYS J. GUNTHER (1913-) OH 8345 OH 8346 OH 8347 JAMES GUNTHER RUTH GUSTAFSON ISABEL HENDRICKSON (1890- ) Church Secretary, Payne Memorial Church, 1949-1975 Baltimore Post Office, 1940-1970 Teacher, Dept. of Education, Baltimore 1949-1960 Leila E. Mahlin Debra R. Crowell Maria Helena Diaz Joan Flanagan
OH 8348 BEULAH HENDRIX worked in accounting, real estate ; AIM; living in New York City during the Depression Anne-Marie Dallenbach OH 8349 OH 8350 OH 8351 OH 8352 OH 8353 RUTH HIRSCHMANN (1905-) JANETTA HOFFMAN (1893) HELEN HOFFMASTER (1904-) RUTH CALVERT (1901-) LULA CAVACOS (1901-) Volunteer - League of Women Voters, Citizens' Planning and Housing Commission Housewife Secretary, Lutheran Board of Foreign Mission, 1925 Clerical, City Hall, Baltimore, 1942-1963; Cavacos Drug Store, 1924-1934; Housewife ; Waxter Center; AIM; work with League of Women Voters, Citizens' Planning and Housing Commission ; AIM ; Emigration from Greece; trips to Greece Jane S. Turner Cheryl Lawson Cynthia Davidson Joan Flanagan Maria Helena Diaz
OH 8354 OH 8355 OH 8356 OH 8357 OH 8358 MARIE LOMBARDI FAY MELHORN (1908-) EDITH MENKEL (1897-) MARGARET MACLELLAN BEATRICE MCPHERSON (1907-) OH 8359 LEO H. MCCORMICK (1908-) Teacher, SS. Philip & James School, 1956-1963; Homemaker Seamstress, Hutzlers Department Store, Baltimore, 1948-1954 Teacher, Baltimore City, 1918-1963 Volunteer, (1961-) Fund Raiser, Baltimore, 1940-1950 Domestic work; AIM, council board Insurance Broker, Baltimore, U.S. Government ; work as a seamstress ; St. Marks Lutheran Church; Grace Lutheran Church; work as a teacher ; AIM Debra R. Crowell Gail D. Solomon Janice E. Ruth Maria Helena Diaz Susan Goodman Leila E. Mahlin
OH 8360 OH 8361 OH 8362 OH 8363 OH 8364 OH 8365 VIRGINIA MCCORMICK ADA MCKEEHAN (1887-) ANDREW NIKKINEN (1911-) OLIVIA GATES (1896-) LULA MAE OREM ELIZABETH PALMER (1907-) Medical Secretary Dispensing Medicine, 1920-922 Supervisor, Bethlehem Steel, 44 years Balancing Order Clerk, Dept. of Commerce, Washington DC, 22 years Secretary, Hedwin Corporation, 1951-1978; L.P.N, 1930-1934; Housewife Receptionist ; AIM Gail D. Solomon Joan Flanagan Ellen Steinenger Cynthia Davidson Jane S. Turner Joan Flanagan
OH 8366 IDA PASSANO OH 8367 JAMES W. PEARSON (1895-) OH 8368 OH 8369 OH 8370 OH 8371 MARTHA MOHN MEDCALF PRATT (1907-) EVELYN REDMOND (1918-) CHARLOTTE REED (1912-) MARY B. ROWE (1895-) Bldg. Supt., 1919-1961, Army Electrician, 1917-1919 Social Work, Hospital Administrator Housewife Bookkeeper, 1949-1975 Secretary, Johns Hopkins University, 1935-1960; Hochschild Kohn & Co. 1933-1935; French Teacher, Randolph Macon, 1919-1921 ; Experiences in Red Cross overseas; AIM Debra R. Crowell Cheryl Lawson Harriet L. Haile Janice E. Ruth Gail D. Solomon Leila E. Mahlin
OH 8372 MAY SENNER M.S. Levy & Sons, 1916; BGE, 1918-1920; U.S. Gov., Census Bureau, 1925-1931 ; AIM Leila E. Mahlin OH 8373 OH 8374 OH 8375 ELSIE SCOTT (1902-) B.J. SMALL PHYLLIS STERLING (1891-) OH 8376 ELIZABETH D. STEUART (1902-) OH 8377 VIRGINIA SUDSBERG, (1894-) Accountant, Noxell Corp., 1924-1966 Purchasing Agent, Blue Ridge Mfrs, Inc; Office Manager, Marlboro Shirt Co.; Ticket Manager, Baltimore Colts; Volunteer for "Friends of Animals" Secretary Teacher: Roland Park School, 1925-1936; Friends School, 1936-1941, Roland Park School, 1941-1959; Tour Guide (part-time), Hampton Mansion Estimator, Tin Decorating Company, 1917-1924; Book keeper, Hochschild Kohn, 1910-1917 ; treatment of animals Ellen Steinenger Jane S. Turner Janice E. Ruth Cheryl Lawson Debra R. Crowell
OH 8378 OH 8379 OH 8380 OH 8381 OH 8382 MILDRED TAYLOR (1905-) EUNICE PETERSON THOMPSON (1904-) ELIZABETH VOGT (1898-) LOUISE WATTS (1914-) Generation: The Living Legacy of Older Persons Project SHEILA WATERS (1908-) Nurse, Johns Hopkins, 1924-1967 Housewife Seamstress, Sunnyfield, Bensons Edgewood Arsenal, 1940s Social Work ; Waxter Center ; Founder of Society of Humanity and Social Reform International and POW International Maria Helena Diaz Gail D. Solomon Jane S. Turner Anne-Marie Dallenbach Susan Goodman OH 8383 ANNA WATSON Clerical Diane Teubner
OH 8384 OH 8385 OH 8438 OH 8439 OH 8440 OH 8441 CLARA WHEELER (1897-) IANTHA WILLIAMS (1912-) PANEL DISCUSSION - 4/21/1980, PANEL DISCUSSION - 4/13/1980, PANEL DISCUSSION - 4/9/1980, BACKGROUND MATERIALS, Clerical, Hochschild's, Glenn L. Martin, Telephone Company Domestic work, Maid n/a n/a n/a In the fall of, under a grant from the Maryland Committee for the Humanities, Laura Ramsey directed an interview program among senior citizens who were part of the AIM (Action in Maturity), the Senior Citizens Project of the Greater Homewood Community Corporation. Recording of a panel discussion from April 21, 1980 at Goucher College, entitled "Cross Generational Contacts: Mutual Benefits Between Young and Old." Speakers featured: Delegate Anne Perkins from 39th District, Md; Martha Nichols; Gairdner Moment; Janis Forman; Charles Ritter Recording of a panel discussion from April 13, 1980 at Johns Hopkins University, entitled "Changing Attitudes and Public Policy; Effects on Older Persons and Society as a Whole." Speakers featured: Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke; Abel Wolman; Esther Lazarus; Jean Baker; Michael Burton. Recording of a panel discussion from April 9, 1980 at the Waxter Center, entitled "Self-Perceptions on Aging; The Importance of Formal and Informal Support." Speakers featured: Councilman Thomas Waeter, Jr.; Vacoontess Payne; William Passano; Barbara Cohn; Linda Shopes Background documentation and materials on Project Leila Mahlin Katya Bennett n/a April 21, 1980 n/a April 13, 1980 n/a April 9, 1980 n/a