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Title: Adam Canaday Interview, October 30, 2020
Date: October 30, 2020
Creator: Adam Canaday; HopeLily Van Duyne; Person responsible unknown
Description: Adam Canaday is a Journeyman Coachman with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation that runs the museums and historic houses and sites in Williamsburg, Virginia. Adam talks about his experiences working at Colonial Williamsburg since he was a small child. He addresses some of the issues that people of color face working at Colonial Williamsburg, especially when working as historical interpreters. This interview was conducted as part of class requirements for HIST:667 Oral History with Dr. Anna Kaplan in fall 2020.
Subject: Colonial Williamsburg; Native Americans; Chickahominy; enslaved people; African Americans; costumed interpreters
Country: United States
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2577
Rights statement: Copyright for this object is held by American University and does not preclude any use the co-interviewee(s) may want to make of the information in the recordings themselves. This object is made available through the American University Digital Research Archive for research and educational purposes. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the object beyond the bounds of Fair Use must be obtained from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Lost Colony"
Description: Written by Margaret Leworth and stars Loretta Young. Features Ray Collins, John McIntire, Jeanette Nolan, Ed Jerome, Karl Swenson, Kenny Delmar. Music by Donald Voorhees with chorus directed by Ken Christie. Clayton Collyer, announcer. Produced by Homer Fickett. The story of Eleanore Dare, and how she helped keep the small English colony on the island of Roanoke together while awaiting aid from England.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Dare, Eleanor, 1563-1599?; Roanoke Colony
Local Identifier: program_no:194
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101690
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: Preston Jones Interview, November 1, 2020
Date: November 1, 2020
Creator: Preston Jones; HopeLily Van Duyne
Description: Preston Jones is a Journeyman Silversmith with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation that runs the museums and historic houses and sites in Williamsburg, Virginia. Preston talks about his experiences working at Colonial Williamsburg since he was in high school. He addresses some of the issues that people of color face working at Colonial Williamsburg, especially when working as historical interpreters. This interview was conducted as part of class requirements for HIST:667 Oral History with Dr. Anna Kaplan in fall 2020.
Subject: family history; Colonial Williamsburg; College of William & Mary; school desegregation; Yorktown; Native Americans; Chickahominy; Fife & Drum; gender roles; unequal treatment; diversity
Country: United States
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2574
Rights statement: Copyright for this object is held by American University and does not preclude any use the co-interviewee(s) may want to make of the information in the recordings themselves. This object is made available through the American University Digital Research Archive for research and educational purposes. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the object beyond the bounds of Fair Use must be obtained from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.