Unified Committee for Afro-American Contributions Oral History Documentation Project--Harry Linwood Reed's oral history; Unified Committee for Afro-American Contributions Oral History Documentation Project--Harry Linwood Reed's oral history
Entry/Object ID
2009.002.0063
Scope and Content
1 compact disk ; 4 11/16" in diameter
Harry Linwood Reed's oral history interview on December 18, 2001. He grew up in Westmoreland County, Virginia and went to Washington, D.C. for hotel work. He was a longshoreman during World War II, part of the Normandy landing. After the war, he worked for the Rural Electrification Administration and retired in 1968. He then opened a hotel in Longview Beach which had its ups and downs. He talked a lot about his early schooling and his childhood. He became a baker and ice cream maker and that kept him employed. He discussed family reunions. The interview is on two disks and in a black plastic container with a cream label on the spine.
This object contains:
2009.002.0063.0001--Transcript of Harry Linwood Reed's oral history
Collection
Unified Committee for Afro-American Contributions Oral History Collection