Unified Committee for Afro-American Contributions Oral History Documentation Project--Sister Marilyn Hopewell’s oral history; Unified Committee for Afro-American Contributions Oral History Documentation Project--Sister Marilyn Hopewell’s oral history

Oral History

St. Mary's County Historical Society, Leonardtown, MD

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2025.002.0011

Scope and Content

Sister Marilyn Hopewell’s interview which took place on May 6, 2013. Meredith Taylor and Alma Jordan interviewed Sister Hopewell for the United Committee for Afro-American Contributions oral history project. Sister Hopewell discusses growing up in Southern Maryland during the 1960s and 1950s. She discusses her desire to be a nun, her education as a child, and how her lifelong goal of being a teacher and nun shaped her life. Sister Hopewell is very proud of many of her accomplishments, including her efforts to bring local children to libraries and her participation in the Black Movement. The object contains an audio recording, transcript, Sister Hopewell’s bio, photographs of Sister Hopewell, and the interview release of Sister Hopewell. It is located in the UCAC Oral Histories Google Drive and on the St. Mary's County Historical Society website.

Collection

Unified Committee for Afro-American Contributions Oral History Collection

Location

Other

Google Drive

Building

Other

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Hopewell, Sister Marilyn

Person or Organization

Taylor, Meredith

Person or Organization

Jordan, Alma

Copyright

Restrictions

Meredith Taylor also helped interview Sister Hopewell.