Oral history interview transcript with Evelyn Haddad, Nicholas Haddad, and Edmond Moussally, March 15, 1995

Permanent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20421729

Title:

Oral history interview transcript with Evelyn Haddad, Nicholas Haddad, and Edmond Moussally. March 15, 1995

Creator:

Haddad, Evelyn, 1917-2009 (Interviewee)

Contributor:

Haddad, Nicholas, 1915-2012 (Interviewee)
Moussally, Edmond, 1935- (Interviewee)
Rivera, Guadulesa (Interviewer)
United South End Settlements (Boston, Mass.) (Associated name)

Date created:

2021

Type of resource:

Text

Genre:

Transcripts

Format:

electronic
71 pages

Digital origin:

reformatted digital

Abstract/Description:

An interview with Evelyn Haddad (1917-2009), Nicholas Haddad (1915-2012), and Edmond Moussally (1935-). Evelyn, along with her husband, Nicholas, and Edmund-Professor of Music at Roxbury Community College-discuss growing up in the South End and being raised by Lebanese immigrants. The Arabic language, the church, the community, and family are all themes throughout the interview.

Notes:

Collection finding aid: http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20297022

Project description:

This oral history was collected and recorded as part of the South End Honor Roll Project-an effort led in 1995 by the United South End Settlements (USES) and funded by the Massachusetts Cultural Council-to collect stories about the South End neighborhood of Boston from individuals with diverse backgrounds. Oral histories include interviewees who identify as Black, Puerto Rican, Dominican-, Irish-, Lebanese-, and Ukrainian-American. Memories and personal anecdotes mostly date from the Great Depression to World War II to post-war times. Largely, topics concern community organization, cultural traditions, social experiences, and changes in the urban fabric of the neighborhood over time. These group interviews were conducted in-person at the homes of some of the interviewees in 1995, and were led by Guadulesa Rivera, then Cultural Coordinator at USES.

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