Title Information
Title
Interview with Kim Hewson
Name: Personal
Name Part
Weisenberg, Nate
Role
Role Term: Text
interviewer
Name: Personal
Name Part
Hewson, Kim
Role
Role Term: Text
interviewee
Type of Resource
mixed material
Origin Information
Date Created (encoding="w3cdtf", keyDate="yes")
2011-10-29
Language
Language Term: Code (ISO639-2B)
eng
Physical Description
Extent
2 sound recordings + 1 PDF
digitalOrigin
born digital
Abstract
Oral history interview with Kim Hewson about the Mashapaug Pond community, Providence, R.I. Hewson, a public school teacher, discusses his involvement with Renaissance Church, a congregation based in the Mashapaug Pond neighborhood. Hewson describes his own and the church's mission in the neighborhood, particularly with the Burmese immigrant community, in the context of his faith, and of New England history. He also talks about his work with the Environmental Justice League, and the ecology of the pond.
Note
This oral history was conducted by a Brown University student in Anne Valk and Holly Ewald's fall 2011 course "Oral History and Community Memory".
Genre (aat) (authorityURI="http://vocab.getty.edy/aat/", valueURI="http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300202595")
oral histories (literary works)