Description
- Abstract:
- Oral history interview with Bill Simmons about the Mashapaug Pond community, Providence, R.I. Professor Simmons of Brown University, anthropologist and historian, gives a detailed description of his childhood (late 1930s through 1940s) in Reservoir Triangle neighborhood. He talks about his hobby collecting arrowheads and other Indian artifacts, and the marked social contrast between the East Side (College Hill) and the rest of working-class Providence. He describes the shock he experienced returning home after decades living in California - noting the decline in public education and workforce skills, the loss of industrial employment, and resulting effects on city neighborhoods. He also points out the possible link between present-day Narragansett Indians in the Mashapaug area and their ancestors living there in pre-Colonial times.
- Notes:
- 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".
Citation
"Interview with Bill Simmons"
(2011).
Mashapaug Pond.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:321399/
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Interview with Bill Simmons
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Interview with Bill Simmons
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Mashapaug Pond
Mashapaug Pond and Reservoir Triangle Collection This collection contains oral history interviews, images, and research materials gathered by Brown University students. The project seeks to uncover personal stories related to the natural, social, and cultural history of Mashapaug Pond (Providence, …...