Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture

The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of African American History and Culture will produce an online archive of interviews highlighting the significant achievements and everyday lives of African Americans in Maryland. The project will reactivate an oral history studio that was equipped with recording equipment when the museum first opened. Museum staff will work with two interns to research and update an existing collection of over 100 oral histories, and an Advisory Committee will help to identify new interview prospects. The project will result in the digitization of 112 oral history interviews conducted between 2001-2002 as well as 50-75 new oral histories. The museum will engage a videographer and other contractors to conduct and transcribe the interviews and to create a dedicated webpage which will serve as a repository of oral histories related to Maryland African American history.