Behind the Apron Interview with William Bourne

Object Details

Scope and Contents: Through an oral history interview, William Bourne talks about his family and growing up, and working on his family's tobacco farm in Calvert County, Maryland. Bourne describes his experience as an oyster shucker for 64 years at the Warren Denton Seafood House (Calvert County, Maryland). He explains the drop in the oyster population and the changes over the years in the oyster shucking industry, including the changing demographics of the industry's workers.; Interview. Part of Behind the Apron oral history project. Dated 19970415.

Type: Archival materials; Sound recordings; Oral histories (document genres); Interviews

Topic: African Americans; African Americans -- Employment; African Americans -- Maryland; Oyster industry; Clam industry

Citation: Behind the Apron Interview with William Bourne, Behind the Apron oral history project, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

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Behind the Apron: The History, Life, and Hidden Achievements of Southern Maryland's Black Oyster and Clam Workers

Date

1997