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Title: Jan Evans
Description: Discusses Jan’s childhood and schooling in Washington, D.C., her recollections of the brewery as a male-dominated sphere, her memories of visiting and staying with her grandparents Christian and Amelia Heurich, and her relationship with Amelia in particular. Also discusses memories and stories from her mother, Karla. Includes discussion about German heritage, Christian’s immigration and American Dream story, and the long history of military service in her family., Jan Allison Evans was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on December 22, 1932 to Karla Heurich and Charles King, who was killed at Normandy during World War II. Her grandparents on her mother’s side were Christian and Amelia Heurich. Jan was an “army brat” who spent time in different places growing up but had strong connections to Washington, D.C., and to her grandparents, especially Amelia. She graduated high school from the Cathedral School while living with her aunt Anita in Washington, as her mother and stepfather were stationed in Japan, where Jan had also lived for a year. While in Japan, she met her future husband, Lt. Benjamin Crabbs Evans Junior, with whom she had two daughters - Karla and Louise. Her engagement to Evans was announced at the annual Christmas Party at the Chr. Heurich Brewing Co. by her uncle, Chris Heurich, Jr. Jan was active in local Republican politics and has served on numerous boards and committees, including the American Red Cross. Jan, along with her cousin Gary Heurich, was largely responsible for establishing the Heurich House Museum. Today she lives at the Fox Hill Residences in Bethesda, Maryland.

Title: Mark Keyser
Description: Mark Keyser discusses his childhood visits to Washington, D.C. and his recollections of his grandfather, Adolph Kaiser, his Aunt Amelia Heurich and visiting her at the Heurich House, and her sisters. He discusses his father Karl Anton Keyser's U.S. Navy service during World War II, along with ancestors on the Dilger side of his family and their service in the Civil War. One Dilger relative was a German operative working in D.C. during World War I. Although Mark does not have strong memories of the brewery itself, he does recall that the brewery's stables that later became a wax museum. Mark also reflects on stories he had heard about Christian Heurich, his generosity, and on his legacy in the family, recognizing that Christian likely provided financial assistance to the Keysers at times., Mark Keyser was born in 1950 in Northampton, Massachusetts to Karl Anton Keyser (1918-1995) and Dorothy M. Borger (1923-2003). He grew up near Amherst in a veterans’ housing project and visited his extended family in Washington, D.C. as a boy. Today Mark lives in Seabrook, New Hampshire, where he was enjoying a career as a substitute teacher until the COVID-19 pandemic hit in February/March 2020. His father Karl was Amelia Louisa Keyser Heurich’s nephew and grew up in Washington, D.C., at 1777 Lanier Place, NW. Karl served as Executive Officer (second in command) in the U.S. Navy in World War II on the U.S.S. Eberle in the North Atlantic and Mediterranean theatres of combat. He stayed in the U.S. Navy Reserve until about 1973. He earned several graduate degrees from Carnegie Mellon University (then the Carnegie Institute of Technology) in Pittsburg and had a long career as a professor of mechanical engineering and material sciences at the University of Massachusetts (Amherst?). Mark’s mother Dorothy had a career as a model in New York City where she crossed paths with actress Tippi Hedren before the war. During the war she worked at Sperry on Long Island as part of the war effort. After she married and the war ended, she concentrated on raising her three children. This interview also includes material about Mark’s grandfather, Adolph G. (“Dolph”) Keyser Sr. (1874-1955). Dolph was an attorney in Washington who Mark remembers had an office on K Street, NW, and who he believes worked for Christian Heurich, primarily handling Heurich’s real estate holdings. Dolph attended law school at Georgetown. Amelia Heurich’s diary records a moment in 1914 when her brother was not promoted to a secretarial/bookkeeping position at the brewery.

Title: The Washington Blade, February 27, 1987
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on accusations by activists that DC failed responding to the AIDS crisis and instituting AIDS education programs, the representation of gay Holocaust victims in a conference at the U.S. Holocaust Museum, a settlement in a case of discrimination against a White House stenographer as the White House admitted his sexuality had been a factor in the decision to revoke his security clearance over previous arguments that staffers at the White House were domestic staff of the president and therefore not entitled to the due process protections for other federal employees, a profile of local black gay bar manager and fashion designer Marc King, reviews of gay interest arts and media, and ads of gay-friendly businesses, events, and groups., Volume 18, Number 9

Title: Lena Bradley
Description: In this oral history interview, Lena Bradley, a long time D.C. resident, discusses her life and experiences moving from Kenly, North Carolina, to Washington, D.C. She reflects on her upbringing and education in the South as well as her life in Washington and career as a beautician., Lena Mae Bunch Townsend Bradley was born in Wilson County, North Carolina, July 20, 1929 to Adelina Bunch and James Henry Bynum. She lived there until the age of five, at which time she moved to Kenly, North Carolina, in Johnson County, attending the city public grade school from the first to the sixth grade. She attended high school in Selma, North Carolina and graduated in 1950. She stayed with an aunt in D.C. during the summers starting in 1946, getting a job taking care of a wealthy older White woman in the community, and after graduating she stayed in the city, becoming a beautician, joining Second Baptist Church in 1953 and marrying in 1956. She participated in beauty competitions and won awards, traveling extensively with her husband, all the while remaining a member of Second Baptist for over sixty-seven years.

Title: Edith Crutchfield session 2
Description: This is the second session of a life history interview with Edith Crutchfield. In this interview Ms. Crutchfield reflects on her upbringing in Culpeper, Virginia, the move to Washington, D.C., in 1953 at age 17, and her life in Washington. She speaks about her experiences with segregation and discrimination in D.C. and discusses how she and her sisters helped each other transition into life in Washington. Ms. Crutchfield recalls being able to vote for the first time when the District was allowed to vote in the 1964 presidential election and relates the civil rights struggles of the 1960s to the 2020 election as well as contemporary social justice struggles. Ms. Crutchfield also discusses her time at Howard University as well as her experience at Miner Teachers College in 1955 when the school merged with Wilson Teachers College to create DC Teachers College. She also reflects on her experiences as a librarian at the FDA and DEA libraries and discusses racism and discrimination she witnessed while working for the government., Ms. Edith Amanda Crutchfield, born August 28, 1936, is a retired librarian and native of Culpeper, Virginia. Ms. Edith is the daughter of John Duff Grasty and Sarah George Ross Grasty and is one of 10 sisters. She migrated to Washington, D.C. at the age of 17 after finishing high school in Culpeper and has remained in D.C. for the rest of her life. All 10 of Ms. Edith's sisters migrated north after high school and none of them returned to live in Virginia. Ms. Edith initially lived with sisters and other family upon arriving in Washington and attended Howard University for a semester before transfering to Miner Teachers College just as Miner's and Wilson Teachers College were being integrated and combined into DC Teachers College. Ms. Edith had a 30-year career as a librarian in government libraries (FDA and DOJ) and spent the last fifteen years of her career in private libraries of law firms. Ms. Edith married and had one daughter, Debra, who passed away in 2015.

Title: Edith Crutchfield session 3
Description: This is the third session of a life history interview with Ms. Edith Crutchfield. This interview was recorded at three different locations in the Park View and Petworth neighborhoods of Washington, D.C. The first two locations, 3316 Warder Street NW and 4125 New Hampshire Ave NW, are residences where Ms. Crutchfield lived in the years after she first arrived in Washington in August 1953. The final location is Ms. Crutchfield’s current home on Rock Creek Church Road NW. In this interview Ms. Edith discusses her experiences in Washington from the 1950s when she first arrived, to 1978 when she moved to Silver Spring,\nMaryland. She also recounts how and why she returned to Washington in 2011 and reflects on her life in the D.C. Region. She also discusses her family life in Washington and the lives of her daughter, Debra, and her husband, Richard, who passed away in 2015 and 2018 respectively., Ms. Edith Amanda Crutchfield, born August 28, 1936, is a retired librarian and native of Culpeper, Virginia. Ms. Edith is the daughter of John Duff Grasty and Sarah George Ross Grasty and is one of 10 sisters. She migrated to Washington, D.C. at the age of 17 after finishing high school in Culpeper and has remained in D.C. for the rest of her life. All 10 of Ms. Edith's sisters migrated north after high school and none of them returned to live in Virginia. Ms. Edith initially lived with sisters and other family upon arriving in Washington and attended Howard University for a semester before transfering to Miner Teachers College just as Miner's and Wilson Teachers College were being integrated and combined into DC Teachers College. Ms. Edith had a 30-year career as a librarian in government libraries (FDA and DOJ) and spent the last fifteen years of her career in private libraries of law firms. Ms. Edith married and had one daughter, Debra, who passed away in 2015.

Title: Edith Crutchfield session 1
Description: This is the first session of a life history interview with Edith Crutchfield. In this interview Ms. Crutchfield primarily discusses her early life in Culpeper, Virginia, before moving to Washington, D.C., at age 17 in 1953. In discussing her upbringing, Ms. Edith talks extensively about her family life with her parents and nine sisters. She talks about her parents work and explains that she and all her sisters began domestic work at age 11. Ms. Edith also discusses her educational experiences at segregated schools in Culpeper and recounts some of her early experiences in Washington, such as attending Miner Teachers College when the school merged with Wilson Teachers College to become the integrated DC Teachers College., Ms. Edith Amanda Crutchfield, born August 28, 1936, is a retired librarian and native of Culpeper, Virginia. Ms. Edith is the daughter of John Duff Grasty and Sarah George Ross Grasty and is one of 10 sisters. She migrated to Washington, D.C. at the age of 17 after finishing high school in Culpeper and has remained in D.C. for the rest of her life. All 10 of Ms. Edith's sisters migrated north after high school and none of them returned to live in Virginia. Ms. Edith initially lived with sisters and other family upon arriving in Washington and attended Howard University for a semester before transfering to Miner Teachers College just as Miner's and Wilson Teachers College were being integrated and combined into DC Teachers College. Ms. Edith had a 30-year career as a librarian in government libraries (FDA and DOJ) and spent the last fifteen years of her career in private libraries of law firms. Ms. Edith married and had one daughter, Debra, who passed away in 2015.

Title: Arrington Dixon
Description: In this interview, Arrington Dixon discussed his early experiences living in Anacostia and moving to the Lamond Riggs area. Dixon remembers segregation and discrimination growing up, and the impact of the church on his life. He also recalls taking the trolleys to McKinley High School, the death of his brother, and running for Councilmember of Ward 4., Arrington Dixon is a native Washingtonian who grew up in Anacostia before moving to Lamond Riggs while was attending Howard University. In 1964, he joined the Air Force Academy. In 1968, Dixon was elected to the D.C. Council to represent Ward 4.

Title: The Washington Blade, January 10, 1986
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on the death and life work of Christopher Isherwood, the formation of an AIDS advocacy political action committee in Maryland, a request from the White House for the dismissal of a discrimination suit by a gay stenographer dismissed for his sexuality on the grounds that the White House is the president's private residence and therefore he has the right to dismiss any domestic staff for any reason regardless of due process regulations, efforts from the CDC to encourage HIV testing and advocate that state health departments begin partner tracing, a look at persistent misinformation about the scale of positive HIV tests in blood supply screening and the risk of contracting HIV from either donating or receiving blood, anger as another local police department is found to have covertly filmed all users of a department store men's room in Wheaton for two weeks in an effort to target a small number of gay men for charges such as indecent exposure, prostitution, 'unnatural or perverted sexual practice', and disorderly conduct, an update on the five navy recruits who tested positive for HIV antibodies during screenings required by the Defense Department, statistics on chart-topping song 'That's What Friends Are For' by several big name singers who agreed to donate all the royalties from the record to AIDS research, a look at gay life and the Contra conflict in Nicaragua, reviews of gay interest media, and ads for gay-friendly businesses, events, and groups., Volume 17, Number 2

Title: Labor Contract and Inventory of Enslaved Persons in Georgetown

Title: Memoranda respecting servants Washington, D.C.
Description: Written in diary form and titled Memoranda Respecting Servants Washington, D.C., this log records the service of enslaved and free servants who worked in an unknown Washington, D.C. household between 1833 and 1847. Pages have been removed (torn) from their original bound form. The memoranda includes the type of labor and fees, limited physical descriptions, and reasons for dismissal., It is likely the enslavers/employers lived in Georgetown based upon a search of the 1834 and 1843 city directories.

Title: 'The Cleaning Lady'
Description: Interview with a domestic worker about the struggles of low-wage workers, conducted by a women's sub-group of the Washington Community Video Center., Overall grainy image, especially in low light settings. Occasional crash records result in momentary vertical hold and tracking errors. Extended tracking error near end is inherent to original recording. Audio levels set to compensate for loud laughter/dialogue at end.

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