Oral History Interview Arthur Wright

IdentifierNHF_WC_2016_Wright_Arthur

Date2016 June 16

Description Arthur Wright was born in 1940 on the Wye Plantation, in Queenstown, Maryland, where he lived for the majority of his childhood. He worked on the Houghton Family farm where he would work with his family to take care of the cows and working in the fields and gardens. He mentioned how he heard news of the war from the radio shows. He briefly discusses what types of things his family had to ration and how it affected their lives. He explains how as a kid he was scared of the airplanes that would fly by because they were so loud. He also talks about the importance of his church to his family and tells us about the one-room schoolhouse that he attended shortly after the war.

Material TypeDigital

LanguageEnglish

Duration57m 48s

Preferred CitationArthur Wright, Interview, National Home Front Project, Washington College, Chestertown Maryland.

ProvenanceInterview was recorded by Teddy Connell, Andrew Darlington, Michelle Ramstack, and Rachel Tregliat for the Starr Center of the American Experience National Homefront Project

GeonamesQueenstown, Queen Anne's, Maryland, United States, NA [38.99067,-76.15773] [id:4366379]