Interview with Dennis Clark, August 25, 1982
Project: I Remember When: Times Gone But Not Forgotten Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Dennis Clark (1927-1993) grew up in the Kensington neighborhood of north Philadelphia during the Great Depression. A glazer by profession, Clark's father could rarely find employment during the 1930s, so the family struggled to afford rent or food and moved from one row house to the next to avoid the rent collector. Clark went on to get his doctorate in history at Temple University and to write histories of the Irish in Philadelphia. In his two 1982 interviews, Clark shared memories of his childhood in an Irish community and a history of Kensington's shops and mills.Interview Accession
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Childhood Recreation Motion pictures. Holidays. Christmas. Stores Religion Poor Race relations Philadelphia ImmigrationInterview Rights
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Clark, Dennis Interview by Charles Hardy, III. 25 Aug. 1982. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Clark, D. (1982, August 25). Interview by C. H. III. I Remember When: Times Gone But Not Forgotten Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Clark, Dennis, interview by Charles Hardy, III. August 25, 1982, I Remember When: Times Gone But Not Forgotten Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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