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Sotterley in Six Parts Copyright, 2015, by Samuel C.P. Baldwin, Jr.

Acknowledgements

Co-Editors: John Sterling Houser and Rachel Murree Research Assistants: John Sterling Houser, Rachel Murree, Jeanne Pirtle, Nate Ryon Assistant Writers: Gia Beaton, Michaela Guy, Dargenae Somerville Assistant to the Author: Samuel Maynard Baldwin Special Thanks: Janice Lynn Briscoe, President of the Sotterley Board of Trutees Bill Mitchell, St. Mary’s County Genealogical Society Carol Moody, St. Mary’s County Historical Society Jeannie Pirtle, Historic Sotterley Foundation Education Director David Brown, Historic Sotterley Foundation Board of Trustees Peter Himmelheber, All-Around Historian and Great Guy Kent Randell, St. Mary’s College Archivist Roxanne Summers, Editorial Assistant Meredith Taylor, Emeritus Professor St. Mary’s College of Maryland Frank Tippett, St. Mary’s County Historical Society Tom Warner, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Maryland Department St. Mary’s College of Maryland Slackwater Collection Unified Committee for African American Contributions Oral History Collection

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Dave Brown and Jeanne Pirtle accepting Heritage Preservation Award from the St. Mary’s County Government for their research on and work with Sotterley.

Courtesy of Historic Sotterley

Assistants to the Author outside of the Sotterley mansion. Back Row, Left to Right: Nate Ryon, Samuel Baldwin, John Houser, Sam Baldwin

Front Row, Left to Right: Gia Beaton, Rachel Murree, Michaela Guy, Dargenae Somerville

David Brown, Historic Sotterley Board of Trustees and Jeanne Pirtle, Historic Sotterley Education Director accept Heritage Preservation Project Awards from the St. Mary’s County

Government for their respective books and research on Sotterley.

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Contributors

The following people were interviewed by Samuel Baldwin: Bob Aldridge Donald Barber John Hanson Briscoe Agnes Kane Callum Martina Callum Nancy Easterling Tyler Gearhart Joe Goldsmith Gary Hodge Dr. Tuajuanda Jordan Richard Knott Burt Kummerow Robbie Loker Connie Mattingly Bob Schaller Meredith Taylor Richard Thomas Tom Waring Mike Whitson Ellen Zahniser

The following interviews were obtained from the Archives at St. Mary’s College of

Maryland as a part of the Slackwater Project: Sylvester Barnes Bessie C. Biscoe Charles B. Briscoe Howard Chase Velma Dameron Effler Charles Fenwick Helen Louise Fenwick Mary Louise Barnes Fleming George Gymes Sarah Evelyn Hewlett Josephine Biscoe Holley Elfreda Mathis Philip Scriber Grace Harris Smith Guffrie Smith Marie Smith Richard Portee Sophia Reed Marguerite Dalton Rhodes Nettie Scriber Stevens Fred Talbert Joseph Ogden Thomas

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Leroy Thompson Elizabeth Walker Mary Louise Webb

The following tapes were obtained from the United Committee for Afro-American

Contributions: Sylvester Barnes Bessie C. Biscoe Charles B. Biscoe with Mary Louise Webb Elmer Brown Howard Randolph Chase Helen Louise Fenwick Mary Louise Barnes Fleming Sarah Evelyn Hewlett Josephine Matilda Biscoe Holley Charles Herbert Knott Elfreda Talbert Mathis Richard Portee Sophia Reed Philip H. Scriber, Sr. Guffrie Smith, Sr. Marie C. Smith Fred Harold Talbert Joseph Odgen Thomas Leroy J. Thompson Sr. Leroy J. Thompson Jr. Elizabeth A. Walker Mary Louis Webb Nannie Theresa Young

The following tapes were obtained from the Sotterley Oral History Project: Donald Barber John Hanson Briscoe Phyllis Barber Brown Joe Greenwood Elizabeth Harman Sandra van Heerden Grace Horton Mabel Satterlee Ingalls

The following tapes were obtained from an oral history project conducted by Janice

Walthour and Chris Groves: Joan Elaine Groves Briscoe

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