Oral History with Constance McAdam, April 20, 1992

Oral History with Constance McAdam, April 20, 1992

Desegregation

Arlington County Department of Parks and Recreation

Integrated Dances

Constance McAdam was an important figure in Arlington County’s Department of Parks and Recreation. She came to Arlington in 1958 and by the time of her interview had become the Assistant Director of the Department of Parks, Recreation, and Community Resources. Ms. McAdam’s career involved creating programs for a variety of groups of people in Arlington, especially expanding services for senior citizens. One of the first projects Ms. McAdam worked on was integration within the parks department, including sponsoring integrated dances for teens. Her full oral history is available here as an audio file and as a typed transcript. You can also listen to and read the transcripts of excerpts from her interview regarding her involvement with integrated dances.

Constance McAdam

Arlington County Library Oral History Program

Arlington County Library Oral History Program

20-Apr-92

Edmund Campbell

Cas Cocklin

This interview is subject to copyright. Unauthorized use of the interviews in the Local History Collections of the Arlington Community Archives is prohibited.

English

Oral History

mcadamc19920420

1950s-1980s

Edmund Campbell, Cas Cocklin

Constance McAdam

Arlington County, Virginia

Cassette

02:12:05

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