Oral history interview with Irving B. Yochelson

Irving Yochelson, a white man born on November 26, 1905, talks about growing up just outside of Anacostia on the top of Good Hope Road and how his father operated a country store while his mother was a midwife at Providence Hospital. He discusses the history of his neighborhood, which was originally called Uniontown until the end of the Civil War when the name changed to Anacostia and how Barry Farm-Hillsdale and Congress Heights were not a part of the neighborhood. He recalls his grandfather's business, Dr. Bury's Drug Store, attending Stanton Elementary School, and later banking with Ledru Koontz at Anacostia Bank. Yochelson includes information about different families he knew growing up, such as the Jenkins, the Campbells, and the Dietrichs. Yochelson goes on to explain more about Garfield and Barry Farm-Hillsdale history and provides newspaper clippings of historical events. He ends the interview describing the Bonus Army and the King Cotton store. Yochelson was interviewed two times by Wanda Dickens on October 22,1975 and October 22, 1975. Digital audio files include white noise and static; interviewee can be heard clearly for most parts.