| Other author/creator | Moss, A. Paul, 1911-2010, interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Crowe, Larry F., interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Lane, Edgar Carey, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title |
History Makers video oral history with A. Paul Moss |
| Portion of title |
A. Paul Moss |
| Abstract |
Nonprofit executive Alonzo Paul Moss was born May 16, 1911 in Springfield, Ohio. Moss attended Central Junior High School and Springfield High School. Moss graduated from West Virginia's Bluefield Teachers College in 1935. Moss rose to branch executive with the Springfield YMCA, raising $300,000.00 for a new facility which opened in 1950. In 1960, eh was recruited by the national office of the YMCA. He expanded programs, founded Camp King's Landing and helped form the King's Landing Mother's Club, which founded the city's Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Breakfast in 1968. Integrating and supervising five county branches, Moss served on the Baltimore Department of City Services Advisory Board, the Maryland Food Bank and on the University of Maryland Board of Regents. Moss coordinated community programs and volunteered in prisons. Honored by the people of Springfield and Baltimore, Moss retired to Ellicott City, Maryland. Moss passed away on September 9, 2010 at age 99. |
| Credits | Videographer, Edgar Carey Lane. |
| Performer |
Larry Crowe, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Ellicott, Maryland 2004 June 10. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2004.069 HistoryMakers |
