Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rainbow History Project Oral History Collection Description An account of the resource Eye-witness accounts of what we’ve seen and experienced provide a valuable resource to researchers and future generations to understand our past and how we arrived where we are today. Each interview in this collection has a narrator telling the story and a documenter guiding the process. Collected since the founding of the RHP, this collection is growing and is open to researchers. All interviews have been digitized and are described in the catalog; only some of them have transcripts available. None of the interviews stream online. To obtain access to an interview, you must request by contacting us directly, providing a brief description of your project and your research interests. Our email address is: info AT rainbowhistory DOT org One of our team will share the file from our Google Drive, and you can listen from home. Please be sure to have "Music Player for Google Drive" enabled on your machine to play the recording. www.driveplayer.com Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. To see all interviews in the collection, click on "Items in the Rainbow History Project Oral History Collection" link below. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Rainbow History Project Various narrators per oral history Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview. Lynne Brown Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed. Nicolas Shi Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound. Not yet transcribed Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 1:14:50 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oral History with Nicolas Shi (LCCA) Subject The topic of the resource This interview is a part of a 2022 collaboration with LCCA, the Washington Blade and the Rainbow History Project to collect oral histories of LGBTQ-identified people who have lived, played and recreated in Logan Circle for ten or more years. Description An account of the resource <strong>Would you like to listen to this audio?</strong> <br />You can access this audio by following this <a href="https://www.logancircle.org/lgbtq-oral-histories">link</a><br />Please email <a href="mailto:oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org">oralhistories@rainbowhistory.org</a> if you have any questions. Abstract A summary of the resource. Nicolas Shi immigrated to the United States from El Salvador for college and moved to Washington, DC for work in 1986. He and his husband bought a house in Logan Circle in 1988 and continue to live there. Nicolas, an acclaimed artist, works out of his studio in the lower level of their house, and he was selected as an artist for Let’s Paint the Streets. (See his work on the utility box at the southwest corner of 15th and P Streets.) He was instrumental in forming MidCity Artists with several other Logan Circle artists who organized open studios. There were a lot of artists around 14th Street: five artists created studios in the basement of a building next to the Crew Club; another studio was in a house next to the Garden District; and an artist had a framing shop on the second floor of Bar Pilar. Nicolas describes social life in Logan Circle. He and his partner would host parties for Asians and Friends and at some point, their party would move to gay bars such as Lost &amp; Found. Afraid of crime, some friends wouldn’t come to parties in Logan Circle. Nicolas notes that people didn’t want to go east of 15th Street, and he refers to “walking blocks,” those that felt safe, and “running blocks,” blocks to move through quickly. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 6/22/2022 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This interview belongs to LCCA, the Washington Blade, and Rainbow History Project.