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  • Call NumberOSOS_OH_0220-accs
  • Summary(0:17) Relationship to different neighborhoods in Brooklyn -- (1:51) Growing up in East New York -- (2:51) Moving to East Flatbush, feeling dislocated -- (4:42) Neighborhood changes -- (5:04) Hyland park -- (5:45) Going to school at P.S 158 -- (6:40) Childhood in Brooklyn -- (7:32) Junior high school -- (8:20) Having different ideas about women's education with mother -- (9:20) Brooklyn College and education as an adult -- (10:04) Working at New York State Department Of Labor -- (10:48) Moving to Midwood -- (12:16) Exploring the city by bike and through running -- (13:24) Midwood now and then -- (14:16) Learning to ride a bike and to swim as an adult -- (15:30) -- The importance of learning from other people.
  • Date2018-03-23
  • Physical Description1 sound file (17.08 min.) : digital, MP3
  • CreatorKaplan, Sylvia
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • Digital Public Library of AmericaThis item is represented in the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).
  • Formatsound recording-nonmusical
  • GenreinterviewsMP3
  • NoteAudio interview conducted on March 23, 2016, by Judith Pierce at Brooklyn College. Collected through Our Streets, Our Stories, an oral history project of Brooklyn Public Library. This project is a partnership with Services for Older Adults and the Brooklyn Collection.
  • SubjectAdult education of women ; Brooklyn College ; Anthropology ; New York (State). Department of Labor ; Hunter College ; Bicycling ; Running ; Swimming ; Segregation ; Ethnic diversity ; Community development--New York (State)--Brooklyn.
  • PlaceEast Flatbush (New York, N.Y.)East New York (New York, N.Y.)Midwood (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is covered by a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Users are free to share and adapt the work for non-commercial purposes as long as appropriate credit is given to the source and new material created with this work is shared under the same conditions.
  • TitleOral history interview conducted with Sylvia Kaplan on 2018 March 23.