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  • Call NumberOSOS_OH_0042-accs
  • Summary(0:24) Growing up in an apartment on East 19th Street and Foster Avenue in Brooklyn -- (0:57) Always thinking of Brooklyn as home - (1:27) The Six Majors program for tenth grade -- (2:18) Serving as chairman of her class' SING! -- (2:42) Sophomore SING! and the female president storyline -- (3:23) Resonance of the class' 50th reunion with Hillary Clinton's candidacy -- (4:40) Seeing the motorcade carrying Lyndon B. Johnson and Robert Kennedy on Bedford Avenue in 1964 -- (5:44) Attending the Democratic Party's election night event during Lyndon B. Johnson's election -- (6:05) Having a political childhood and friendships -- (6:44) Attending Mount Holyoke College and meeting a girl from Little Rock -- (7:37) Becoming a school psychologist -- (7:44) Starting Journeys International with her husband in 1978 -- (8:07) Interacting with contractors from Alabama during Hurricane Sandy -- (9:05) Working on Robert Kennedy's New York Senate campaign and speaking to him -- (10:08) Singing Penelope Goodheart's song from Midwood SING! 1965 -- (11:31) Singing Buckley's song -- (12:37) Brooklyn accents -- (13:14) How the high school years can shape your life.
  • Date2016-10-15
  • Physical Description1 sound file (15 min.) : digital, MP3
  • CreatorSchwartz, Joan
  • 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 October 15, 2016, by Taina Evans at Midwood High School. 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.
  • SubjectPolitical participation ; Class reunions ; High School musicals ; High school ; Bandstands ; Clinton, Hillary Rodham ; Democratic Party (U.S.) ; Mount Holyoke College ; School psychologists ; Education ; Adventure travel ; Contractors ; Alabama ; Hurricane Sandy, 2012 ; Political campaigns ; Beatles ; Liberals--United States ; Trump, Donald, 1946- ; Accents and accentuation ; Little Rock (Ark.) ; Presidential election of 2016 ; Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 ; Kennedy, Robert ; Massachusetts
  • PlaceFlatbush (New York, N.Y.)Midwood (New York, N.Y.)
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  • TitleOral history interview conducted with Joan Schwartz on 2016 October 15.