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  • Call NumberOSOS_OH_0002-accs
  • Summary(0:00) School in Brooklyn -- (0:58) Moved to Brooklyn, 1980s -- (1:26) Neighborhood changes-- (2:18) Retirement -- (3:00) Working as a nutritionist at the Board of Education -- (5:20) Children's nutrition -- (13:15) Advice for young people.
  • Date2016-05-20
  • Physical Description1 sound file (16 min.) : digital, MP3
  • CreatorCharles, Patricia
  • 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 May 20, 2016, by Robert Gibbons at Central Library. 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.
  • SubjectPublic schools--New York (State)--New York ; Nutritionists ; Nineteen eighties ; Retirement ; Children--Nutrition--United States ; New York (N.Y.). Board of Education
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
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  • TitleOral history interview with Patricia Charles conducted on 2016 May 20.