Lower East Side Oral History Project.

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The Lower East Side Oral History Project is an ongoing series of interviews about immigrant life and work on the Lower East Side, many of them jointly sponsored by the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, or by Henry Street Settlement House.

Thirty-nine interviews were conducted by NYU graduate students in courses taught by Rachel Bernstein in the History Department; another 54 interviews were done by volunteers from the Workmen's Circle who participated in a Lower East Side Tenement Museum project documenting immigrant life on the Lower East Side. These interviewers were trained by Bernstein in two day-long seminars. All of the interviews are wide-ranging life-history interviews.

From the description of Oral histories, 1991-1994. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 477246884

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creatorOf Lower East Side Oral History Project. Oral histories, 1991-1994. Churchill County Museum
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associatedWith Bernstein, Rachel Amelia, 1953- person
associatedWith Henry Street Settlement (New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith Lower East Side Tenement Museum. corporateBody
associatedWith Workmen's Circle (U.S.) corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
New York (State)--New York
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Immigrants
Immigrants
Jews
Jews, East European
Social settlements
Tenement houses
Occupation
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Active 1991

Active 1994

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