Oral history collection, 1974-1978.

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Oral history collection, 1974-1978.

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Recordings of interviews with old Brooklyn residents and speakers on Brooklyn and Long Island history at the Long Island Historical Society. Interviewees and speakers include Elton Foster on Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, 1977-1978; Mrs. Statin McKay on Flatbush, 1974; Louis C. Wills, 1974; Sidney McDonald, 1974; Bertram Baker on Brooklyn politics and civil rights movement; B. Meredith Langstaff, 1975; Dr. Simon Grolnick on "Ford family of Clark Street," 1974; Society of Old Brooklynites, 1976-1977; Helen Wortis on Black history on Long Island, 1975; and Claire Wendt on genealogical research.

19 tapes.

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Center for Brooklyn History (2020-)

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The Center for Brooklyn History was founded in 1863 by Henry Pierrepont (1808–1888) as the Long Island Historical Society, with a charter from the New England Historical Society in Boston. In 1985, the society changed its name to the Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS). In 2020, the BHS made an agreement to merge with the Brooklyn Public Library. As of October 2020, the organization is now part of Brooklyn Public Library and is known as the Center for Brooklyn History....

McDonald, Sidney.

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Wills, Louis C.

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Grolnick, Simon A., 1930-....

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Langstaff, B. Meredith.

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Ford family.

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Society of Old Brooklynites.

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Wendt, Claire.

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Baker, Bertram L. (Bertram Llewellyn), 1898-1985

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McKay, Statin, Mrs.

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Wortis, Helen Zunser

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Born Brooklyn, N.Y., died Shelter Island, N.Y. Author. From the description of Papers, 1935-[1976?]. (University of New Mexico-Main Campus). WorldCat record id: 31334220 The daughter of Russian-Jewish immigrant parents, Helen Zunser Wortis (1906-1976) was a humanitarian and scholar who resided in both Brooklyn and Shelter Island on Long Island, where she worked as an archivist at the Shelter Island Historical Society. She published several articles in the Long Island Forum a...

Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce.

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Foster, Elton.

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