Oral history collection, 1972-1988.

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Oral history collection, 1972-1988.

Collection includes a series of taped interviews of local residents by Jane Caputo Recce, tapes of interviews conducted by Edythe Q. Caro, and tapes of local history talks and programs. Subjects include the Harrison Nursing Association, work and business life, school, the public library, the underground railroad, housing, Amelia Earhart, the Veterans Memorial, the Haviland family, Italian-Americans, and Bicentennial events in Harrison.

.5 cubic ft.

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Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937

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Amelia Mary Earhart (AE) was born on July 24, 1897, in Atchison, Kansas, the first daughter of Amy (Otis) Earhart and Edwin Stanton Earhart. Her sister, Grace Muriel, was born three years later. The family moved several times (to Kansas City, Kansas; Des Moines; St. Paul; Chicago) during AE's childhood as her father tried unsuccessfully to establish a profitable legal career. AE graduated from Chicago's Hyde Park High School in 1916. ESE's increasing reliance on al...

Recce, Jane Caputo.

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Harrison Nursing Association (Harrison, N.Y.)

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Caro, Edythe Quinn.

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Charles Dawson History Center (White Plains, N.Y.)

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