Reminiscences of Abby Spilka : oral history, 2001-2003.

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Spilka, Abby,. Reminiscences of Abby Spilka : oral history, 2001-2003.

Reminiscences of Abby Spilka : oral history, 2001-2003.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/507512715

Background: born Tarzana, CA; childhood Fort Dodge, Iowa; education: B.A. Classical Civilization University of California Los Angeles; career: New York City Economic Development Corporation, educational assistant and manager of communication Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center, director of communications Museum of Jewish Heritage; 9/11: witnessing plane crashes and fall of towers at close proximity, problem of institutional communication during crisis, walk across Brooklyn Bridge with husband; post 9/11: Museum of Jewish Heritage "9/11 Observed" exhibition, writing Museum News article on American museums after 9/11, patriotism, higher priority on personal relationships, religious beliefs, perceived gulf between witnesses and non-witnesses, omnipresent sounds of cleanup from WTC site, discomfort with feelings about immigrants and minorities in America.

transcript: 80 p.sound recordings: 2 sound cassettes (75, 75 min.)

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries