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Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 Subject: oral history recordings re the Lower East Side late-19th or early-20th century? Hi Prof. Hendy, I recently have come across an oral history collection called The Lower East Side Oral History Collection from NYU's Tamiment Archive. This is the link to the description of the project: http://bobcat.library.nyu.edu/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?fn=display&doc=nyu_aleph002262640&vid=NYU&afterPDS=true Also here is the link to contact information for the archive: http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/research/tam/about.html I'm well aware that you are in the UK but perhaps someone at the archive might be able to help or know of similar projects. Thanks, David Iglesia, graduate student, M.A. in Media Studies, The New School University, NY ------------------------------------------------------------------- From: rjg5@columbia.edu [mailto:rjg5@columbia.edu] Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 Subject: oral history recordings re the Lower East Side late-19th or early-20th century? The Grandma Was an Activist tapes are at the Tamiment I believe. Ron Grele ------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Aaron Elson [mailto:aelson.chichipress@att.net] Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 Subject: oral history recordings re the Lower East Side late-19th or early-20th century? This is just an aside, but if anybody dealing with this thread should come across any interviews mentioning Meyer London the Matzo King (he opened the first Matzo bakery on the lower east side, according to his obit in the NY Times), I'd love to know how to access it. He was my great-great-grandfather. (That's Meyer London the Matzo King, not Meyer London the Socialist Congressman; I believe he was a cousin). I know it's a longshot, but it would be neat if there was some such material. Thanks! Aaron Elson aelson.chichipress@att.net ------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Zahavi, Gerald [mailto:gzahavi@albany.edu] Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 Subject: oral history recordings re the Lower East Side late-19th or early-20th century? "Grandma Was an Activist: A Radio Series on Radical Women in the 1930s," extensively utilized oral histories from the Oral History of the American Left collection at the Tamiment Library. It was produced by Charlie Potter and Beth Friend back in 1983 and was first aired on WBAI-FM (NY) in that year. The six half-hour programs included: (1) "The black and the red" - Activists in Harlem early in the Depression; (2) "How do you spell relief?" - The WPA and unemployment; (3) "On the line" - Women in the labor movement; (4) "They shall not pass" - Women of the anti-fascist movement; (5) "Readin' and 'ritin' on the road to power" - Socialist women on campus; and (6) "The militant muse" - Activist women in the arts. We've aired several segments on TALKING HISTORY (www.talkinghistory.org). Gerry Zahavi
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