Brooklyn Historical Society Oral History Collections
- URL:
- oralhistory.brooklynhistory.org
- Primary subject:
- Brooklyn
- Description:
- Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS) is one of the few cultural institutions in Brooklyn that maintains an oral history program. Begun in 1973, BHS’s oral history collections now include over 1,200 interviews. The collections provide a wealth of historical evidence about the lives of twentieth-century and twenty-first-century Brooklyn residents, and reveal how diverse individuals and communities have sought to preserve vital social, political, religious, and cultural traditions as Brooklynites, New Yorkers, and Americans. The collections contain interviews conducted in English, Spanish, Cantonese, and Mandarin, with narrators born as early as 1880.
- Online Access:
- Full
- Primary Language:
- EN
- Additional URL:
- oralhistory.brooklynhistory.org
- Last Checked:
- October, 2023
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