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  • Call NumberOSOS_OH_0032-accs
  • Summary(0:15) Finishing high school in Brooklyn as a teenager -- (0:40) Visiting aunt in Brooklyn before moving -- (1:10) Joining St. Paul Church of Christ to sing in the choir -- (2:30) Taking children to Tompkins Park -- (2:54) Beauty of Gates Avenue -- (3:24) Getting married and moving to East New York -- (4:17) Raising children in Brooklyn -- (5:00) Eastern parkway -- (5:34) Serving as a missionary -- (7:26) First and second marriages -- (10:30) Advice for youth.
  • Date2016-06-13
  • Physical Description1 sound file (13 min.) : digital, MP3
  • CreatorWilson, Madeline
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • Digital Public Library of AmericaThis item is represented in the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).
  • Formatsound recording-nonmusical
  • GenreinterviewsMP3
  • NoteAudio interview conducted on June 13, 2016, by Emerald Carter at Quincy Senior Residences. Collected through Our Streets, Our Stories, an oral history project of Brooklyn Public Library. This project is a partnership with Services for Older Adults and the Brooklyn Collection.
  • SubjectMarriage ; Faith ; Choirs (Music) ; Youth development ; Missionaries ; Stores & shops ; Florida
  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)East New York (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is covered by a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Users are free to share and adapt the work for non-commercial purposes as long as appropriate credit is given to the source and new material created with this work is shared under the same conditions.
  • TitleOral history interview conducted with Madeline Wilson on 2016 June 13.