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  • Call NumberOSOS_OH_0331
  • TitleBridging the Gap: Our Streets, Our Stories interview between Helen Li and Francesca Zaccheo at Central Library on August 6, 2024
  • SummaryIntergenerational interview with Helen Li, an 18-year-old student, and Francesca Zaccheo, a 65-year-old older adult. Helen and Francesca interview each other, sharing their stories and personal histories, for Our Streets, Our Stories oral history collection. Recorded on August 6, 2024. Subjects include: Subjects include: moving to the US; Brooklyn Public Library; College life;Cultural differences.
  • Date2024-08-06
  • Formatsound recording-nonmusical
  • Physical Description1 sound file (40 min.) : digital, WAV
  • Genreinterviews
  • NoteThis interview was held at Brooklyn Public Library’s Central Branch with Helen Li and Francesca Zaccheo on August 6, 2024, as part of Bridging the Gap: Our Streets, Our Stories – an intergenerational oral history collection at Brooklyn Public Library. This initiative is supported by funds from The Eisner Foundation.
  • Biographical NoteHelen Li is a freshman at Stonybrook University, currently residing in Stony Brook, New York; her parents are from China. Francesca Zaccheo, a native of Italy, emigrated to the United States in 1978 and currently resides in Brooklyn, New York.
  • CreatorLi, Helen ; Zaccheo, Francesca
  • SubjectEmigration and immigration ; Italian Americans
  • CollectionBridging the Gap collection
  • PlaceProspect Heights (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library
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