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  • Call NumberOSOS_OH_0327
  • TitleBridging the Gap: Our Streets, Our Stories interview between Mariyah Markova and Paula Silver at Central Library on July 30, 2024
  • SummaryIntergenerational interview with Mariya Markova, a 14-year-old student, and Paula Silver, an 85-year-old older adult. Mariya and Paula interview each other, sharing their stories and personal histories, for Our Streets, Our Stories oral history collection. Recorded on July 30, 2024. Subjects include: Family candy store; Sheepshead Bay; Park Slope; High school experiences.
  • Date2024-07-30
  • Formatsound recording-nonmusical
  • Physical Description1 sound file (30 min.) : digital, WAV
  • Genreinterviews
  • NoteThis interview was held at Brooklyn Public Library’s Central Branch with Mariya Markova and Paula Silver on July 30, 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 NoteMariya Markova is a student at Stuyvesant High School currently residing in the Sheepshead Bay section of Brooklyn; her parents are from Uzbekistan. Paula Silver is a lifelong Brooklyn resident, currently living in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn.
  • CreatorMarkova, Mariya; Silver, Paula
  • SubjectEmigration and immigration ; Public schools
  • CollectionBridging the Gap collection
  • PlaceProspect Heights (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library
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