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  • Call NumberOSOS_OH_0043-accs
  • Summary(0:18) Birth in Brooklyn in 1950 -- (0:31) Parents' lives and deaths -- (1:12) Attending P.S. 152 and Andries Hudde Junior High School, meeting lifelong friends -- (1:41) Moving to Miami -- (1:57) Childhood activities around the house at 817 East 17th Street -- (2:53) Taking the subway into Manhattan alone from a young age -- (3:24) Going on dates as a teenager -- (3:53) Seeing movies with friends as a kid -- (5:02) Midwood SING! and student government -- (5:37) School productions -- (6:12) SING! Lyric Committee -- (7:05) Attending Smith College for two years, transferring to Barnard College -- (7:27) Attending teachers' college and teaching English at Midwood High School -- (7:53) Spelling bees -- (9:05) Teaching at Lower East Side Prep -- (9:28) Attending the University of Chicago for her PhD in English -- (9:40) Moving to Miami with her husband -- (9:59) Receiving tenure -- (10:20) Meeting her husband at Columbia University -- (10:43) Lasting memories of Midwood High School and Brooklyn.
  • Date2016-10-15
  • Physical Description1 sound file (12 min.) : digital, MP3
  • CreatorRochelson, Meri-Jane
  • 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 October 15, 2016, by Taina Evans at Midwood High School. 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.
  • SubjectKindergarten ; Miami (Florida) ; Ann Arbor (Mich.) ; Softball ; Badminton ; Rock gardens ; Movies ; Help! (Motion picture : 1965) ; Peace Corps (U.S.) ; Education ; Smith College ; Barnard College ; Teachers college students ; Spelling bees ; Hayes, Ira, 1923-1955 ; Immigrants ; University of Chicago ; Florida International University ; Columbia University ; Ionesco, Eugène ; Alternative schools
  • PlaceManhattan (New York, N.Y.)Midwood (New York, N.Y.)
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  • TitleOral history interview conducted with Meri-Jane Rochelson on 2016 October 15.