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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Interview with Louise Petras<br />
]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Petras, Louise -- Interviews; Broome County (N.Y.) -- History; Immigrants -- Interviews; Household employees -- Interviews; Chenango Bridge (N.Y.); Farms<br />
]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Louise Petras talks about emigrating to the U.S. from Czechoslovakia at the age of thirteen, her work cleaning houses for a variety of people, and living on a farm in Chenango Bridge. She also discusses obtaining her citizenship papers.  <br />
]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Binghamton University Libraries<br />
]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1978-07-15]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:modified><![CDATA[2016-03-27]]></dcterms:modified>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Petras, Louise ; Caganek, Anna]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[This audio file and digital image may only be used for educational purposes. Please cite as: Broome County Oral History Project, Special Collections, Binghamton University Libraries, Binghamton University, State University of New York.  For usage beyond fair use please contact the Binghamton University Libraries Special Collections for more information.<br />
]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Broome County Oral History Project]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
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]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[23:11 Minutes]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English<br />
]]></dcterms:language>
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]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[Recording 49<br />
]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.binghamton.edu/omeka/items/show/1151">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Interview with Mabel Quick<br />
]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Quick, Mabel -- Interviews; Broome County (N.Y.) -- History; Binghamton (N.Y.)]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Mabel Quick speaks about growing up near Scranton and later in Nichols, N.Y. She discusses living and teaching in Johnson City. She discusses her ancestors coming to America from Europe, with particular focus on Tom Quick, her ancestor who purchased Staten Island from Native Americans. She discusses her membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution and related associations. She is an avid doll collector and has over 400 dolls with associated accessories; she discusses this collection and activities in which she participates related to this hobby.<br />
]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Binghamton University Libraries]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1978-03-13<br />
]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:modified><![CDATA[2017-03-27]]></dcterms:modified>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Quick, Mabel; Dobandi, Susan<br />
]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[This audio file and digital image may only be used for educational purposes. Please cite as: Broome County Oral History Project, Special Collections, Binghamton University Libraries, Binghamton University, State University of New York. For usage beyond fair use please contact the Binghamton University Libraries Special Collections for more information.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Broome County Oral History Project]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[16:49 minutes]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Sound]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[Recording 77<br />
]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.binghamton.edu/omeka/items/show/3016">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Interview with Marie Nejame Freije, Part 1]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Freije, Marie Nejame -- Interviews; Broome County (N.Y.) -- History; Immigrants -- Interviews; Lebanon; Johnson City (N.Y.); Bridal shops; Businesswomen -- Interviews; Cooking, Lebanese; World War, 1914-1918]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Marie Nejame Freije talks about her upbringing in Lebanon, and her family&#039;s flight from the country to Egypt due to war and the grueling nine day journey that almost killed her. She discusses running a bridal shop in Johnson City, NY after coming to the United States. After 38 years, she retired and married. She details Lebanese culture and foods, as well as the fundraisers in which she participates that benefits St. Jude&#039;s Hospital and area high school students. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Binghamton University Libraries]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1978-03-06]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:modified><![CDATA[2016-03-27]]></dcterms:modified>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Freije, Marie Nejame ; Politylo, Nettie]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[This audio file and digital image may only be used for educational purposes. Please cite as: Broome County Oral History Project, Special Collections, Binghamton University Libraries, Binghamton University, State University of New York.  For usage beyond fair use please contact the Binghamton University Libraries Special Collections for more information.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Broome County Oral History Project]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[audio/mp3<br />
]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[35:15 Minutes ; 16:46 Minutes]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Sound]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[Recording 24]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.binghamton.edu/omeka/items/show/3015">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Interview with Marie Nejame Freije, Part 2]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Freije, Marie Nejame -- Interviews; Broome County (N.Y.) -- History; Immigrants -- Interviews; Lebanon; Johnson City (N.Y.); Bridal shops; Businesswomen -- Interviews; Cooking, Lebanese; World War, 1914-1918]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Marie Nejame Freije talks about her upbringing in Lebanon, and her family&#039;s flight from the country to Egypt due to war and the grueling nine day journey that almost killed her. She discusses running a bridal shop in Johnson City, NY after coming to the United States. After 38 years, she retired and married. She details Lebanese culture and foods, as well as the fundraisers in which she participates that benefits St. Jude&#039;s Hospital and area high school students. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Binghamton University Libraries]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1978-04-06]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:modified><![CDATA[2016-03-27]]></dcterms:modified>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Freije, Marie Nejame ; Politylo, Nettie]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[This audio file and digital image may only be used for educational purposes. Please cite as: Broome County Oral History Project, Special Collections, Binghamton University Libraries, Binghamton University, State University of New York.  For usage beyond fair use please contact the Binghamton University Libraries Special Collections for more information.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Broome County Oral History Project]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[audio/mp3<br />
]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[35:15 Minutes ; 16:46 Minutes]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Sound]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[Recording 24]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.binghamton.edu/omeka/items/show/491">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Interview with Marjorie Bower]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Bower, Marjorie -- Interviews; Broome County (N.Y.) -- History; Nurses -- Interviews; World War, 1939-1945; Public health; Chenango Valley, (N.Y.); Chenango Valley Central Schools]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Marjorie Bower talks about her motivations for becoming a nurse and her work in the field; nursing ethics, working as a night nurse as a post-grad, public health training in schools and in the public sector, work during WWII, and her experiences as a school nurse-teacher, and her views on the expanding field of nursing.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Binghamton University Libraries]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1978-04-21]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:modified><![CDATA[2016-03-27]]></dcterms:modified>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Bower, Marjorie ; Wood, Wanda]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[This audio file and digital image may only be used for educational purposes. Please cite as: Broome County Oral History Project, Special Collections, Binghamton University Libraries, Binghamton University, State University of New York.  For usage beyond fair use please contact the Binghamton University Libraries Special Collections for more information.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Broome County Oral History Project]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[audio/mp3]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[33:09 Minutes]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Sound]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[Recording 5]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.binghamton.edu/omeka/items/show/521">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Interview with Mary Keeney<br />
]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Keeney, Mary -- Interviews; Broome County (N.Y.) -- History; Mechanicsburg (Pa.); Pennsylvania Dutch; Nurses -- Interviews; Binghamton (N.Y.); Dry goods store]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Mary Keeney talks about her early life in York County and Mechanicsburg of Southern PA with her family. She speaks of the influence in the town of the Pennsylvania Dutch people, who were from Germany and brought many German ways and traditions to the town. She also describes her childhood experiences, such as delivery of goods, the dry goods store and how they preserved their food. She received a scholarship to attend the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.florencecrittenton.org/content/">Florence Crittenton Assoc</a>. and began training as a nurse. Later she moved to Binghamton, NY, married and retired from nursing.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Binghamton University Libraries<br />
]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1977-12-16]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:modified><![CDATA[2016-03-27]]></dcterms:modified>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Keeney, Mary ; Dobandi, Susan]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[This audio file and digital image may only be used for educational purposes. Please cite as: Broome County Oral History Project, Special Collections, Binghamton University Libraries, Binghamton University, State University of New York.  For usage beyond fair use please contact the Binghamton University Libraries Special Collections for more information.<br />
]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Broome County Oral History Project]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[audio/mp3<br />
]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[30:22 Minutes]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English<br />
]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Sound<br />
]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[Recording 37<br />
]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.binghamton.edu/omeka/items/show/538">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Interview with Mary Shaughnessy<br />
]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Shaughnessy, Mary -- Interviews; Broome County (N.Y.) -- History; Binghamton (N.Y.); Cigar industry; Endicott-Johnson Corporation -- Employees; Nurses -- Interviews; Tuberculosis; Hull Grummond; St. Mary&#039;s Church; Irish; Wilson Memorial Hospital]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Mary Shaughnessy talks about her birth and upbringing on Henry St. in Binghamton, NY, in an Irish settlementan Irish settlement area. She speaks of working at the Hull Grummond cigar factory and later working for the Endicott Johnson shoe factory. &nbsp;She recounts completing the&nbsp;nursing program at <a href="http://www.uhs.net/locations/uhs-wilson-medical-center/">Wilson Memorial Hospital</a>&nbsp;to become a registered nurse, as well as her training there. She then discusses working occasionally as a private duty nurse, and what a typical day was like in nursing, compared to the present day. She recalls her experiences with her religion and church as well.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Binghamton University Libraries<br />
]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1978-01-24]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:modified><![CDATA[2016-03-27]]></dcterms:modified>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Shaughnessy, Mary ; O&#039;Neil, Dan]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[This audio file and digital image may only be used for educational purposes. Please cite as: Broome County Oral History Project, Special Collections, Binghamton University Libraries, Binghamton University, State University of New York.  For usage beyond fair use please contact the Binghamton University Libraries Special Collections for more information.<br />
]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Broome County Oral History Project]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[audio/mp3<br />
]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[32:48 Minutes]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English<br />
]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Sound<br />
]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[Recording 54<br />
]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.binghamton.edu/omeka/items/show/540">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Interview with Mary Sovik<br />
]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Sovik, Mary -- Interviews; Broome County (N.Y.) -- History; Children of immigrants -- Interviews; Binghamton (N.Y.);  Endicott Johnson Corporation -- Employees -- Interviews; Babysitters -- Interviews<br />
]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Mary Sovik was born in Jamaica, Queens Long Island, NY. She discusses working in a glove factory,  the many places she travelled to, and her work in Endicott Johnson up until her retirement. After retirement she states she became a babysitter for doctors, lawyers, and businessmen in Binghamton, NY.<br />
]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Binghamton University Libraries<br />
]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[This audio file and digital image may only be used for educational purposes. Please cite as: Broome County Oral History Project, Special Collections, Binghamton University Libraries, Binghamton University, State University of New York.  For usage beyond fair use please contact the Binghamton University Libraries Special Collections for more information.<br />
]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[audio/mp3<br />
]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English<br />
]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Sound<br />
]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[Recording 56<br />
]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.binghamton.edu/omeka/items/show/549">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Interview with Matthew Alston ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Alston, Matthew -- Interviews; Broome County (N.Y.) -- History; Binghamton (N.Y.); African Americans -- New York (State) -- Binghamton -- Interviews; Musicians -- Interviews; Orchestra; Jazz; Photographers; Discrimination; Arlington Hotel; Bennett Hotel]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Matthew Alston discusses his early interest in the violin and creating a small orchestra after returning home from World War I and then later a Dixie Jazz Band.  He details how he became interested in photography, his first camera, which was a Colony, one of Ansco&#039;s first cameras and how it came into his possession.  He discusses taking a correspondence course for photography.  He speaks of taking photographs of  Willis Kilmer&#039;s race horse, for the local newspaper,  being hired by the government as a photographer, and taking photographs of buildings and landscapes in his free time. He talks about his photography equipment and film processing. He discusses his ancestors and family and the prejudice he suffered. He talks briefly about his work with handicapped children.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Binghamton University Libraries]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1978-01-30]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:modified><![CDATA[2017-03-27]]></dcterms:modified>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Alston, Matthew ; Wood, Wanda]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[This audio file and digital image may only be used for educational purposes. Please cite as: Broome County Oral History Project, Special Collections, Binghamton University Libraries, Binghamton University, State University of New York. For usage beyond fair use please contact the Binghamton University Libraries Special Collections for more information.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Broome County Oral History Project]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[audio/mp3]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[33:09 Minutes ; 12:25 Minutes ; 33:29 Minutes]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Sound]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[Recording 65A ; Recording 65B ; Recording 65C<br />
]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.binghamton.edu/omeka/items/show/551">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Interview with Michael Gruss<br />
]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Gruss, Michael -- Interviews; Broome County (N.Y.) -- History; Johnson City (N.Y.); Pennsylvania; Coal mines and mining; Endicott Johnson Corporation--Employees--Interviews; Cigar industry; Polish language; Russian language; Slovak language; Ukrainian language]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Michael Gruss speaks of his youth in Pennsylvania and working in the coal mines there. He was a licensed black powder blaster and he describes what this entails. He moved to Johnson City in 1913 to work for the Endicott Johnson Corporation and acted as an unofficial labor mediator for the company.     He reflects briefly on witnessing the overall factory [Binghamton Clothing Company] fire and trying to help the factory workers.  He describes the cigar industry in Binghamton&#039;s First Ward and the workers&#039; attempt to unionize.  He worked with Dr. Mary Ross as her driver and assisted her on home visits. He was competent in Polish, Russian, Slovak and Ukrainian languages. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Binghamton University Libraries]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[This audio file and digital image may only be used for educational purposes. Please cite as: Broome County Oral History Project, Special Collections, Binghamton University Libraries, Binghamton University, State University of New York. For usage beyond fa]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[audio/mp3]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Sound]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[Recording 67]]></dcterms:identifier>
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