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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Interview with Harry Bloomer ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Bloomer, Harry  -- Interviews; Broome County (N.Y.) -- History; Johnson City (N.Y.); Cortland (N.Y.); Santa Claus]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Harry Bloomer discusses joining the Army as a young man and entertaining the soldiers.  Upon being discharged he began working as a Santa Claus for local organizations and continued to do this for the rest of his life.  He talks about attending a Santa Claus school annually. He was also a clown and was known as Blinky the Clown.  During the Bicentennial he portrayed Uncle Sam.]]></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 fair use please contact the Binghamton University Libraries Special Collections for more information.]]></dcterms:rights>
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    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English]]></dcterms:language>
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    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[Recording 66]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.binghamton.edu/omeka/items/show/520">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Interview with Harmon and Harold Johnson]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Johnson, Harmon -- Interviews; Johnson, Harold -- Interviews; Broome County (N.Y.) -- History; Aeronautics; Chenango Bridge (N.Y.); Link, Edwin A. (Edwin Albert), 1904-1981; Airplanes; Air pilots -- Interviews; Link Aviation; Chenango Bridge Airport]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Harmon and Harold Johnson describe learning to fly in the early 1930s under the direction of Edwin Link.  They operated the Chenango Bridge Airport. They discuss the  requirements for licensing, and progressing to commercial, transport, and instructor&#039;s ratings. The brothers also discuss various aircrafts they have flown, working as pilots for corporate businesses, and how post WWII affected their operation.  They operated a dealerships for Aeronca and Piper airplanes.  They talk about changes in flying school, air shows and stunt pilots who visited Chenango Bridge, and how the airport&#039;s usefulness has declined due to modern developments in aviation. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Binghamton University Libraries]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1978-01-31]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:modified><![CDATA[2016-03-27]]></dcterms:modified>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Johnson, Harmon ; Johnson, Harold ; 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>
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]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[44:31 Minutes]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Sound]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[Recording 36]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.binghamton.edu/omeka/items/show/1149">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Interview with Gladys Gitchell<br />
]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Gitchell, Gladys -- Interviews; Broome County (N.Y.) -- History; Binghamton (N.Y.); South Dakota; Department stores]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1978-01-13]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:modified><![CDATA[2017-03-27]]></dcterms:modified>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Gitchell, Gladys ; 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.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Broome County Oral History Project]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[17:09 minutes]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[Recording 75]]></dcterms:identifier>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Gladys Gitchell speaks of growing up in South Dakota before marrying her husband and moving, with him, to New York. She discusses her husband&#039;s job caring for the fire hydrants in the city of Binghamton and her work improving the schools on the east side of the city. She worked as a clerk at several stores in Binghamton and is now active in her senior citizen organization. She also discusses her children and their current occupations.]]></dcterms:coverage>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.binghamton.edu/omeka/items/show/555">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Interview with George J. Macko ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Macko, George -- Interviews; Broome County (N.Y.) -- History; Immigrants;   Czechs--United States; Binghamton (N.Y.); Politics;   Broome Community College; Broome County (N.Y.). Supervisors, Board of; Binghamton Glass Co.; Olum&#039;s Furniture Co.; Glassblowing; Clinton Street neighborhood; First Ward; Interpreter; Broome County Airport; St. Michael&#039;s Church]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Macko talks about his father immigrating from Czeckoslavia and settling in Binghamton, NY. Both his parents died when he was young and he and his siblings lived with a relative.  At fourteen  he left school to work for the Binghamton Glass Co. where he learned the glassblowing trade.  He details the operation of the  glassblowing.   He left there after ten years to work for Olums Furniture Co. on Clinton Street.  He worked there for fifty-one years.  He describes the Clinton Street neighborhood and the businesses located there.  He served as an interperter and assisted immigrants in the community with paperwork for mortgages and citizenship.  After retiring he became involved in politics.  He served as a County Supervisor for twenty years representing the First Ward.  He speaks of being on several committees during his time as a County Supervisor and was involved with the creation of Broome Technical School [Broome Community College] and the Broome County Airport.   He also served as a board member of St. Michael&#039;s Church.  ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Binghamton University Libraries]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1978-03-30]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:modified><![CDATA[2017-03-27]]></dcterms:modified>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Macko, George J. ; 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 fa]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Broome County Oral History Project]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[audio/mp3]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[34:03 Minutes ; 10:20 Minutes]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Sound]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[Recording 71]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.binghamton.edu/omeka/items/show/530">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Interview with Fred Ondrako<br />
]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Ondrako, Fred -- Interviews; Broome County (N.Y.) -- History; Forest City (Pa.); Binghamton (N.Y.); Cigar industry; Dunn &amp; McCarthy cigar factory; St. Cyril &amp; Methodius Church]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Fred Ondrako talks about his short early childhood in Forest City, PA. He discusses working in a silk mill and a coal mine while living in Pennsylvania.  After moving to Binghamton he went to work at the  Dunn McCarthy cigar factory and remained there fifty-one years. He also mentions serving many years as an usher for St. Cyril &amp; Methodius Church.<br />
]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Binghamton University Libraries<br />
]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1978-04-19]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:modified><![CDATA[2016-03-27]]></dcterms:modified>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Ondrako, Fred ; 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[29:43 Minutes]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English<br />
]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Sound<br />
]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[Recording 46<br />
]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.binghamton.edu/omeka/items/show/543">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Interview with Frank J. Tedeschi<br />
]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Tedeschi, Frank J. -- Interviews; Broome County (N.Y.) -- History; Endicott (N.Y.); Grocers -- Interviews<br />
]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Frank Tedeschi speaks about his upbringing in Endicott, NY and later works as a local grocer, inheriting the business from his father. He describes the various types of exotic and imported foods sold at the grocery. He details traditions and recollections from Italian people, as well as, his political experiences on the Village of Endicott Board of Trustees.<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 59<br />
]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.binghamton.edu/omeka/items/show/553">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Interview with Frances Kuryla]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Kuryla, Frances -- Interviews; Broome County (N.Y.) -- History; Immigrants; Italians -- United States; Binghamton (N.Y.); Stone-cutters; Grocery trade]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Frances Kuryla relates the immigration of her father, Michael Gallo and her uncle Nichola Gallo from Italy.  Kuryla&#039;s father and uncle believed that they would have a better opportunity to practice their trade as stonecutter, in the United States.  Nichola Gallo arrived in 1887 and started as a stone cutter.  He left this profession to charter the first Italian bank and was involved in assisting  immigrants with his steamship travel agency and money exchange program.  On his retirement he closed the bank.  Kuryla&#039;s father immigrated later  (1900) and also worked as a stonecutter.  He then opened a wholesale grocery business and had his own line of food under the Gallo label.  He later took over the steamship agency and money exchange program from his brother, Nichola.  The two brothers often assisted  Italian immigrants with financial and personal issues.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Binghamton University Libraries]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1978-01-13]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:modified><![CDATA[2017-03-27]]></dcterms:modified>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Kuryla, Frances ; 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.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Broome County Oral History Project]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[audio/mp3]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[33:42 Minutes ; 00:24 Seconds]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Sound]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[Recording 69A ; Recording 69B]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.binghamton.edu/omeka/items/show/518">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Interview with Florence Parsons Isenburg]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Isenburg, Florence Parsons -- Interviews; Broome County (N.Y.) -- History; Chenango Bridge (N.Y.); Farms; Teachers -- Interviews; Cortland (N.Y.) Normal School]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Florence Parsons Isenburg talks about her family farm in Chenango Bridge, NY and the crops they raised, social activities, and her upbringing. She describes how things were done on the farm, including tasks and chores, methods of cleaning, cooking, and farming and what the neighborhood was like. She discusses how farming changed with the advents of installed water systems, bathrooms from outhouses, mail delivery, the first telephone, and electric service. She describes her education and notes that she attended the Cortland Normal School.   She discusses her first teaching positions, how the local school system changed while she was there. She details how methods of teaching changed over the years, as well as, how lifestyle changed over time. <br />
]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Binghamton University Libraries<br />
]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1978-01-12]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:modified><![CDATA[2016-03-27]]></dcterms:modified>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Isenburg, Florence Parsons ; 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.<br />
]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Broome County Oral History Project]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[audio/mp3<br />
]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[49:06 Minutes ; 10:58 Minutes]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English<br />
]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Sound<br />
]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[Recordings 34A; Recording 34B<br />
]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.binghamton.edu/omeka/items/show/1148">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Interview with Eunice L. Davidson<br />
]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Teachers -- Interviews; Davidson, Eunice L.-- Interviews; Broome County (N.Y.) -- History; Binghamton (N.Y.); Cheese factories; Syracuse University; Mathematics; Washington (D.C.); United States Army]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Eunice Davidson speaks of her father&#039;s cheese factory, the first one west of the Hudson, called the Deer Spring Factory. She discusses her experience growing up on Tremont Avenue in the city of Binghamton, watching it grow from farmland into an urban community.  She studied math and Latin at Syracuse University and became a teacher, before moving to Washington, D.C. to work for the Department of Finance for the Army. She shares her experience watching farmlands change into more urban areas where she lived.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1978-10-11]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:modified><![CDATA[2017-03-27]]></dcterms:modified>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Davidson, Eunice L. ; 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.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Broome County Oral History]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[audio/mp3]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[24:58 minutes]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Sound]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[Recording 74]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.binghamton.edu/omeka/items/show/513">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Interview with Eunice Goundrey<br />
]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Goundrey, Eunice -- Interviews; Broome County (N.Y.) -- History; Rockettes (Dance company); Dancers -- Interviews; Radio City Music Hall (New York, N.Y.); Ballet Arts (New York, N.Y.); Roxyettes (Dance company); Dance teachers]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Eunice Goundrey talks about her family&#039;s past and her mother&#039;s encouragement of her dance career from her childhood through her training at Ballet Arts School (New York, N.Y.) and the Roy and Jane Dodge school and her career as a Rockette at Radio City Music Hall. She discusses the impact of being a Rockette and later touring with the Roxyettes, a travelling dance group.  She discusses her years  teaching dance to children, methods of teaching, dancing as therapy, and highlights specific people and students that affected her in particular.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Binghamton University Libraries]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1978-06-22]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:modified><![CDATA[2016-03-27]]></dcterms:modified>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Goundrey, Eunice ; 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.<br />
]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[Broome County Oral History Project]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[audio/mp3<br />
]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[42:08 Minutes]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Sound]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[Recording 29]]></dcterms:identifier>
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