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    <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>
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]]></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>
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    <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/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/1150">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Interview with Leo J. Payne<br />
]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Leo Payne speaks of his early childhood growing up in Binghamton and later working as a bookkeeper and stenographer.  He owned his own trucking company in Binghamton in the early twentieth century. He discusses his inter-racial marriage and the death of his first wife in childbirth because there were no hospitals in Sidney, N.Y. where his wife had gone into labor. He was active in a Masonic Lodge and in his church, Trinity M.F. Zion, the latter for which he assisted in securing a new church building. He also discusses discrimination and discriminatory business practices in the area at the time, including an anecdote about Duke Ellington being refused a place to stay when he came to Binghamton to perform. He speaks about his experiences with the Ku Klux Klan and the Mafia in Binghamton. At the time of the interview, Payne was 89 years old and still running his trucking business.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1978-02-10<br />
]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:modified><![CDATA[2017-03-27]]></dcterms:modified>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Payne, Leo J. ; O&#039;Neil, Dan<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[33:47 minutes; 7:19 minutes]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[Recording 76A ; Recording 76B]]></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/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/557">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Interview with Arthur G. Rider]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Rider, Arthur -- Interviews; Broome County (N.Y.) -- History; Chenango Bridge (N.Y.); Lancaster (Pa.); Jewelry; World War, 1939-1945; Diamonds; Jewelry trade; Jewelry stores; Wholesale trade]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Arthur Rider speaks of his childhood in Chenango Bridge and of becoming interested in watchmaking.  He went to school in Lancaster, Pennsylvania for training.  He became a jewelry salesman  for a company in Syracuse and travelled thoughout New York State.  He later opened his own wholesale jewelry store in .  He discusses the impact that World War II had upon his business, as he purchased diamonds from suppliers in Europe.]]></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>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[audio/mp3]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Sound]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[Recording 73]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.binghamton.edu/omeka/items/show/556">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Interview with Joe Polansky]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Polansky, Joe -- Interviews; Broome County (N.Y.) -- History; Coaldale (Schuylkill County, Pa.); Binghamton (N.Y.); Boxing; Boxing matches; Boxer; Boxing referees; Schmeling, Max, 1905-2005; Thorpe, Jim;  Boy Scouts.]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Joe Polansky speaks about leaving high school to go and work in the coal mine in Coaldale, (Schuylkill County), PA after his father died.  He stayed there for one year.  During that year he became an amateur boxer and then attended a training course in Philadelphia under Jack O&#039;Brien.  He then had traveled thoughout PA for boxing matches.  He  moved to Binghamton and began participating in boxing matches in this region. The matches were held at Johnson Field and the Kalurah Temple.  He boxed throughout New York, New Jersey and Ohio.  He later became a professional boxer and retired from boxing in 1929.  He discusses his boxing matches. He served as a referee for boxing and wrestling and was a boxing instructor. He was also associated with the New York State Athletic Commission. He recollects knowing notable boxers such as local boxer, Jack Sharkey, and Max Schmeling.  He talks of meeting Jim Thorpe.  He was a Boy Scout Commissioner in Binghamton&#039;s First Ward.]]></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>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[audio/mp3]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Sound]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[Recording 72]]></dcterms:identifier>
</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/554">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Interview with Herbert Levine ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Levine, Herbert -- Interviews; Broome County (N.Y.) -- History;  Immigrants; Endicott (N.Y.); Russians -- United States;  Jews; Syracuse University; Korean War, 1950-1953; Jewelry trade; Jewelry stores]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Herbert Levine talks of his father&#039;s family and their immigration from Russia to the United States because of the religious persecution against the Jewish people.  The family initially settled in the lower East Side of New York City. Levine&#039;s father, who had apprenticed with a jeweler in Russia, was able to find work in a jewelry factory, but left due to ill health.  He then went to an agriculture school and upon graduating went to work on a farm for a short period of time.  He then settled in Syracuse, NY where he went to work for his brother as a jewelry salesman. Being able to several languages was advantageous in his sales. During World War I he entered the armed services and was wounded.  As a result he received a Purple Heart.  Upon returning home he settled in the Triple Cities where he became a successful jewelry salesman because he spoke several languages.  He later married and opened a jewelry business in Endicott, NY.  Levine briefly talks about his mother&#039;s family.  Levine also discusses his own life.  He attended Syracuse University and after graduation went to work for Kay Jewelers until he was drafted during the Korean War.   After the war ended he went to work at his father&#039;s jewelry business, Ruby and Sons,  which he continued to operate after his father&#039;s death. He later sold his interest in the store to his brother and then purchased Van Cott&#039;s.  He discusses his life in Endicott, as a child and as an adult, the Jewish population in Endicott  and the organizations he belonged to.]]></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>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[audio/mp3]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Sound]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[Recording 70]]></dcterms:identifier>
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