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Interview with Anna Borsuk

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Description

Anna Borsuk talks about her early years, moving from Pittsburgh, PA to Binghamton, NY and working in hotels in NYC. She discusses opening one of the first beauty parlors in Binghamton, running a tourist house, struggles with failing health due to TB and raising her son alone. She remarks the help she received from welfare and the kindness of people working in urban renewal in her later years.

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Duration

34:55 minutes

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Interview with Anna Borsuk

Date of Interview

1978/03/06

Interviewer

Dobandi, Susan

Date of Digitization

2016-03-27

Collection

Broome County Oral History Project

Subject LCSH

Borsuk, Anna -- Interviews; Broome County (N.Y.) -- History

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Collection Description

The Broome County Oral History Project was conceived and administered by the Senior Services Unit of the Office for the Aging. Funding for this project was provided by the Broome County Office of Employment and Training (C.E.T.A.), with additional funding from the Senior Service Unit of the National Council on Aging and Broome… More

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“Interview with Anna Borsuk,” Digital Collections, accessed October 1, 2023, https://omeka.binghamton.edu/omeka/items/show/467.