New York, New York City, United States
· 1938-12-08
· 5 pages
Recorded by: Morris, Vivian
A4,4.1 e Forms te be Filled out fqr Eiich.In4srview FORMA Circumstances ff Interview STATE New York NAME OF WORKER Vivian Morris ADDRESS 225 W. 130 St. New York DATE December 8, 1938 SUBJECT A. B. C. EMPLOYMENT AGENCY 1. Date and time o? interview 2. Place or interview 3. Name and address of informant 4. Name and address of person, if any, who put you in touch with informant. FOLKLORE NEW YORK Observations December 2, 1938, 9145 A. M. 1 P. M. 200 W. 135 St. New York 'dity Roam 212 B 5. Name…
New York, New York City, United States
· 1939-04-19
· 7 pages
Recorded by: Adams, Miss, Morris, Vivian
Forms to be Filled out for Each Interview FOLKLORE NEW YORK FORM A Circumstances of Interview STATE New York NAIVE OF WORKER Vivian Morris ADDRESS 225 West 130th Street DATE April 19, 1939 SUBJECT HARLEM BEAUTY SHOPS 1. Date and tin c. of interview 2. Place of interview 3. Name and address of informant 4. Name and address of person, if any, who put you in touch with informant. 5. Name and address of person, if any, accompanying you 6. Description of room, house, surroundings, etc. (Use as many…
New York, United States, New York City
· 1939-01-09
· 3 pages
Recorded by: Divine, Father, Morris, Vivian
71.41 110.11L Forms to be Filled out fgr pion Interview FORM A Circumstances of Interview STATE New York NAME OF WORKER Vivian Morris ADDRESS 225 Mr. 130th St. New York City DATE January 9, 1939 SUBJECT NEGRO CULTS IN HARLEM 1. Date and time cf' interview 2. Place of interview 3. Name and address of informant By the Staff -worker 4. Name and address of person, if any, who put you in touch with informant. 5. Name and address of person, if any, accompanying you 6. Description of room, house,…
New York, United States, New York City
· 1939-02-02
· 6 pages
Recorded by: Jones, Dora, Morris, Vivian
Forms to be Filled out for Each Interview FORM A Circumstances of Interview STATE New York NAME OF Itounn Vivian Morris ADDRESS 225 West 130th Street, N.Y.C. DATE February 7, 1939 SUBJECT Domestic Workers' Union 1. Date and time interview February 2, 1939 12:50 P.M. to 2:30 P.M. 2. Place of interview 241 West 84th Street, N.Y.C. 3. Name and address of informant Dora Jones; Executive Secretary Domestic Worker's Union. 4. Name and address of person, if any, wno put you in touch with informant.…
New York, United States, New York City
· 1939-05-16
· 3 pages
Recorded by: Kelly, James, Morris, Vivian
174.a..k44 Forms to be Filled out for Each Interview FORM A Circumstances of Interview FOLKLORE NEW YORK STATE New York NAUE OF WORKER Vivian Morris ADDREST 225 West 130 Street DATE I May 16, 1939 SUBJECT Unemployed Division Abyssinia Church 1. Date and time of interview 2. Place of interview 3. Name and address of informant 4. Name and address of person, if any, who put you in touch with informant. 5. Name and address of person, if any, accompanying you 6. Description of room, house,…
New York, United States, New York City
· 1939-07-09
· 5 pages
Recorded by: Morris, Vivian
Forms to be Filled out for Each Interview FORM A Circumstances of Interview STATE New York NAME OF WORKER Vivian Morrie ADDRESS 225 West 130th Street DATE July 7th, 1939 SUBJECT Harlem Riot* 1. Date and time of interview 2. Place of interview 3. Name and address of informant 4. Name and address of person, if any, who put you in touch with informant. 5. Name and address of p€rson, if any, acoomr)anying you 6. Description of rpom, house, surroundings, etc. FOLKLORE NEW YORK (Use as many…
New York City, United States, New York
· 1939-03-22
· 6 pages
Recorded by: Morris, Vivian
STATE Forms to be Filled out for Each Interview FOLKLORE NEW YORK New York FORM A Circumstances of Interview NAME OF WORKER Vivian Morris ADDRESS 225 lest 130 Street DATE March 22 1939 SUBJECT "Race Horse Row" 1. Date and time of interview 2. Place of interview 3. Name and address of informant 4. Name and address of person, if any, who put you in touch with informant. 5. Name and address of person, if any, accompanying you 6. Description of room, house, surroundings, etc. /S (Use as many…
New York City, United States, New York
· 8 pages
Recorded by: Nicholson, Irving
Forms to be Filled out for Each Interview FORM A Circumstances of Interview STATE NAME OF WORKER Irving Nicholson ADDRESS 4507 15th Av., Bfklyn DATE Dec. 231 1938 SUBJECT Shoe Worker Tells a Tale FOLKLORE NEW YORK 1. Date and time o interview December 21 and December 22 at 12 and 10 ofclocks respectively 2. Place of interview 1653 East 4th St., Bfklyn home of the informant 3. Name and address of informant Philip Dash 1653 E 4th St., Biklyn 4. Name and address of person, if any, who put you in…
New York, United States, New York City
· 1938-11-22
· 14 pages
Recorded by: Dash, Anna, Dash, Morris, Nicholson, Irving
PetitynAl.110 trY,V.Infwmnt STATE NAJGCOFWORIMR Irving Nicholson ADDRESS 4507 -15th AV., Bfklyn DATE November 28, 1938 SWECT Tales of the Shoe Industry 1. Ancestry Morris Dash Anna Dash 2. Flees and date of birth Chernikov, Russia 1886 3. Family FOLKLORE NNW YORK Has wife, 4 children living. 2 girls and 2 boys. One girl married. 4. Places lived i, with dates Boro Park Brooklyn up to 1926 Present Address from 1926 5. Education, with dates Night High School from 1902 to 1903 6. Occupagons and…
New York, New York City, United States
· 1938-11-22
· 14 pages
Recorded by: Dash, Anna, Dash, Morris, Nicholson, Irving
STATE Forms to be Filled out for Each Interview FORM A Circumstances of Interview New York NAME OF WORKER Irving Nicholson ADDRESS 4507 15th Pve. Brooklyn, F. Y. MOT November 28, 1938 SUBJECT TALFS O 7FF SHOE INDUSTRY —PHILIP DASH 1. Date and time o7 interview FOLKLORE NEW YORK November 22, 1938 2. Place of interview Shop of Palter DeLiso, 740 Broedvay, New York City 3. Name and address of informant Philip Dash, 1653 East Fourth St. Bklyn, N. Y. 4. Name and address of person, if any, who put…
New York, New York City, United States
· 9 pages
Recorded by: Delvitt, Mrs. Fancis, Nicholson, Irving
FORM Personal, History of informant TATE IWO UMMI NAME OF tORKER zpving Niels)ism ADDRESS DATE SUBJECT UMW& Ave. pretitiota we To 3.1•446 ?ALM qr TIE TM )31)111114 141154 momitt FOLKLORE NEW YORK 1. Ancestry Mother awl rather boas la the vest ladies• bat ease here at sear apes Lived Nest at their lives la restris tot area of the Nast awe* 2. Place and date of birth Sera 14199 in West Indies (St. Croix) 3. Family Three sons, one daughter 4. Places lived in, with dates Came to kiew York from St.…
New York, United States, New York City
· 1938
· 7 pages
Recorded by: Bennie, Overcoat, O'donnell, John E.
J. E. O'Donnell. 1,816 words "Overcoat Bennie." "Overcoat Bennie" was one of the slickest "fences" that ever operated in this country. Bennie was a man of easy grace and fluent tongue as well as a profound optimst. Nothing daunted him. Obstacles made no impression upon him, and so he conquered them. He came to America from Poland forty odd years ago with high hopes of getting rich as a jewelsmith and lapidary, a profession at which he had worked in all the important jewel marts of Europe.…
New York, United States, New York City
· 1939
· 5 pages
Recorded by: Henson, Matt, Poston, Theodore
Theodore Poston MATT HLNSON RLTIR1,S (He ',7as There When) Source: Personal Observittion N. Y. Post(my story) Lxamination of Henson's Files There was little work that morning in the Chief Clerk's Office of the U. S. Custom House. The Whole staff was gathered, for the last time, around the desk of the genial and unassuming little man Who had worked there for 23 years* For Matt Henson, sole survivor of Peary's dash to the North Pole, was retiring from government service that day --on a clerk's…
New York, New York City, United States
· 1934-08-07
· 4 pages
Recorded by: Herndon, Angelo, Poston, Theodore
Submitted by Theodore Poston ANCTIJO RERVDON COMES B:.OK FROM GEORGIA References: Personal Interview(August 7, 1934) Memory refreshed from Amsterdam News files He was tired. Very tired and very sick. His sagging muscles, pallid face, drooping shoulders and nervous fingers pro- claimed it. And as the train headed for Pennsylvania Station where 6,000 people waited impatiently to hail him, Angelo Herndon turned wearily to the reporter who had met him at Manhattan Transfer. "ch„ the Amsterdam…
New York City, United States, New York
· 1939-01-10
· 5 pages
Recorded by: Nick, Romanofsky, Fred
STATE Now York NAME OF WORKER Forms to be Filled out for Each Interview FORM A Circumstances of Interview Fred Nommaastsky ADDRESS 8440 Pay Parkway Sreeklyao N. T. DATE Jam, 10$ 1SSS SUBJECT ilige FOLKLORE NEW YORK 1. Date and time c' interview ON several eeaseentive days la maths of Deo. and Jan. 2. Place of interview lltk St. ea sidimaIk 3. Name and address of informant 'Me 4. Name and address of person, if any, wno put you in touch with informant. 5. Name and address of person, if any,…
New York City, United States, New York
· 1937-10-11
· 3 pages
Recorded by: Romanofsky, Fred
ADDRESS DATE SUBJECT FORM C Text of Interview (Unedited) NEW YORK STATE NANE OF WORKER FRED ROMANOFSKY 8640 Bay Parkway, Brooklyn, N. Y. Oct. 11, 1937 "CABBIES" FOLKLORE NEW YORK "Sure, if it's tales you want, we'll give 'em to you. You give us one and we'll give you another. Bet you two to one that our stories are better. "Hey, Moishei He's got more tales than anybody." Moishe„ Mike, and several other cabbies came over out of pure curtosity and began to talk keeping an eye on thcAr cabs and…
New York, New York City, United States
· 7 pages
Recorded by: Roth, Terry
A2crolin. 0. We- Kr 7 Date received /0// 0/44D Consignment tto. I\ Shipped fr Label Amount rA L. C. PROJECT UNIT Form Title Collection (or Type) Place of origin 1")1, Date J.13 Project worker s..7 Project editor Remarks [NO TEXT AVAILABLE FOR THIS PAGE] r A "Once I had an argument :dth the leadershi:, here which was very soory on that. I though 2 ahy should I have to suffer so rY I'll do the same thing the others are doing. I'll go to the right union.' I went up thee and one fellow cones…
New York City, United States, New York
· 1940-10-10
· 3 pages
Recorded by: Roth, Terry
I. Accession ay" t% 8151 Date received /4071-•*/ Consignment no. Shipped from Wa4.11, Label Amount /75%,/, S --1). I 1.61g5.441/ L. C. PRO ECT.. UNIT Form -3 eL..... Collection (or Type) nue...g...t3.24S A .A4/2/4/ 4244. 4;442/ithei4eleidlitIZL Place of origin. 9144. Project worker Project editor Remarks *It vas a hard life thLt time with the boarders, with the living. And you knowl But still, between people, between workers and boss wee nor. Raentalukeit" then it is today. I was working in a…
New York, United States, New York City
· 1940-10-10
· 6 pages
Recorded by: Roth, Terry
fQJecs. Accession now 18158 Date received Consignment no. Shipped from /.0C14•41 Label Amount 676' 04-stbm S.-- I k t WPA L. C P oncr_etilAiza_____. UNIT Title .4.cr21. Mee Place of origin Project worker Project editor_ Remarks Collection (or Type) If I had been sitting in the Cafeteria for quite some There was nothing I had to attend to, and the steady mgh. discouraged any movement on my part. So on another cup of coffee. titxtzmilaxmtx!, kgpatxxxckx I had noticed my neighbor sit'erg…
New York, New York City, United States
· 1938-11-22
· 4 pages
Recorded by: Elmer, Roth, Terry
Forms to be Filled out for Each Interview FORMA Circumstances of Interview STA E WOW York NAME OF WORKER Terry Roth ADDRESS 47 Ws 69th Bt. New York DATE Nov. 28, 1938 SUBJECT *STORIES OF A 1090A10 TOBACCO ROAD°. 1. Date and time o interview NOV. 22, 1938 2. Place of interview Washington Square Park 3. Name and address of informant 'Ault a VI, MAWWi Mawr* 4. Name and address of person, if any, who put you in touch with informant. 5. Name and address of person, if any, accompanying you 6.…