Brooklyn Navy Yard oral history collection
1986-2010, inclusive
; 2006-2010, bulk
Sullivan, Sady
Egan, Jennifer
Romano, Daniella
Filene, Benjamin
Esses, Diane
Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation
The Brooklyn Navy Yard oral history collection is comprised of over fifty oral history interviews with men and women who worked in or around the Brooklyn Navy Yard, primarily during World War II. The assembled oral histories in this collection date from 1986 to 2010.
In the interviews, narrators discuss growing up, their work at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, their relationships with others at the Yard, gender relations at the Yard, and transportation to and from work. Many narrators bring up issues of ethnicity, race, and religion at the Yard or in their neighborhoods. Several people describe the launching of the USS Missouri battleship and recall in detail their daily tasks at the Yard. Many of the narrators worked as welders, riveters, office workers, mechanics, electricians, and ship fitters. While the interviews focus primarily on experiences in and around the Yard, many narrators go on to discuss their lives after the Navy Yard, relating stories about their careers, dating and marriage, children, social activities, living conditions and the changes that took place in and around Brooklyn during their lifetimes.
Amy Lau, Mary Mann, Aliki Caloyeras, and Margaret Fraser
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Brooklyn Historical Society
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