- Description
- 772 audio files
- Summary
- Jeff Kisseloff (1955 - ) is an American writer and oral historian. This collection (1986-2000) contains sound recordings of interviews Kisseloff conducted for his published and unpublished books and articles. Two books were published from these interviews: You Must Remember This: An oral history of Manhattan from the 1890s to World War II and Generation on Fire: Voices of protest from the 1960s. The interviews for a book on the integration of baseball and a book on early rock and roll were never published.
- Subjects
- Merchant mariners
- Community activists > New York (State) > New York
- Cigar makers
- Sound recordings
- Oral histories
- Washington Heights (New York, N.Y.)
- Upper West Side (New York, N.Y.)
- Upper East Side (New York, N.Y.)
- Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.)
- Hell's Kitchen (New York, N.Y.)
- Hudson Guild (New York, N.Y.)
- Students for a Democratic Society (U.S.)
- Tammany Hall (Political organization)
- Triangle Shirtwaist Company
- Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring
- Generation on Fire: Voices of protest from the 1960s
- You Must Remember This: An oral history of Manhattan from the 1890s to World War II
- African American jazz musicians
- Alcoholic beverage law violations
- Baseball > Interviews
- Boxing > New York (State) > New York
- Clothing trade
- Communal living > United States
- Counterculture > United States > History > 20th century
- Courtship
- Emigration and immigration
- Manners and customs
- Negro leagues
- Organized crime > New York (State) > New York
- Political activists > United States > Interviews
- Prohibition
- Protest movements > United States > History > 20th century
- Stevedores > Labor unions
- New York (N.Y.) > History > 1898-1951
- New York (N.Y.) > Social life and customs
- United States > Politics and government
- World War, 1914-1918
- World War, 1939-1945
- Chinatown (New York, N.Y.)
- East Village (New York, N.Y.)
- Ellis Island (N.J. and N.Y.)
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
- Genre/Form
- Oral histories.
- Sound recordings.
- Source (note)
- Purchased from Jeff Kisseloff, 2007.
- Location of Other Archival Materials (note)
- Archive of American Television, Television Academy Foundation.
- Call Number
- MssCol 6399
- OCLC
- 893576935
- Author
Kisseloff, Jeff.
- Title
Jeff Kisseloff oral history interviews, 1986-2000.
- Location of Other Archival Materials
The Jeff Kisseloff Collection; Archive of American Television, Television Academy Foundation.
- Source
Purchased from Jeff Kisseloff, 2007.
- Occupation
Cigar makers.
Community activists New York (State) New York.
Merchant mariners.
Stevedores.
- Research Call Number
MssCol 6399