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40:24 Interview with Amber DiPietra Interview with Amber DiPietra	Interview with Amber DiPietra Kari, 33, and Amber, 31, talk about working at the non-profit Lighthouse for the Blind, and the way their personal experiences inform their work. appearance workday life craft skills and procedures customers and clients coworkers job satisfaction workplace characters regimens cures illness family doctor stories anecdotes (humorous but true stories) personal experiences traumatic memories memories of former times political beliefs and practices social beliefs and practices prejudice identity racism discrimination urban life community organizations influential people community worthies community history san francisco ca disability services disabilities independent living movement blindness visual impairment photography art shows galleries “insights” [gallery show] lighthouse for the blind non-profits social services volunteers vision loss vision impaired artists eyesight american foundation for the blind peer counseling sighted people computers readers email internet colleagues From - UM Libraries 0 likes 1 plays Access Restrictions Access to this content is limited to computers in the Richter Library on the University of Miami campus. Please visit the library to view this content. Visitors not affiliated with the University of Miami should consult the library’s patron access policy. Digital Collections Link University of Miami Digital Collections Creator DiPietra, Amber Orvik, Kari Genre Oral histories Language English Creation Date January 23, 2010 Creation Place San Francisco (Calif.) Contributing Unit University of Miami Libraries Repository Cuban Heritage Collection Rights Statement Courtesy of StoryCorps, a national nonprofit dedicated to recording and collecting stories of everyday people. www.storycorps.org. Any other uses of this material--for commercial or non-commercial distribution, editing, exhibition, publishing, publicly performing, publicly displaying, reproducing on a website, or quotation beyond "fair use"--requires the permission of StoryCorps. For clearance, please contact StoryCorps at http://storycorps.org/about/inquiries/. Content Type Sound Local Identifier chc52460001500001001
33:42 Interview with Sylvia Greenfelt Interview with Sylvia Greenfelt	Interview with Sylvia Greenfelt Sylvia Greenfelt (89) and daughter Sharon Kersten (59) talk about Sylvia’s life growing up in Harlem, New York, and Newark, New Jersey, the daughter of Jewish immigrants. war stories great depression stories immigration stories family naming and nicknames family favorite songs and poems family traditions family expressions family trips and excursions ethnicity workday life job satisfaction first impression of america marriage first meetings anecdotes (humorous but true stories) personal experiences historical events/people memories of growing up school day memories religious beliefs and practices social beliefs and practices economic beliefs and practices town life neighborhood life urban life community businesses community organizations community history schools spouse children extended family parents grandparents siblings great depression education world war ii blind hospital volunteer jewish ukraine polish poland argentina yiddish hebrew “there’s no free lunch” the golden rule paint house wallpaper paper-hanger entrepreneur pushcart peddler english integrate god religion kindness donation volunteerism new york guild for the blind american women’s hospital reserve corps military rmd jewish national fund harlem new york washington heights george washington high school reeman lechter From - UM Libraries 0 likes 0 plays Access Restrictions Access to this content is limited to computers in the Richter Library on the University of Miami campus. Please visit the library to view this content. Visitors not affiliated with the University of Miami should consult the library’s patron access policy. Digital Collections Link University of Miami Digital Collections Creator Greenfelt, Sylvia Kersten, Sharon Genre Oral histories Language English Creation Date January 29, 2010 Creation Place Miami (Fla.) Contributing Unit University of Miami Libraries Repository Cuban Heritage Collection Rights Statement Courtesy of StoryCorps, a national nonprofit dedicated to recording and collecting stories of everyday people. www.storycorps.org. Any other uses of this material--for commercial or non-commercial distribution, editing, exhibition, publishing, publicly performing, publicly displaying, reproducing on a website, or quotation beyond "fair use"--requires the permission of StoryCorps. For clearance, please contact StoryCorps at http://storycorps.org/about/inquiries/. Content Type Sound Local Identifier chc52460001290001001

40:24

Interview with Amber DiPietra

Kari, 33, and Amber, 31, talk about working at the non-profit Lighthouse for the Blind, and the way their personal experiences inform their work.

From - UM Libraries 0 likes 1 plays

Access Restrictions

Access to this content is limited to computers in the Richter Library on the University of Miami campus. Please visit the library to view this content. Visitors not affiliated with the University of Miami should consult the library’s patron access policy.

Digital Collections Link

University of Miami Digital Collections

Creator

DiPietra, Amber

Orvik, Kari

Genre

Oral histories

Language

English

Creation Date

January 23, 2010

Creation Place

San Francisco (Calif.)

Contributing Unit

University of Miami Libraries

Repository

Cuban Heritage Collection

Rights Statement

Courtesy of StoryCorps, a national nonprofit dedicated to recording and collecting stories of everyday people. www.storycorps.org. Any other uses of this material--for commercial or non-commercial distribution, editing, exhibition, publishing, publicly performing, publicly displaying, reproducing on a website, or quotation beyond "fair use"--requires the permission of StoryCorps. For clearance, please contact StoryCorps at http://storycorps.org/about/inquiries/.

Content Type

Sound

Local Identifier

chc52460001500001001

33:42

Interview with Sylvia Greenfelt

Sylvia Greenfelt (89) and daughter Sharon Kersten (59) talk about Sylvia’s life growing up in Harlem, New York, and Newark, New Jersey, the daughter of Jewish immigrants.

war stories

great depression stories

immigration stories

family naming and nicknames

family favorite songs and poems

family traditions

family expressions

family trips and excursions

ethnicity

workday life

job satisfaction

first impression of america