Oral Histories, bulk: 2019 - 2021

Sub-Series

Staff Only

SEEK History Project Guide: Oral Histories

Scope and Contents

Oral history interviews with SEEK faculty, staff, and alumni. The interviews initially focused on significant figures in the early years of the SEEK program. Currently employed staff and faculty (circa 2020-2021) were also interviewed, especially in regard to their experience during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dates

Majority of material found within 2019 - 2021

Conditions Governing Access

Media files and transcript are made available through the Queens Memory Project on Aviary.

For a compilation of all SEEK interviews with links see the SEEK History Project Guide.

Conditions Governing Use

All interview are shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Users are free to share or adapt the material for non-commercial purposes, as long as they meet the terms of the license. See license details at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/.

Administrative History

Oral history interviews were conducted by Obden Mondesir as part of the SEEK History Project from 2019-2021, with transcripts created by Obden Mondesir, Reign McConnell, and other archives staff. The interviews were initially conducted in person with a hand-held audio recorder. After the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, interviews were conducted remotely using Google Voice or Zoom. Digital files are preserved as part of Queens Memory, a local history initiative jointly sponsored by the Queens Public Library and Queens College.