Iris and Bianca recording an oral history interview with the Neighborhood Stories project in August 2018.
The Neighborhood Stories Project is a storytelling initiative by the NYC Department of Records & Information Services (DORIS), which aims to gather and permanently preserve the stories of New York City community members—connecting local history with the records of City government maintained in the collections of the Municipal Archives and Library.
The projects endeavors to “put the community in the archive” by empowering local residents to provide their own rich historical narrative, and to encourage them to reflect on how the past connects to their lives, their families and their future.
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Promotional Video for Neighborhood Stories. The first person speaking is Pauline Toole, Commissioner of the NYC Department of Records and Information Services. The other people speaking are the participants that recorded oral history interviews with Neighborhood Stories. In the background of the video, historical photos of the city are juxtaposed with recent videos taken on the streets of New York.
