Interview about the Demolition of the Carnegie Library
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Title
Interview about the Demolition of the Carnegie Library
Description
Grinton I. Will and his wife Clarissa L. Will talk about the demolition of the Yonkers Carnegie Library.
Creator
Yonkers Public Library
Source
J. Williams
Publisher
Yonkers Public Library
Date
1/13/1983
Format
MP3
Identifier
2018.016.002
Oral History Item Type Metadata
Interviewer
J. Williams
Interviewee
Grinton I. Will and Clarissa L. Will
Original Format
Cassette tape
Duration
4:36
Time Summary
:36-Mr. Will talks posts in the Herald Statesman about the imminent destruction the Carnegie Library.
1:26-Mr. Will organizes a group of people to go to Albany to try to make the Carnegie Library a historic landmark.
2:03-The Yonkers city council changed the route of the road that was being built so it was necessary to demolish the Carnegie Library.
3:45-Library service challenge-getting word to the public.
4:05-Grinton I. Will not being paid two months in a row during the Great Depression.
1:26-Mr. Will organizes a group of people to go to Albany to try to make the Carnegie Library a historic landmark.
2:03-The Yonkers city council changed the route of the road that was being built so it was necessary to demolish the Carnegie Library.
3:45-Library service challenge-getting word to the public.
4:05-Grinton I. Will not being paid two months in a row during the Great Depression.
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Citation
Yonkers Public Library, “Interview about the Demolition of the Carnegie Library,” Yonkers Public Library Archive, accessed April 25, 2024, http://archive.ypl.org/items/show/558.