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Series 3: Oral Histories, 2007-2008, inclusive

Extent

1 Linear Feet in 1 record carton and 24 MP3 audio files.

Scope and Contents

This series contains recordings and transcripts of interviews from the Brooklyn Historical Society's Pfizer Brooklyn Oral History Project, carried out in 2007 and 2008 after Pfizer announced it would be closing down its Brooklyn plant. In total, interviews with 25 employees of Pfizer Brooklyn are included in this series. Full recordings of the interviews can be listened to onsite at the Othmer Library. Additional ephemera concerning the Oral History Project, Pfizer, and Penecillin is also included, along with an article from the Williamsburg Courier regarding the closing of the Brooklyn plant and copies of historic clippings from the Brooklyn Eagle pertaining to events in Pfizer's history.

Center for Brooklyn History
128 Pierrepont Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201