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Collection Creator:
Washington, Rico, Music Journalist  Search this
Yanagawa, Shino (Photographer)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Oral histories (document genres)
Interviews
Place:
Staten Island (New York, N.Y.)
Date:
Undated
Scope and Contents:
Sheila Lewandowski is the executive director of the Chocolate Factory, an organization that helps people in the perforance arts. Lewandowski grew up in an Staten Islands housing project. She discusses her life in the projects, the positive aspects and the negative experiences. She explains how the architecture of the projects affects the residents.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Architecture -- New York (N.Y.)  Search this
Public housing  Search this
Performance artists -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Genre/Form:
Oral histories (document genres)
Interviews -- 21st century
Collection Citation:
We the People Project Records, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Rico Washington and Shino Yanagawa.
Identifier:
ACMA.06-103, Item acma_06-103-Sheila
See more items in:
We the People: The Citizens of NYCHA in Photos + Words Project Records
We the People: The Citizens of NYCHA in Photos + Words Project Records / Series I: Interviews
Archival Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa776327d3e-b16d-4d60-9e7c-a952b85dc009
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-acma-06-103-ref41