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Debra E. Bernhardt

Born: 05/09/1953   Nurnberg , Germany
Died: 03/22/2001
Parents: Harold O. and Marcia A. Bernhardt
Spouse: Jon Bloom
Children: Alexander, Sonia
Address(es):
Last known address:
Brooklyn , NY
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Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Image of Men, mines and memories : iron mining in Iron County, Michigan Men, mines and memories : iron mining in Iron County, Michigan
- editor, Marcia Bernhardt ; interviewers, Harold Bernhardt, Debra Bernhardt. 		Non Fiction , Michigan History Adult Caspian, Michigan : Iron County Museum 2001
Image of Ordinary people, extraordinary lives : a pictorial history of working people in New York City Ordinary people, extraordinary lives : a pictorial history of working people in New York City
- with Rachel Berenstain 		Non Fiction Adult New York : New York University Press 2000
New Yorkers at Work
- A study guide prepared for New York schools, preceded by an eight-part series broadcast for National Public Radio 		Non Fiction 1988
New Yorkers at Work: Oral Histories of Life, Labor and Industry
- Curriculum units growing out of documentary radio series, done for Public Radio broadcasts in 1981 		Non Fiction Children New York : New York University Press 1985
Oral History Manual-Twentieth Century Trade Women Union: Vehicle for Social Change Non Fiction Adult New York : New York University Press 1982
We Knew Different---The Michigan Timber Workers' Strike of 1937 Michigan History Adult Iron Mountain, Mich. : Mid-Peninsula Library Cooperative 1979
They Knew Different--the Timberstrikes of 1936 Non Fiction Dickenson-Iron Library 1978
Image of Black rock and roses : a play of Iron County Black rock and roses : a play of Iron County Drama , Michigan History Adult [Iron River (Mich.)?] : D. Bernhardt 1976
Spring Valley Series
- A series of short stories 		Non Fiction
- Works have appeared in the following: The New York Times, The Village Voice, The Volunteer (Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade), Annotation, Michigan History, Oral History publications and dozens of articles in professional publications Non Fiction
What is the aim or goal of your writing: "The desire to document the lives of the largely unsung men and women--first in my home county in Michigan, then in Ohio and finally in New York City. Oral history has been one of the major tools along with a bit of diplomacy and politics. I have wanted to celebrate the fact that ordinary people were able to express their rights in free speech and assembly on this spot." (Union Square quote) "Proud of my own working-class roots--with a 'Bulldog' tenacity to give ordinary people their proper place in historical records."

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
High School Diploma Swartz Creek High School 1915 -1917

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Archivist and historian
- Radical History Review 		Tamiment Institute Library, New York University New York , NY 1991 -2001
Head archivist New York University, Elmer Bobst Library New York , NY 1989 -2001
Archivist New York University, Elmer Bobst Library New York , NY 1979 -1989
Co-director of research project on labor history State of Ohio Columbus 1978 -1979
Student librarian Wayne State University, Labor Archives Detroit 1976 -1977
Assistant director, Dept. of History New York University New York , NY
Head Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives New York , NY

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