{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/3/context.json","id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/iiif/x34mk65p3v/manifest","type":"Manifest","label":{"en":["Jimmy Van Bramer Oral History"]},"logo":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/organizations/logo_images/000/000/010/original/Aviary_QPLlogo_192x192.png?1578574261","metadata":[{"label":{"en":["Description"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eClip 1, 2010: \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJimmy Van Bramer talks about what a typical day in his life as councilmember looks like, which events he likes most, and what he does in his rare spare time. This clip was originally posted on the Sunnyside Sound Project web site.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eClip 2, 2010: \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJimmy Van Bramer has avidly fought for the continuation of special services at libraries, schools, senior centers and youth programs. During his second month in office he passed a law, which, he says with pride, \"for a freshman councilmember is very hard to do.\" The \"Library Card For All Act\" requires the Department of Education to help public school students apply for library cards. Here he speaks about his efforts to improve the public housing in his district, and the importance of library services, particularly to the impoverished, as a \"great equalizer.\"\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSummary of Full Interview, 2010\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJimmy Van Bramer is a councilmember of the 26th district in Queens. He represents Astoria, Woodside, Long Island City, Maspeth and Sunnyside. In the six months since he has been in office, he has processed 600 requests and complaints from constituents, including a lack of garbage cans on 39th Avenue, graffiti and drug dealing in Sunnyside Gardens, broken streetlights and falling tree branches.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSummary of Full Interview, 2018\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJimmy Van Bramer is currently the NYC Council Deputy Leader for the 26th District of Queens.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c/span\u003eHe is a lifelong Queens resident.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c/span\u003eIn this interview he discusses his personal and professional involvement in the history of activism in the LGBTQ communities in Queens.\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c/span\u003eHe discusses how and when he came out to his family and community and his desire to represent the LGBTQ community as an elected representive in his own Queens, working class community.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e (general)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Rights Statement"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCC BY-NC-SA Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Date"]},"value":{"en":["2010-06-15 (created)","2018-07-19 (created)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Agent"]},"value":{"en":["Jimmy Van Bramer (Interviewee)","Sabine Heinlein (Interviewer)","Alice Ostrowsky (Interviewer)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Source"]},"value":{"en":["2010 interview was conducted by Sabine Heinlein as part of her Sunnyside Sound Project.","2018 interview collected through the LGBTQ+ History in Queens project, starting in 2017."]}},{"label":{"en":["Coverage"]},"value":{"en":["Sunnyside and Astoria, Queens, NY (spatial)","1970s-2018 (temporal)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Language"]},"value":{"en":["English (Primary)"]}}],"summary":{"en":["\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; background: white; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"\u003eClip 1, 2010: \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; background: white; mso-highlight: white;\"\u003eJimmy Van Bramer talks about what a typical day in his life as councilmember looks like, which events he likes most, and what he does in his rare spare time. This clip was originally posted on the Sunnyside Sound Project web site.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; background: white; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"\u003eClip 2, 2010: \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; background: white; mso-highlight: white;\"\u003eJimmy Van Bramer has avidly fought for the continuation of special services at libraries, schools, senior centers and youth programs. During his second month in office he passed a law, which, he says with pride, \"for a freshman councilmember is very hard to do.\" The \"Library Card For All Act\" requires the Department of Education to help public school students apply for library cards. Here he speaks about his efforts to improve the public housing in his district, and the importance of library services, particularly to the impoverished, as a \"great equalizer.\"\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"\u003eSummary of Full Interview, 2010\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"\u003eJimmy Van Bramer is a councilmember of the 26th district in Queens. He represents Astoria, Woodside, Long Island City, Maspeth and Sunnyside. In the six months since he has been in office, he has processed 600 requests and complaints from constituents, including a lack of garbage cans on 39th Avenue, graffiti and drug dealing in Sunnyside Gardens, broken streetlights and falling tree branches.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"\u003eSummary of Full Interview, 2018\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"\u003eJimmy Van Bramer is currently the NYC Council Deputy Leader for the 26th District of Queens.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e\u0026nbsp; \u003c/span\u003eHe is a lifelong Queens resident.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e\u0026nbsp; \u003c/span\u003eIn this interview he discusses his personal and professional involvement in the history of activism in the LGBTQ communities in Queens.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e\u0026nbsp; \u003c/span\u003eHe discusses how and when he came out to his family and community and his desire to represent the LGBTQ community as an elected representive in his own Queens, working class community.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"]},"requiredStatement":{"label":{"en":["Attribution"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; background: white;\"\u003eCC BY-NC-SA Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"]}},"provider":[{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/aboutus","type":"Agent","label":{"en":["Queens Public Library"]},"homepage":[{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/","type":"Text","label":{"en":["Queens Public Library"]},"format":"text/html"}],"logo":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/organizations/logo_images/000/000/010/original/Aviary_QPLlogo_192x192.png?1578574261","type":"Image"}]}],"thumbnail":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/collection_resource_files/thumbnails/000/048/481/small/IMG_6143.jpg?1568313290","type":"Image","format":"image/jpeg"}],"items":[{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/10281/file/48481","type":"Canvas","label":{"en":["Media File 1 of 2 - van_bremer_jimmy_clip1.wav"]},"duration":356.62371,"width":640,"height":360,"thumbnail":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/collection_resource_files/thumbnails/000/048/481/small/IMG_6143.jpg?1568313290","type":"Image","format":"image/jpeg"}],"items":[{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/10281/file/48481/content/1","type":"AnnotationPage","items":[{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/10281/file/48481/content/1/annotation/1","type":"Annotation","motivation":"painting","body":{"id":"https://aviary-p-queenslibrary.s3.wasabisys.com/collection_resource_files/resource_files/000/048/481/original/van_bremer_jimmy_clip1.wav?1568312871","type":"Audio","format":"audio/mpeg","duration":356.62371,"width":640,"height":360},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/10281/file/48481","metadata":[]}]}],"annotations":[]},{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/10281/file/48482","type":"Canvas","label":{"en":["Media File 2 of 2 - van_bremer_jimmy_clip2.wav"]},"duration":203.72651,"width":640,"height":360,"thumbnail":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/collection_resource_files/thumbnails/000/048/482/small/IMG_6143.jpg?1568313297","type":"Image","format":"image/jpeg"}],"items":[{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/10281/file/48482/content/1","type":"AnnotationPage","items":[{"id":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/10281/file/48482/content/2/annotation/1","type":"Annotation","motivation":"painting","body":{"id":"https://aviary-p-queenslibrary.s3.wasabisys.com/collection_resource_files/resource_files/000/048/482/original/van_bremer_jimmy_clip2.wav?1568312874","type":"Audio","format":"audio/wav","duration":203.72651,"width":640,"height":360},"target":"https://queenslibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/104/collection_resources/10281/file/48482","metadata":[]}]}],"annotations":[]}]}