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The Long Island History ProjectEpisode 202: Robert Anen and Manhasset Oral HistoriesThe voices of the past are all around us, if you know how to listen. And sometimes those voices are trapped on small thin strips of tape wrapped in cheap plastic. That’s where Robert Anen comes in. As project archivist for the Long Island Library Resources Council, he works with historical collections across Nassau and Suffolk counties. Specializing in audio preservation and digitization, he’s rescued a number of collections – copying them to digital media and making them publicly available online. Today we focus on Robert’s work with one of the oldest oral history collections on Long...2025-04-0829 minThe Long Island History ProjectEpisode 202: Robert Anen and Manhasset Oral HistoriesThe voices of the past are all around us, if you know how to listen. And sometimes those voices are trapped on small thin strips of tape wrapped in cheap plastic. That’s where Robert Anen comes in. As project archivist for the Long Island Library Resources Council, he works with historical collections across Nassau and Suffolk counties. Specializing in audio preservation and digitization, he’s rescued a number of collections – copying them to digital media and making them publicly available online. Today we focus on Robert’s work with one of the oldest oral history collections on Long...2025-04-0829 min