Ann Elizabeth Chan Clip 1: Making a New Home Despite Racial Discrimination
Collection: This recording is part of the Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Ann Elizabeth Chan and is available in digital audio.
Date: Time Period: 1950's; 2016-06-06; Interview recorded: June 6, 2016
Material: Digital audio recording made using H2 Zoom digital recorder. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:02:47
Creator: Ann Elizabeth Chan
Identifier: aql:18452 qmp-aec-clip-000001
Description: Ann Elizabeth Chan recalls leaving Manhattan's Chinatown and moving to Long Island in the 1950s with her husband and brother. The family is met with rising property costs as well as restrictive housing covenants. Ann and her family do manage to locate a decent size house in the Long Island suburb of New Hyde Park.
Creator :
Ann Elizabeth Chan
Date :
Time Period: 1950's; 2016-06-06; Interview recorded: June 6, 2016
Summary/Description :
Ann Elizabeth Chan recalls leaving Manhattan's Chinatown and moving to Long Island in the 1950s with her husband and brother. The family is met with rising property costs as well as restrictive housing covenants. Ann and her family do manage to locate a decent size house in the Long Island suburb of New Hyde Park.
Subject :
Discrimination in housing; Suburbs; Chinese Americans; Emigration and immigration
Rights :
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Coverage :
Locations discussed: Chinatown New York City, Hong Kong, New Hyde Park, NY, Wantagh, White Plains, NY Chinatown (New York, N.Y.) Hong Kong White Plains (N.Y.) New Hyde Park (N.Y.)
Type :
Oral history
Format :
Digital audio recording made using H2 Zoom digital recorder.; Total running time: 0:02:47
Identifier :
aql:18452 qmp-aec-clip-000001
Subject:
Discrimination in housing; Suburbs; Chinese Americans; Emigration and immigration
Discrimination in housing; Suburbs; Chinese Americans; Emigration and immigration
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