Jim Sheridan, Clip 1: Concerts at the West Side Tennis Club

Collection: Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Jim Sheridan

Date: Time Period: 1960s; 2013-08-09; Interview recorded: August 9, 2013 Material: Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Adobe Sound Booth. Dimension: Total running time: 0:06:05

Creator: Jim Sheridan Interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt Identifier: aql:19444 qmp-jm-clip-000001

Description: Former West Side Tennis Club groundskeeper Jim Sheridan, recounts the history of concerts once held in the club's stadium. Concerts were about to start again at the time of this interview in the summer of 2013. Sheridan shares his memories of being backstage during shows and some of the details about preparations and clean-up for concerts. He shares insights into the impact of concerts on the relations between community members and the club.

Title : Jim Sheridan, Clip 1: Concerts at the West Side Tennis Club

Collection : aql:20455; aql:19471

Creator : Jim Sheridan Interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt

Date : Time Period: 1960s; 2013-08-09; Interview recorded: August 9, 2013

Summary/Description : Former West Side Tennis Club groundskeeper Jim Sheridan, recounts the history of concerts once held in the club's stadium. Concerts were about to start again at the time of this interview in the summer of 2013. Sheridan shares his memories of being backstage during shows and some of the details about preparations and clean-up for concerts. He shares insights into the impact of concerts on the relations between community members and the club.

Subject : Stadiums; Rock concerts; Tennis clubs; West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, N.Y.

Relation : Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Jim Sheridan

Rights : Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.

Coverage : Locations discussed: West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, Queens, NY Forest Hills (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Oral history

Format : Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Adobe Sound Booth.; Total running time: 0:06:05

Identifier : aql:19444 qmp-jm-clip-000001