Mahipaul Persaud, Clip 2: Work Instead of Education

Collection: Anahi Viladrich Records at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Mahipaul Persaud

Date: Time Period: 1958 - 2012; 2012-11-28; Interview recorded: November 28, 2012 Material: Digital audio recording made using HTC EVO Phone digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth. Dimension: Total running time: 0:03:06

Creator: Mahipaul Persaud interviewed by Pamela Kabir Identifier: aql:21243 avr-mp-clip-000002

Description: When he was twelve years old and still living in Guyana, Mahipaul Persaud had to stop attending school and start working. His first job at a bakery required him to move away from home and sleep on-premises so he could work as many hours as possible.

Title : Mahipaul Persaud, Clip 2: Work Instead of Education

Collection : aql:20455; aql:18056

Creator : Mahipaul Persaud interviewed by Pamela Kabir

Date : Time Period: 1958 - 2012; 2012-11-28; Interview recorded: November 28, 2012

Summary/Description : When he was twelve years old and still living in Guyana, Mahipaul Persaud had to stop attending school and start working. His first job at a bakery required him to move away from home and sleep on-premises so he could work as many hours as possible.

Subject : Child labor; Bakeries; Guyanese Americans; Cooking, Guyanese

Relation : Anahi Viladrich Records at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Mahipaul Persaud

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

Coverage : Locations discussed: Ozone Park, Queens, NY; Guyana Guyana Ozone Park (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Oral history

Format : Digital audio recording made using HTC EVO Phone digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth.; Total running time: 0:03:06

Identifier : aql:21243 avr-mp-clip-000002