Mary Abbate, Clip 5: Queens Community House

Collection: Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Mary Abbate

Date: Time Period: 1980s-2018; 2018-08-06; Interview recorded: August 6, 2018 Material: Digital audio recording made using a digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth. Dimension: Total running time: 00:18:44

Creator: Mary Abbate interviewed by Fran Kipnis Identifier: aql:34356 abbate-mary-clip5

Description: Mary talks about why she chose to study social work at Hunter College and her work at Forest Hills Community House. She started interning there in 1986 and never left. She talks about different things she has done there: starting new programs, and helping with homelessness. She also talks about its future.

Title : Mary Abbate, Clip 5: Queens Community House

Collection : aql:2662; aql:34390

Creator : Mary Abbate interviewed by Fran Kipnis

Date : Time Period: 1980s-2018; 2018-08-06; Interview recorded: August 6, 2018

Summary/Description : Mary talks about why she chose to study social work at Hunter College and her work at Forest Hills Community House. She started interning there in 1986 and never left. She talks about different things she has done there: starting new programs, and helping with homelessness. She also talks about its future.

Subject : Social workers; Social services; Forest Hills Community House (Forest Hills, New York, N.Y.)

Relation : Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Mary Abbate

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

Coverage : Locations discussed: Forest Hills, Queens, NY amd Manhattan, NY Forest Hills (New York, N.Y.) Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Oral history

Format : Digital audio recording made using a digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth.; Total running time: 00:18:44

Identifier : aql:34356 abbate-mary-clip5