Paul Kerzner, Clip 2: Multiple Generations and the Immigrant Experience

Collection: Queens Memory Project Collection at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Paul Kerzner

Date: Time Period: 1950 - 1970; 2013-05-01; Interview recorded: May 1 2013 Material: Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital audio recorder digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth. Dimension: Total running time: 0:03:18

Creator: Paul Kerzner interviewed by Grace Sullivan Identifier: aql:26264 kerzner-paul-clip2

Description: Paul talks about daily family routines in his household growing up. His mom would come home around 3:00 pm to start cooking and his dad and grandparents all ate dinner together. He remembers this being common in the neighborhood. Many families had multiple generations living together and many of the grandparents were immigrants. Paul believes this lifestyle brought stability to the neighborhood. This was one of the reasons he remained in Ridgewood his whole life.

Title : Paul Kerzner, Clip 2: Multiple Generations and the Immigrant Experience

Collection : aql:16085; aql:20455

Creator : Paul Kerzner interviewed by Grace Sullivan

Date : Time Period: 1950 - 1970; 2013-05-01; Interview recorded: May 1 2013

Summary/Description : Paul talks about daily family routines in his household growing up. His mom would come home around 3:00 pm to start cooking and his dad and grandparents all ate dinner together. He remembers this being common in the neighborhood. Many families had multiple generations living together and many of the grandparents were immigrants. Paul believes this lifestyle brought stability to the neighborhood. This was one of the reasons he remained in Ridgewood his whole life.

Subject : Immigrant families; Children of immigrants

Relation : Queens Memory Project Collection at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Paul Kerzner

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

Coverage : Locations discussed: Ridgewood, Queens, NY Ridgewood (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Oral history

Format : Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital audio recorder digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth.; Total running time: 0:03:18

Identifier : aql:26264 kerzner-paul-clip2