Reon E. Swaim, Full Interview

Collection: Queens Museum Oral History Project Records at the Archives at Queens Library: Reon E. Swaim

Date: Time Period: 1939; 1964; 2014-07-30; Interview recorded: Jul 30, 2014 Material: Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Audacity. Dimension: Total running time: 0:06:26

Creator: Reon E. Swaim interviewed by Abigail Banks Identifier: aql:18418 swaim_reone_full

Description: Reon Swaim is a collector of 1939 World's Fair memorabilia, and he speaks about his family's experiences with the 1939 Fair as well as his own experiences with the 1964 World's Fair. He tells some stories about his visit with his grandfather and another visit with a friend as well as some stories about his uncle and his mother's family in 1939.

Title : Reon E. Swaim, Full Interview

Collection : aql:20455; aql:18354

Creator : Reon E. Swaim interviewed by Abigail Banks

Date : Time Period: 1939; 1964; 2014-07-30; Interview recorded: Jul 30, 2014

Summary/Description : Reon Swaim is a collector of 1939 World's Fair memorabilia, and he speaks about his family's experiences with the 1939 Fair as well as his own experiences with the 1964 World's Fair. He tells some stories about his visit with his grandfather and another visit with a friend as well as some stories about his uncle and his mother's family in 1939.

Subject : New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.); New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)

Relation : Queens Museum Oral History Project Records at the Archives at Queens Library: Reon E. Swaim

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

Coverage : Locations discussed: Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens, NY Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Oral history

Format : Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Audacity.; Total running time: 0:06:26

Identifier : aql:18418 swaim_reone_full