Liivia Westervelt Clip 2: Escaping Estonia
Collection: Sunnyside Sound Project Records at the Archives at Queens Library: Liivia Westervelt
Date: Time Period: 1951-2009; 2009; Interview recorded in 2009
Material: digital audio recording made using Edirol R-09 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth software. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:08:54
Creator: Liivia Westervelt interviewed by Sabine Heinlein
Identifier: aql:18140 westervelt_liivia_clip2
Description: Having escaped the Soviet occupation in Estonia, Liivia Westervelt immigrated to America via Germany and Czechoslovakia as an eight-year-old. After a short stint in Port Washington and in the Bronx, her parents bought a house in Sunnyside Gardens. "I think they chose it by accident," the 69-year-old laughs. "It must have sounded like a lovely name."
Creator :
Liivia Westervelt interviewed by Sabine Heinlein
Date :
Time Period: 1951-2009; 2009; Interview recorded in 2009
Summary/Description :
Having escaped the Soviet occupation in Estonia, Liivia Westervelt immigrated to America via Germany and Czechoslovakia as an eight-year-old. After a short stint in Port Washington and in the Bronx, her parents bought a house in Sunnyside Gardens. "I think they chose it by accident," the 69-year-old laughs. "It must have sounded like a lovely name."
Subject :
Immigrants
Rights :
These audio recordings, photos and articles are the property of Sabine Heinlein. Uses of edited excerpts from her interviews are protected under a Creative Commons public domain license, but her full, unedited audio is open to researchers by request. Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for access. For reproductions of the unedited recordings, please contact Sabine Heinlein at (sabineheinlein@gmail.com).
Coverage :
Locations discussed: Sunnyside, NY Estonia Germany Sunnyside (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
Oral history
Format :
digital audio recording made using Edirol R-09 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth software.; Total running time: 0:08:54
Identifier :
aql:18140 westervelt_liivia_clip2
Rights Notice
These audio recordings, photos and articles are the property of Sabine Heinlein. Uses of edited excerpts from her interviews are protected under a Creative Commons public domain license, but her full, unedited audio is open to researchers by request. Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for access. For reproductions of the unedited recordings, please contact Sabine Heinlein at (sabineheinlein@gmail.com).
These audio recordings, photos and articles are the property of Sabine Heinlein. Uses of edited excerpts from her interviews are protected under a Creative Commons public domain license, but her full, unedited audio is open to researchers by request. Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for access. For reproductions of the unedited recordings, please contact Sabine Heinlein at (sabineheinlein@gmail.com).
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