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Nettie and Lisa Stewart, Full Interview

Collection: Queens Memory Project Collection at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Nettie and Lisa Stewart
Date: Time Period: 1941 - 2011; 2011-10-21; Interview recorded: October 21 2011 Material: Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Hindenburg. Dimension: Total running time: 2:54:37
Creator: Nettie and Lisa Stewart interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt Identifier: aql:20652 stewart_nettie_lisa_full

Description: Nettie Stewart moved with her parents from South Carolina in 1941 to Jamaica, Queens where her father worked as a minister for the African Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1951, Nettie and her husband moved to Flushing's Bland Houses, a public housing development in downtown Flushing on Roosevelt Avenue. Nettie has vivid memories of downtown Flushing from that time. She knew her neighbors well and often took walks in the evenings to window shop along the quiet streets. Nettie still has an apartment in Bland Houses that she shares with her daughter, Lisa Stewart, who works for Chinese Immigrant Services, a non-profit started by community leader, Susan Wu Rathbone. Nettie has a long history of civic involvement, from being a member of the Bland Houses Tenant Association to an active member of St. John's Lutheran Church. She and Lisa share stories from their decades living in Flushing that reflect their large network of friends and acquaintances, as well as how they have both explored every block, church, store, and park in the area.

Title : Nettie and Lisa Stewart, Full Interview

Collection : aql:20455; aql:20682

Creator : Nettie and Lisa Stewart interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt

Date : Time Period: 1941 - 2011; 2011-10-21; Interview recorded: October 21 2011

Summary/Description : Nettie Stewart moved with her parents from South Carolina in 1941 to Jamaica, Queens where her father worked as a minister for the African Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1951, Nettie and her husband moved to Flushing's Bland Houses, a public housing development in downtown Flushing on Roosevelt Avenue. Nettie has vivid memories of downtown Flushing from that time. She knew her neighbors well and often took walks in the evenings to window shop along the quiet streets. Nettie still has an apartment in Bland Houses that she shares with her daughter, Lisa Stewart, who works for Chinese Immigrant Services, a non-profit started by community leader, Susan Wu Rathbone. Nettie has a long history of civic involvement, from being a member of the Bland Houses Tenant Association to an active member of St. John's Lutheran Church. She and Lisa share stories from their decades living in Flushing that reflect their large network of friends and acquaintances, as well as how they have both explored every block, church, store, and park in the area.

Subject : Segregation; African Americans; Motion picture theaters; Neighborhoods; Emigration and immigration; Cultural pluralism; Castro, Fidel, 1926-2016; James A. Bland Houses; John Bowne High School; La Guardia Airport; New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.); New York Islanders (Hockey team)

Relation : Queens Memory Project Collection at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Nettie and Lisa Stewart

Rights : This recording is the property of Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives. Please contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.

Coverage : Locations discussed: Waldheim, Flushing, and Jamaica, Queens, NY Jamaica (New York, N.Y.) Flushing (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Oral history

Format : Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Hindenburg.; Total running time: 2:54:37

Identifier : aql:20652 stewart_nettie_lisa_full

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Segregation; African Americans; Motion picture theaters; Neighborhoods; Emigration and immigration; Cultural pluralism; Castro, Fidel, 1926-2016; James A. Bland Houses; John Bowne High School; La Guardia Airport; New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.); New York Islanders (Hockey team)

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