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Ata M. Sheikh, Full Interview

Collection: Sunnyside Sound Project Records at the Archives at Queens Library: Ata M. Sheikh
Date: Time Period: 1982-2009; 2009; Interview recorded in 2009 Material: digital audio recording made using Edirol R-09 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth software. Dimension: Total running time: 0:32:00
Creator: Ata M. Sheikh interviewed by Sabine Heinlein Identifier: aql:18095 sheikh_ata_full

Description: Ata Sheikh owns a Grocery and Deli on Skillman Avenue. "I knew nothing about business," says Sheikh, who lives with his wife and five children in Woodside. "But I automatically started to learn. The customers are the main source of teaching business people how to run a business."

Collection : aql:20455; aql:18078

Creator : Ata M. Sheikh interviewed by Sabine Heinlein

Date : Time Period: 1982-2009; 2009; Interview recorded in 2009

Summary/Description : Ata Sheikh owns a Grocery and Deli on Skillman Avenue. "I knew nothing about business," says Sheikh, who lives with his wife and five children in Woodside. "But I automatically started to learn. The customers are the main source of teaching business people how to run a business."

Subject : Delicatessens; Grocery trade; Lottery tickets

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 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: 0:32:00

Identifier : aql:18095 sheikh_ata_full

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Delicatessens; Grocery trade; Lottery tickets

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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).


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