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Bill Clip 1: Sunnyside Diversity

Collection: Sunnyside Sound Project Records at the Archives at Queens Library: Bill
Date: Time Period: 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: 0:00:44
Creator: Bill interviewed by Sabine Heinlein Identifier: aql:18301 bill_clip1

Description: Bill has lived in Sunnyside for 60 years. Bill's favorite thing about Sunnyside is the diversity of the people. "It used to be German and Irish," he says. "Now it's Spanish, Asian - Filipino, Indian - and Irish." A former shipping and receiving clerk at a factory in Woodside, Bill has seen Sunnyside drown in drugs and violence - and he has seen it recover. This clip was originally posted on the Sunnyside Sound Project web site.

Collection : aql:20455; aql:18078

Creator : Bill interviewed by Sabine Heinlein

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

Summary/Description : Bill has lived in Sunnyside for 60 years. Bill's favorite thing about Sunnyside is the diversity of the people. "It used to be German and Irish," he says. "Now it's Spanish, Asian - Filipino, Indian - and Irish." A former shipping and receiving clerk at a factory in Woodside, Bill has seen Sunnyside drown in drugs and violence - and he has seen it recover. This clip was originally posted on the Sunnyside Sound Project web site.

Subject : Cultural pluralism

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: 0:00:44

Identifier : aql:18301 bill_clip1

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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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