Thomas Holahan Clip 1: Religion at the World's Fair
Collection: Queens Museum Oral History Project Records at the Archives at Queens Library: Thomas Holahan
Date: Time Period: 1964 - 1965; 2014-09-10; Interview recorded: Sep 10, 2014
Material: Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe Audition. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:02:12
Creator: Thomas Holahan interviewed by Abigail Banks
Identifier: aql:18412 holahan_thomas_clip1
Description: Holahan, a Catholic priest, recalls having one-on-one discussions with the Christian Scientists at an otherwise secular World's Fair. He also describes the fantastic religious experience that he had at the Vatican Pavilion and states that he had to take advantage of as much as possible because he could never get this many different experiences in one place ever again. He provides a description of the entryway to the Pietà , which displayed crèche's from all over the world and notes that this is a common theme in Christmas art in Rome today.
Creator :
Thomas Holahan interviewed by Abigail Banks
Date :
Time Period: 1964 - 1965; 2014-09-10; Interview recorded: Sep 10, 2014
Summary/Description :
Holahan, a Catholic priest, recalls having one-on-one discussions with the Christian Scientists at an otherwise secular World's Fair. He also describes the fantastic religious experience that he had at the Vatican Pavilion and states that he had to take advantage of as much as possible because he could never get this many different experiences in one place ever again. He provides a description of the entryway to the Pietà , which displayed crèche's from all over the world and notes that this is a common theme in Christmas art in Rome today.
Subject :
New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.); Pieta
Relation :
Queens Museum Oral History Project Records at the Archives at Queens Library: Thomas Holahan
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 Adobe Audition.; Total running time: 0:02:12
Identifier :
aql:18412 holahan_thomas_clip1
Rights Notice
Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
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