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Patsy Kearney Clip 2: How Patsy Kearney Got Settled In New York

Collection: This recording is part of the Queens College Irish Studies Oral History Project Records at the Archives at Queens Library and is available in digital audio.
Date: Time Period: 1960s; 2015-04-25; Interview recorded: April 25, 2015 Material: Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth. Dimension: Total running time: 0:04:18
Creator: Patsy Kearney interviewed by Eileen Sprague Identifier: aql:18494 patsy_kearney_clip2

Description: Patsy talks about she came to America because of her father's health. She and her family lived in her sister's house in Lower Manhattan and then moved to Woodside. She discusses her first job at Schraffts making wedding cakes. She talks about the type of work her parents did after they came to America.

Collection : aql:20455; aql:18449

Creator : Patsy Kearney interviewed by Eileen Sprague

Date : Time Period: 1960s; 2015-04-25; Interview recorded: April 25, 2015

Summary/Description : Patsy talks about she came to America because of her father's health. She and her family lived in her sister's house in Lower Manhattan and then moved to Woodside. She discusses her first job at Schraffts making wedding cakes. She talks about the type of work her parents did after they came to America.

Subject : Irish American families; Irish American older people; Irish Americans; Emigration and immigration; Job hunting

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Coverage : Locations discussed: Woodside, Queens, NY; Ireland; Manhattan, NY Woodside (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.) Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) Ireland

Type : Oral history

Format : Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth.; Total running time: 0:04:18

Identifier : aql:18494 patsy_kearney_clip2

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Irish American families; Irish American older people; Irish Americans; Emigration and immigration; Job hunting

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