Susan McMahon, Full Interview

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: 1950s - 2015; 2015-02-01; Interview recorded: February 1, 2015 Material: Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth. Dimension: Total running time: 0:08:06

Creator: Susan McMahon interviewed by Eileen Sprague Identifier: aql:18498 susan_mcmahon_full

Description: [Full Interview] Susan McMahon, an Irish immigrant who came by plane by herself, grew up in a family of 11. She lived in Woodside and did housework in the city for a living. She then moved to the Bronx with her friends and came back to Woodside when got married. She recalls Woodside having a large Irish presence with bars and dance halls. She is an avid dancer because of her mother. Recorded for the Queens College Irish Studies Oral History Project. Only edited excerpts from oral history interviews are available online. For access to full interviews, contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org

Title : Susan McMahon, Full Interview

Collection : aql:20455; aql:18449

Creator : Susan McMahon interviewed by Eileen Sprague

Date : Time Period: 1950s - 2015; 2015-02-01; Interview recorded: February 1, 2015

Summary/Description : [Full Interview] Susan McMahon, an Irish immigrant who came by plane by herself, grew up in a family of 11. She lived in Woodside and did housework in the city for a living. She then moved to the Bronx with her friends and came back to Woodside when got married. She recalls Woodside having a large Irish presence with bars and dance halls. She is an avid dancer because of her mother. Recorded for the Queens College Irish Studies Oral History Project. Only edited excerpts from oral history interviews are available online. For access to full interviews, contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org

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

Relation : 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.

Rights : Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.

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

Type : Oral history

Format : Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth.; Total running time: 0:08:06

Identifier : aql:18498 susan_mcmahon_full