Aravella Simotas Clip 1: Immigrant Values
Collection: This recording is part of the 30th Ave - A Year in the Life of a Street Records at the Archives at Queens Library: Aravella Simotas
Date: Time Period: 1978 - 2011; 2011-04-21; Interview recorded: April 21 2011
Material: Digital audio recording made using Olympus Linear PCM Recorder LS-10 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth CS5. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:03:32
Creator: Aravella Simotas interviewed by Annabel Short
Identifier: aql:18696 simotas_aravella_clip1
Description: Aravella Simotas discusses growing up in Astoria with a Greek background. Her parents always stressed the importance of keeping in touch with their culture and roots and sent their children to Greek school in addition to public school. She now realizes and appreciates all that her parents did during her childhood as they always encouraged her to succeed for all that she had potential to do. She appreciates the hard-working immigrant values that her parents instilled within her. She grew up always believing that it was her responsibility, no matter how far ahead in life she got, to always give back to the community.
Creator :
Aravella Simotas interviewed by Annabel Short
Date :
Time Period: 1978 - 2011; 2011-04-21; Interview recorded: April 21 2011
Summary/Description :
Aravella Simotas discusses growing up in Astoria with a Greek background. Her parents always stressed the importance of keeping in touch with their culture and roots and sent their children to Greek school in addition to public school. She now realizes and appreciates all that her parents did during her childhood as they always encouraged her to succeed for all that she had potential to do. She appreciates the hard-working immigrant values that her parents instilled within her. She grew up always believing that it was her responsibility, no matter how far ahead in life she got, to always give back to the community.
Subject :
Immigrant families; Schools; Greek Americans; Neighborhoods
Rights :
Contact the Archives at Queens Library (718-990-0770) for research and reproduction requests.
Coverage :
Locations discussed: Astoria, Queens, NY Astoria (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
Oral history
Format :
Digital audio recording made using Olympus Linear PCM Recorder LS-10 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth CS5.; Total running time: 0:03:32
Identifier :
aql:18696 simotas_aravella_clip1
Rights Notice
Contact the Archives at Queens Library (718-990-0770) for research and reproduction requests.
Contact the Archives at Queens Library (718-990-0770) for research and reproduction requests.
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