Helen Ries, Full Interview

Collection: Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Helen Ries

Date: Time Period: 1700 - 2013; 2013-04-28; Interview recorded: April 28, 2013 Material: Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe SoundBooth. Dimension: Total running time: 1:07:05

Creator: Helen Ries interviewed by Chia-Yin Leslie Tu and Dan Brenner Identifier: aql:19433 qmp-hr-full-000006

Description: Helen Ries was born to parents of Gottscheer ethnicity who emigrated from present day Slovenia. In this interview, Helen discusses her Gottscheer heritage as well as her life during the Great Depression, World War II and the postwar era. Following graduation from high school, she worked as a stenographer before marrying her husband in 1946. Although she grew up in Ridgewood, Helen has also lived in Forest Hills and Glendale, where her children grew up. She has a son, born in 1949 and a daughter, born in 1952. Eventually, she moved back to Ridgewood, where she became an active member of the Ridgewood Historical Society. She has given numerous presentations in the historic Onderdonk House on how life was like in Ridgewood during the early 20th century.

Title : Helen Ries, Full Interview

Collection : aql:20455; aql:19470

Creator : Helen Ries interviewed by Chia-Yin Leslie Tu and Dan Brenner

Date : Time Period: 1700 - 2013; 2013-04-28; Interview recorded: April 28, 2013

Summary/Description : Helen Ries was born to parents of Gottscheer ethnicity who emigrated from present day Slovenia. In this interview, Helen discusses her Gottscheer heritage as well as her life during the Great Depression, World War II and the postwar era. Following graduation from high school, she worked as a stenographer before marrying her husband in 1946. Although she grew up in Ridgewood, Helen has also lived in Forest Hills and Glendale, where her children grew up. She has a son, born in 1949 and a daughter, born in 1952. Eventually, she moved back to Ridgewood, where she became an active member of the Ridgewood Historical Society. She has given numerous presentations in the historic Onderdonk House on how life was like in Ridgewood during the early 20th century.

Subject : Gottscheers; Vander Ende Onderdonk House (New York, N.Y.); Depressions--1929; World War, 1939-1945; Greater Ridgewood Historical Society (Ridgewood, New York, N.Y.)

Relation : Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Helen Ries

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

Coverage : Locations discussed: Ridgewood, Queens, NY Ridgewood (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Oral history

Format : Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe SoundBooth.; Total running time: 1:07:05

Identifier : aql:19433 qmp-hr-full-000006

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Gottscheers; Vander Ende Onderdonk House (New York, N.Y.); Depressions--1929; World War, 1939-1945; Greater Ridgewood Historical Society (Ridgewood, New York, N.Y.)