Uma Mysorekar, Clip 6: Why Flushing is the home of the Ganesh Temple
Collection: Queens Memory Project Collection at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Uma Mysorekar
Date: Time Period: 1970 - 2011; 2010-12-17; Interview recorded: December 17 2010
Material: Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Audacity. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:00:55
Creator: Uma Mysorekar interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt
Identifier: aql:20481 mysorekar_uma_clip6
Description: Dr. Uma Mysorekar describes how the influx of immigrants into the Flushing and population growth led to the search for a temple in the area. She discusses how the community found a building that was a former Russian church on Bowne Street which was going to be razed, and then bought the property.
Creator :
Uma Mysorekar interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt
Date :
Time Period: 1970 - 2011; 2010-12-17; Interview recorded: December 17 2010
Summary/Description :
Dr. Uma Mysorekar describes how the influx of immigrants into the Flushing and population growth led to the search for a temple in the area. She discusses how the community found a building that was a former Russian church on Bowne Street which was going to be razed, and then bought the property.
Subject :
Immigrants; Hindu temples; Hindus; Hindu diaspora; Hindu Temple Society of North America, NY
Rights :
This recording is the property of Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives. Please contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
Coverage :
Locations discussed: Flushing, Queens, NY Flushing (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
Oral history
Format :
Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Audacity.; Total running time: 0:00:55
Identifier :
aql:20481 mysorekar_uma_clip6
Subject:
Immigrants; Hindu temples; Hindus; Hindu diaspora; Hindu Temple Society of North America, NY
Immigrants; Hindu temples; Hindus; Hindu diaspora; Hindu Temple Society of North America, NY
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This recording is the property of Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives. Please contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
This recording is the property of Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives. Please contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
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