Aaron Gorman, Full Interview

Collection: Queens Memory Project Collection at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Aaron Gorman

Date: Time Period: 1930 - 2010; 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: 2:24:50

Creator: Aaron Gorman interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt Identifier: aql:20488 gorman_aaron_full

Description: Aaron Gorman grew up in Richmond Hill, Queens. He has fond memories of playing baseball on a sandlot team with Phil Rizzuto who went on to play with the Yankees (1941-1956) and was later elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. During World War II, Mr. Gorman worked (unknowingly) on the Manhattan Project and only found out after the bombings in Japan that he had helped to end the war just in time to prevent his younger brother from a tour of duty in the Pacific. After meeting his Brooklyn-born wife at a resort in the Catskills, the two married and moved to Flushing. Mr. Gorman's current home was their second home where they lived since the 1960's. Mr. Gorman relates how the neighborhood has fewer Jewish residents than it did when they first arrived and speaks about his family's interactions with local temples and the social activities they provide for him currently.

Title : Aaron Gorman, Full Interview

Collection : aql:20455; aql:20662

Creator : Aaron Gorman interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt

Date : Time Period: 1930 - 2010; 2010-12-17; Interview recorded: December 17 2010

Summary/Description : Aaron Gorman grew up in Richmond Hill, Queens. He has fond memories of playing baseball on a sandlot team with Phil Rizzuto who went on to play with the Yankees (1941-1956) and was later elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. During World War II, Mr. Gorman worked (unknowingly) on the Manhattan Project and only found out after the bombings in Japan that he had helped to end the war just in time to prevent his younger brother from a tour of duty in the Pacific. After meeting his Brooklyn-born wife at a resort in the Catskills, the two married and moved to Flushing. Mr. Gorman's current home was their second home where they lived since the 1960's. Mr. Gorman relates how the neighborhood has fewer Jewish residents than it did when they first arrived and speaks about his family's interactions with local temples and the social activities they provide for him currently.

Subject : Jews, American; Theaters; Neighborhoods; Cocktail parties; Yiddish language; Cancer in women; Baseball stories; Grossinger's

Relation : Queens Memory Project Collection at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Aaron Gorman

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: Fresh Meadows and Richmond Hill, Queens, NY Fresh Meadows (New York, N.Y.) Richmond Hill (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: 2:24:50

Identifier : aql:20488 gorman_aaron_full