Carol Lee Whiting, Full Interview
Collection: Queens Memory Project Collection at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Carol Lee Whiting
Date: Time Period: 1943 - 2012; 2012-03-27; Interview recorded: March 27 2012
Material: Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder. Dimension:
Total running time: 1:16:00
Creator: Carol Lee Whiting interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt
Identifier: aql:20491 whiting_carol_lee_full
Description: Carol Lee Whiting, an African-American who is very nostalgic about her childhood, has lived her entire life (except for three and a half years) in Flushing, mostly in the same large house. She fondly recalls "back in the day" when neighbors were close, shopping was local, her mother sewed her clothes and preserved fruits, and the area was country-like. This changed in the 1970s when people of different cultures arrived. Listen to full interview here
Creator :
Carol Lee Whiting interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt
Date :
Time Period: 1943 - 2012; 2012-03-27; Interview recorded: March 27 2012
Summary/Description :
Carol Lee Whiting, an African-American who is very nostalgic about her childhood, has lived her entire life (except for three and a half years) in Flushing, mostly in the same large house. She fondly recalls "back in the day" when neighbors were close, shopping was local, her mother sewed her clothes and preserved fruits, and the area was country-like. This changed in the 1970s when people of different cultures arrived. Listen to full interview here
Subject :
Nostalgia; Gardening; Coming of age; Dwellings
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.; Total running time: 1:16:00
Identifier :
aql:20491 whiting_carol_lee_full
Rights Notice
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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