Gertrude McDonald, Clip 3: Campaign for More Police Officers
Collection: Queens Memory Project Collection at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Gertrude McDonald
Date: Time Period: 1920 - 2011; 2011-06-20; Interview recorded: June 20 2011
Material: Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Hindenburg. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:02:39
Creator: Gertrude McDonald interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt
Identifier: aql:20523 mcdonald_gertrude_clip3
Description: Gertrude McDonald says Sunnyside was so safe, residents could leave money in milk bottle for milkman, leave doors and fire escapes open, and neighbors walked in and out of each others' apartments. She believed the community was fortunate to experience less crime than other New York City neighborhoods, but did think the police department was understaffed. In response, Mrs. McDonald led a campaign to get more police, and organized community members to send five thousand postcards to City Hall. As a result, they did get more police.
Creator :
Gertrude McDonald interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt
Date :
Time Period: 1920 - 2011; 2011-06-20; Interview recorded: June 20 2011
Summary/Description :
Gertrude McDonald says Sunnyside was so safe, residents could leave money in milk bottle for milkman, leave doors and fire escapes open, and neighbors walked in and out of each others' apartments. She believed the community was fortunate to experience less crime than other New York City neighborhoods, but did think the police department was understaffed. In response, Mrs. McDonald led a campaign to get more police, and organized community members to send five thousand postcards to City Hall. As a result, they did get more police.
Subject :
Community activists; Police; Campaigns for change
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: Sunnyside, Queens, NY Sunnyside (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
Oral history
Format :
Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Hindenburg.; Total running time: 0:02:39
Identifier :
aql:20523 mcdonald_gertrude_clip3
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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