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Mary Kaiser, Clip 2: The Library and the League Building

Collection: Queens Memory Project Collection at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Mary Kaiser
Date: Time Period: 1928 - 1938; 2010-08-13; Interview recorded: August 13 2010 Material: Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and Hindenburg. Dimension: Total running time: 0:02:16
Creator: Mary Kaiser interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt Identifier: aql:20566 kaiser_mary_clip2

Description: Mary Kaiser remembers going to the library in the 1930's. She was not allowed to go to Main Street before she was 10 but was allowed to go visit the library. On Sanford Avenue and Union Street there was the League Building where meetings, concerts and performances were held. She played piano from age 8-18, and performed there. She recalls an accomplished pianist in the neighborhood who took lessons from her teacher.

Collection : aql:20455; aql:20668

Creator : Mary Kaiser interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt

Date : Time Period: 1928 - 1938; 2010-08-13; Interview recorded: August 13 2010

Summary/Description : Mary Kaiser remembers going to the library in the 1930's. She was not allowed to go to Main Street before she was 10 but was allowed to go visit the library. On Sanford Avenue and Union Street there was the League Building where meetings, concerts and performances were held. She played piano from age 8-18, and performed there. She recalls an accomplished pianist in the neighborhood who took lessons from her teacher.

Subject : Piano teachers; Pianists; Concerts; Public libraries; St. Michael's Church (Flushing, New York, N.Y.)

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: Waldheim, 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 Hindenburg.; Total running time: 0:02:16

Identifier : aql:20566 kaiser_mary_clip2

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Piano teachers; Pianists; Concerts; Public libraries; St. Michael's Church (Flushing, New York, N.Y.)

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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.


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