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Aaron Gorman, Clip 1: Neighbor was in the mafia

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: 0:02:35
Creator: Aaron Gorman interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt Identifier: aql:20579 gorman_aaron_clip1

Description: After Mr. Gorman's neighbor passed away, his wife went to pay her condolences and found a private telephone booth in the basement. This led her to believe that the neighbor had been in the mafia. Mr. Gorman recounts how the neighbor was always very nice to the family, and he never suspected him of any wrongdoings.

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 : After Mr. Gorman's neighbor passed away, his wife went to pay her condolences and found a private telephone booth in the basement. This led her to believe that the neighbor had been in the mafia. Mr. Gorman recounts how the neighbor was always very nice to the family, and he never suspected him of any wrongdoings.

Subject : Neighbors; Mafia

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, Queens, NY Fresh Meadows (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: 0:02:35

Identifier : aql:20579 gorman_aaron_clip1

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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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