Vivian Warfield, Clip 1: The History of Parkway Village

Collection: Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Vivian Warfield

Date: Time Period: 1940s; 2017-02-08; Interview recorded: February 23 2017 Material: Digital audio recording made using ZOOM H2 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth. Dimension: Total running time: 0:03:31

Creator: Vivian Warfield interviewed by Deslie Promesse Identifier: aql:22055 warfield-vivian-clip1

Description: Ms. Vivian Warfield talks about the creation of Parkway Village co-op in the late 1940's. Parkway Village was created for United Nation employees from other countries who faced discrimination in finding housing in other boroughs. Vivian moved to Parkway Village in 1983 and raised her daughter there.

Title : Vivian Warfield, Clip 1: The History of Parkway Village

Collection : aql:20455; aql:22198

Creator : Vivian Warfield interviewed by Deslie Promesse

Date : Time Period: 1940s; 2017-02-08; Interview recorded: February 23 2017

Summary/Description : Ms. Vivian Warfield talks about the creation of Parkway Village co-op in the late 1940's. Parkway Village was created for United Nation employees from other countries who faced discrimination in finding housing in other boroughs. Vivian moved to Parkway Village in 1983 and raised her daughter there.

Subject : Housing, Cooperative; Housing development

Relation : Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Vivian Warfield

Rights : Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.

Coverage : Locations discussed: Parkway Village, Queens, NY Briarwood (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Oral history

Format : Digital audio recording made using ZOOM H2 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth.; Total running time: 0:03:31

Identifier : aql:22055 warfield-vivian-clip1