Frank Fortino, Full Interview
Collection: Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Frank Fortino
Date: Time Period: 1955 - 2017; 2017-03-17; Interview recorded: March 17 2017
Material: Digital audio recording made using SONY IC Recorder PX333 digital recorder and Audacity. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:39:57
Creator: Frank Fortino interviewed by Stephanie Gonzalez
Identifier: aql:22099 fortino-frank-full
Description: Frank discusses his experiences as a child in Calabria, Italy. Coming from extreme poverty, life was difficult. He explains daily life in Southern Italy, and how poverty motivated his family's decision to immigrate to the United States.
Creator :
Frank Fortino interviewed by Stephanie Gonzalez
Date :
Time Period: 1955 - 2017; 2017-03-17; Interview recorded: March 17 2017
Summary/Description :
Frank discusses his experiences as a child in Calabria, Italy. Coming from extreme poverty, life was difficult. He explains daily life in Southern Italy, and how poverty motivated his family's decision to immigrate to the United States.
Subject :
Emigration and immigration; Poverty
Rights :
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Coverage :
Locations discussed: College Point, Queens, NY College Point (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
Oral history
Format :
Digital audio recording made using SONY IC Recorder PX333 digital recorder and Audacity.; Total running time: 0:39:57
Identifier :
aql:22099 fortino-frank-full
Rights Notice
Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
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