Antonina Cucchiara, Clip 2: The Only Redhead Italian Girl in Class

Collection: Queens Memory Project Collection at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Antonina Cucchiara

Date: Time Period: 1966; 2017-03-25; Interview recorded: March 25 2017 Material: Digital audio recording made using SONY IC Recorder PX333 digital recorder and Abode Soundbooth. Dimension: Total running time: 0:04:31

Creator: Antonina Cucchiara interviewed by Stephanie Gonzalez Identifier: aql:22161 cucchiara-antonina-clip2

Description: Antonina Cucchiara discusses her experiences with learning English. She recalls her time in school and her experience being the only Italian and only redhead girl in her class. No one was able to help her learn English, and so she had to rely on herself. Once she transferred schools, she met more recent Italian arrivals and had a much easier time learning English.

Title : Antonina Cucchiara, Clip 2: The Only Redhead Italian Girl in Class

Collection : aql:20455; aql:22169

Creator : Antonina Cucchiara interviewed by Stephanie Gonzalez

Date : Time Period: 1966; 2017-03-25; Interview recorded: March 25 2017

Summary/Description : Antonina Cucchiara discusses her experiences with learning English. She recalls her time in school and her experience being the only Italian and only redhead girl in her class. No one was able to help her learn English, and so she had to rely on herself. Once she transferred schools, she met more recent Italian arrivals and had a much easier time learning English.

Subject : Emigration and immigration

Relation : Queens Memory Project Collection at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Antonina Cucchiara

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

Coverage : Locations discussed: Maspeth, Queens, NY Maspeth (New York, N.Y.) Italy Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Oral history

Format : Digital audio recording made using SONY IC Recorder PX333 digital recorder and Abode Soundbooth.; Total running time: 0:04:31

Identifier : aql:22161 cucchiara-antonina-clip2