Seymour Schwartz, Full Interview

Collection: Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Seymour Schwartz

Date: Time Period: 1944 - 2015; 2015-10-16; Interview recorded: October 16 2015 Material: Digital audio recording made using a digital recorder. Dimension: Total running time: 1:10:24

Creator: Seymour Schwartz interviewed by Anna Lacson Identifier: aql:22163 schwartz-seymour-full

Description: Nestled between Kew Gardens and Jamaica, Briarwood is a place unfamiliar to many people. Community leader Seymour Schwartz, a resident since 1953, has dedicated nearly 40 years to gaining public and official recognition for his beloved neighborhood. It was in Briarwood that he, as a young WWII veteran, truly began to build a home for himself and his family.

Title : Seymour Schwartz, Full Interview

Collection : aql:20455; aql:22196

Creator : Seymour Schwartz interviewed by Anna Lacson

Date : Time Period: 1944 - 2015; 2015-10-16; Interview recorded: October 16 2015

Summary/Description : Nestled between Kew Gardens and Jamaica, Briarwood is a place unfamiliar to many people. Community leader Seymour Schwartz, a resident since 1953, has dedicated nearly 40 years to gaining public and official recognition for his beloved neighborhood. It was in Briarwood that he, as a young WWII veteran, truly began to build a home for himself and his family.

Subject : Neighborhoods

Relation : Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library: Seymour Schwartz

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

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

Type : Oral history

Format : Digital audio recording made using a digital recorder.; Total running time: 1:10:24

Identifier : aql:22163 schwartz-seymour-full