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Eleftheria Delis, Clip 2: Struggles of a First Generation American

Collection: StoryCorps Collection at The Archives at Queens Library: Eleftheria Delis
Date: Time Period: 1950 - 2011; 2011-11-01; Interview recorded: November 1, 2011 Material: Digital audio recording made using a digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth. Dimension: Total running time: 0:03:35
Creator: Eleftheria Delis interviewed by Amanda Dargan Identifier: aql:22282 scc-eld-clip-000002

Description: Eleftheria Delis discusses her childhood and the struggles she overcame at school as a first generation American. She believes she and her siblings benefited from public education is now a teacher herself.

Collection : aql:20455; aql:22325

Creator : Eleftheria Delis interviewed by Amanda Dargan

Date : Time Period: 1950 - 2011; 2011-11-01; Interview recorded: November 1, 2011

Summary/Description : Eleftheria Delis discusses her childhood and the struggles she overcame at school as a first generation American. She believes she and her siblings benefited from public education is now a teacher herself.

Subject : Emigration and immigration; Assimilation (Sociology); Public schools; Greek Americans

Rights : Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.; Produced by John White with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose mission is to provide Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share, and preserve the stories of our lives. www.storycorps.org

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

Type : Oral history

Format : Digital audio recording made using a digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth.; Total running time: 0:03:35

Identifier : aql:22282 scc-eld-clip-000002

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Emigration and immigration; Assimilation (Sociology); Public schools; Greek Americans

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Rights Notice
Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.; Produced by John White with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose mission is to provide Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share, and preserve the stories of our lives. www.storycorps.org


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