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Eleftheria Delis, Clip 1: Family History and Immigration from Europe

Collection: StoryCorps Collection at The Archives at Queens Library: Eleftheria Delis
Date: Time Period: 1930 - 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: 0:06:20
Creator: Eleftheria Delis interviewed by Amanda Dargan Identifier: aql:22318 scc-eld-clip-000001

Description: Eleftheria Delis shares some of her family's history in Greece and Cyprus before immigrating to the United States after WWII. Her mother was part of the resistance during the Nazi's occupation in her city and her father traveled the world as a merchant marine. Their family lived in Richmond Hill once they moved to Queens in the 1950's.

Collection : aql:20455; aql:22325

Creator : Eleftheria Delis interviewed by Amanda Dargan

Date : Time Period: 1930 - 2011; 2011-11-01; Interview recorded: November 1, 2011

Summary/Description : Eleftheria Delis shares some of her family's history in Greece and Cyprus before immigrating to the United States after WWII. Her mother was part of the resistance during the Nazi's occupation in her city and her father traveled the world as a merchant marine. Their family lived in Richmond Hill once they moved to Queens in the 1950's.

Subject : Emigration and immigration; 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: 0:06:20

Identifier : aql:22318 scc-eld-clip-000001

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Emigration and immigration; 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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