Margaret Berry, Clip 2: Working at the Viennese Knitwear Factory in Dublin.

Collection: Queens College Irish Studies Oral History Project Records at the Archives at Queens Library: Margaret Berry

Date: Time Period: 1950s - 2015; 2015-03-28; Interview recorded: March 28, 2015 Material: Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth. Dimension: Total running time: 0:02:07

Creator: Margaret Berry interviewed by Eileen Sprague Identifier: aql:23159 berry-margaret-clip2

Description: Margaret was born in Dublin, where she attended school until age 13. After that, she worked as seamstress at the Viennese Knitwear Company near Trinity College. She worked for Jewish brothers who fled Austria and started the factory in Dublin in 1949. She remembers them as being good employers.

Title : Margaret Berry, Clip 2: Working at the Viennese Knitwear Factory in Dublin.

Collection : aql:20455; aql:18449

Creator : Margaret Berry interviewed by Eileen Sprague

Date : Time Period: 1950s - 2015; 2015-03-28; Interview recorded: March 28, 2015

Summary/Description : Margaret was born in Dublin, where she attended school until age 13. After that, she worked as seamstress at the Viennese Knitwear Company near Trinity College. She worked for Jewish brothers who fled Austria and started the factory in Dublin in 1949. She remembers them as being good employers.

Subject : Irish Americans; Textile industry; Factories

Relation : Queens College Irish Studies Oral History Project Records at the Archives at Queens Library: Margaret Berry

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

Coverage : Locations discussed: Woodside, Queens, NY; Dublin, Ireland Woodside (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.) Dublin (Ireland)

Type : Oral history

Format : Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth.; Total running time: 0:02:07

Identifier : aql:23159 berry-margaret-clip2