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Zuzanna Tyszka, Full Interview

Collection: Bette Weidman Collection at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Zuzanna Tyszka
Date: Time Period: 1985 - 2012; 2012-05-09; Interview recorded: May 9, 2012 Material: Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and SoundStudio. Dimension: Total running time: 0:30:30
Creator: Zuzanna Tyszka interviewed by Adam Misch Identifier: aql:23167 bwc-zt-full-000004

Description: Zuzanna Tyszka was born in Poland but moved to the U.S. at the age of 14, settling with her family in Flushing. She enjoyed growing up and attending school in the bustling, multicultural neighborhood but now is ready to move on. In recent years, she says Flushing has become predominantly Asian, especially Chinese, and she misses the more diverse community she remembers. [At about 5 minutes and 20 seconds into the interview, Adam and Zuzanna are interrupted by library staff, this interruption has been edited out.]

Collection : aql:20455; aql:18055

Creator : Zuzanna Tyszka interviewed by Adam Misch

Date : Time Period: 1985 - 2012; 2012-05-09; Interview recorded: May 9, 2012

Summary/Description : Zuzanna Tyszka was born in Poland but moved to the U.S. at the age of 14, settling with her family in Flushing. She enjoyed growing up and attending school in the bustling, multicultural neighborhood but now is ready to move on. In recent years, she says Flushing has become predominantly Asian, especially Chinese, and she misses the more diverse community she remembers. [At about 5 minutes and 20 seconds into the interview, Adam and Zuzanna are interrupted by library staff, this interruption has been edited out.]

Subject : Neighborhoods; Ethnic relations; Polish Americans; Queens College (New York, N.Y.)

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

Coverage : Locations discussed: Flushing and Queens College, Queens, NY; Poland Poland Flushing (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Oral history

Format : Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and SoundStudio.; Total running time: 0:30:30

Identifier : aql:23167 bwc-zt-full-000004

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Neighborhoods; Ethnic relations; Polish Americans; Queens College (New York, N.Y.)

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