Program

Public Programs: Humanities Projects for Youth

Period of Performance

10/1/1980 - 9/30/1981

Funding Totals

$5,000.00 (approved)
$5,000.00 (awarded)


An Oral History of Astoria

FAIN: GZ-*1761-80

Boys Club of Queens (Long Is. City, NY 11102-3331)
Kenneth J. Doka (Project Director: April 1980 to October 1990)

To support a pilot project in which youth, ages 7-17, from the Boys Club of Queens will learn oral history techniques in order to trace the historical development of the Astoria, NY community and the ethnic groups within that community, with the assistance of elderly residents.