Leida Snow reports on the celebration of the 40th reunion of the former refugees of Oswego Refugee Camp: two spots
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Title
Leida Snow reports on the celebration of the 40th reunion of the former refugees of Oswego Refugee Camp: two spots
Collection
Leida Snow collection of audio interviews and reports on theater, culture and arts
Names
Snow, Leida (Host)
Mirkovic, Leo, 1904- (Performer)
CBS News (Associated name)
WINS (Radio station : New York, N.Y.) (Distributor)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1984-08-03
Library Location
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LTC-A 1820
Subjects
Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter -- Anniversaries, etc
Refugee camps -- United States
Refugee children
Genres
Notes
Bibliographic History: Title provided by cataloger.
Venue: Broadcast on 1010 WINS, All News, CBS New York radio program [1984 August 3]
Acquisition: Gift; Leida Snow, 2009.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 audiocassette (approximately 2 minutes) : analog, stereo
Abstract
Leida Snow reports from the Public Theater, New York, on the celebration of the 40th reunion of former refugees of The Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter, also known as Safe Haven, located in Oswego, New York, that received 982 refugees of predominantly Jewish descent during World War II, and was closed on March 15, 1944. Accompanied by an excerpt from Eli, Eli, Jewish psalm, sung by Leo Mirkovic, the cantor of The Brotherhood Synagogue in New York.
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Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 438949331
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b18147578
RLIN/OCLC: 932078749
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20855616
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): fc226380-b945-0133-107c-3c07547a230f
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MLA format
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Leida Snow reports on the celebration of the 40th reunion of the former refugees of Oswego Refugee Camp: two spots" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1984. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fc226380-b945-0133-107c-3c07547a230f
APA format
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1984). Leida Snow reports on the celebration of the 40th reunion of the former refugees of Oswego Refugee Camp: two spots Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fc226380-b945-0133-107c-3c07547a230f
Chicago/Turabian Format
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Leida Snow reports on the celebration of the 40th reunion of the former refugees of Oswego Refugee Camp: two spots" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fc226380-b945-0133-107c-3c07547a230f
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