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Film, Video B. Ezra Ciereszynski interview conducted by Elise Chatelain, 2023-11-19

Video recording of interview with B. Ezra Ciereszynski conducted by Elise Chatelain.

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About this Item

Title

  • B. Ezra Ciereszynski interview conducted by Elise Chatelain, 2023-11-19

Summary

  • Ezra Ciereszynski is a college student who began working as a dishwasher just a few months before the start of pandemic shutdowns. In his interview, he discusses the challenges of working, finishing high school, and navigating social life as a young person during the pandemic. Other themes include his parents' challenges as fellow service and hospitality workers, what it was like to move to a new school right before the pandemic hit, and the adjustments he had to make after Hurricane Ida, right as it seemed COVID was on its way out.

Names

  • Ciereszynski, Ezra, interviewee
  • Micaroni, Justin, photographer
  • Chatelain, Elise M., interviewer

Created / Published

  • 2023-11-19.

Headings

  • -  Ciereszynski, Ezra--Interviews
  • -  Hospitality industry--Employees--Louisiana--Interviews
  • -  Age and employment
  • -  Children of working parents
  • -  COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020---Educational aspects
  • -  COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020---Political aspects
  • -  COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020---Psychological aspects
  • -  COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020---Social aspects
  • -  Employees--Dismissal of
  • -  Employment re-entry
  • -  Family-owned business enterprises
  • -  Hurricane Ida, 2021
  • -  Small business
  • -  New Orleans (La.)--Social life and customs
  • -  Work and family
  • -  Working mothers

Genre

  • Digital photographs--Color--2020-2030
  • Video recordings
  • Personal narratives
  • Oral histories
  • Interviews

Notes

  • -  Recorded at Ezra's college apartment near LSU, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, November 19, 2023.
  • -  Pandemic Stories from New Orleans-Area Service and Hospitality Workers: COVID-19 American History Project (AFC 2023/016), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Medium

  • 1 video file (32:35, MOV) : sound, color, digital
  • 2 photographs : digital, TIF
  • 1 document file (PDF) : digital

Source Collection

  • Pandemic Stories from New Orleans-Area Service and Hospitality Workers: COVID-19 American History Project AFC 2023/016

Repository

  • Library of Congress American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540 to 4610 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024655241

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  • Duplication of collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.

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  • pdf
  • video

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Pandemic Stories from New Orleans-Area Service and Hospitality Workers: COVID-19 American History Project, 2023-2024 (AFC 2023/016), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Ciereszynski, Ezra, Interviewee, and Elise M Chatelain, Micaroni, Justin, photographer. B. Ezra Ciereszynski interview conducted by Elise Chatelain, -11-19. -11-19, 2023. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2024655241/.

APA citation style:

Ciereszynski, E. & Chatelain, E. M., Micaroni, J., photographer. (2023) B. Ezra Ciereszynski interview conducted by Elise Chatelain, -11-19. -11-19. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2024655241/.

MLA citation style:

Ciereszynski, Ezra, Interviewee, and Elise M Chatelain, photographer by Micaroni, Justin. B. Ezra Ciereszynski interview conducted by Elise Chatelain, -11-19. -11-19, 2023. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2024655241/>.