Interview with Sarah Kaufman
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Title
Interview with Sarah Kaufman
Description
Sarah Kaufman is the current Managing Director and Curator of the Niagara Historical Society and Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum. Born in 1985, Sarah has significant knowledge of the earlier tennis history of Niagara-on-the-Lake centering around the Queen’s Royal Hotel and the International Tennis Tournament that the hotel hosted between 1885 and 1920. Through the Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum Sarah is also engaged in an oral history project that preserves the voices and history of Niagara-on-the-Lake. In this interview, Sarah describes these projects and the importance of tennis within the town's history.
Subject
Queen's Royal Hotel
19th Century Tourism
20th Century Tourism
The Great Depression
Tennis Tournaments
Gender Dynamics
Demographics
Date
2020-09-04
Format
video
Identifier
NTOH-007
Interviewer
Williamson, Adam
Interviewee
Kaufman, Sarah
Language
English
Rights
Permission from the SOHA is required for publication or reproduction.
Conversion
This oral history interview was conducted digitally via Microsoft Teams. The video was edited in Adobe Premiere Pro, at which point an introduction sequence and question slides were added, and the interviewer's video and audio were removed.
Duration
00:18:25
Interview Keyword
Hotel
People
History
Community
Royal
Collection
Citation
“Interview with Sarah Kaufman,” Sport Oral History Archive, accessed April 24, 2024, https://sportoralhistory.ca/items/show/70.