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Italian American Collection Records
The Italian-American Collection was compiled as part of the "Italians in Chicago" project by the Department of History at the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle. The project was funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and interviews were largely conducted during 1979 and 1980. Donations included photographs, booklets and pamphlets, as well as various other family memorabilia.
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Amella, Joseph. Interview. (Folder 4)
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Oral history interview transcript covering childhood in Italy, reasons for leaving Sicily, the trip to America, landing in Boston, moving to Colorado, working with Mexicans, living in the Bridgeport neighbourhood in Chicago, acceptance of Italians by non-Italians, the Great Depression, marriage, retention of Italian language, attitude towards children dating non-Italians, Christmas celebrations, Italian food, societies and clubs, Italian wine drinking, religion, identity conflicts between Italian/Italian-American, view of Italy during the Second World War, pride in being Italian and Bridgeport's Italian community in the 1980s.
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8 Feb-25 Jul 1980
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Italian American Collection records
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Bridgeport, Connecticut, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Los Angeles, California, Pennsylvania, Nevada, United States
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University of Illinois Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)
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Richard J. Daley Library
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Ethnicity/Immigration
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Sicily, Italy
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Valdez, Pueblo, Mexico
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Amella, Stella
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Amella, Stephen Joseph
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Della Croce, Rich
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