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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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Valiani, Maria. Interview. (Folder 646)
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Oral history covering the arrival of her parents at Ellis Island, her work as a seamstress in the tailor shops at Kuppenheimer and Hart, Schaffner and Marx, and other smaller plants and her activities with the Amalgamated Clothing Workers' Union.
Date:
1980
Collection:
Italian American Collection records
Access:
Public access