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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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Sparvieri, Pasqua. Interview. (Folder 601)
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Oral history interview covering the childhood farm in Italy, immigration to the United States, religion and religious festivities, food, marriage, first impressions of America, citizenship, education (in Italy), the multi-ethnic makeup of Chicago, citizenship papers, fraternal societies, community leaders, the Great Depression, wine making, organised crime and bootlegging, discrimination, relationship with the Jewish community, Mussolini, Catholic and socialist conflicts. Includes a photograph of Pasqua in later life.
Date:
1980-02-28
Collection:
Italian American Collection records
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Repository
University of Illinois Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)
Collection Type
Manuscript Collections
Collection Location
Richard J. Daley Library
Theme
Ethnicity/Immigration
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