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Tellerino, Rose. Interview. (Folder 612)

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Oral history interview covering childhood in Italy, Italian language, father's attitude towards America, father against children speaking English, Clark/Polk neighbourhood of Chicago, engagement and marriage, father's decision to come to America, father's attitude towards education, childhood games, Italian restaurants and bars in Chicago, relations with Chinese immigrants, Italian prostitutes, visits to Italy, the Great Depression, husband working in the construction business in New York, employment in a department store, religious activities and the rejection of Catholicism.

Date:

1980-02-12

Collection:

Italian American Collection records

Access:

Public access

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

Access:

Public access