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Spallitta, Lawrence. Interview. (Folder 599)

 

Oral history interview covering Italian heritage, education in a non-Italian school in Chicago, speaking Italian at home, shopping in Italian neighbourhoods, living outside the Italian community, Sicilian women's activities, food, Italian celebrations, non-Italian attitudes towards Italians, the Great Depression, discrimination, reasons for not fighting in the Second World War, meeting his wife, Italian social cubs and musical activities.

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Title:
Spallitta, Lawrence. Interview. (Folder 599)
Date of Original:
30 Dec 1979 - 10 Jan 1980
Identifier:
UIC_IAC_01_0047_0599
Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/81984/d32805261

Rights:
Copyright not evaluated
Access:
Public access

Subject--Name
Spallitta, Laurence
DeFiglio, Pamela
Spallitta, Mary

Interviewee:
Spallitta, Lawrence

Form:
Oral histories

Language:
English

Collection Information


Collection:
Italian American Collection records
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Box:
47
Folder:
599
Repository:
University of Illinois at Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)
Repository Collection Type:
Manuscript Collections
Repository Location:
Richard J. Daley Library


Geographic Information

Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Cambridge, Chicago, Illinois, United States