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Yelmini. Anthony. Interview. (Folder 657)

 

Oral history interview covering birth in Italy, moving to Switzerland, returning to Italy, obstacles to emigration, factory work during First World War, emigration to the United States through Ellis Island, lumber work in Wisconsin, radio work in Kansas City, arrival in Chicago, attending night school, working in a radio shop/as a shipping clerk, attending law school and taking the bar exam, attending YMCA Italian classes, marriage, practicing law, Italian-American summer camps, return to Italy in 1956, religion, the Italian Lutheran Church, labour unionism in Italy, Italian businesses in Chicago, organised crime, community leaders, attitude towards work and education and discrimination.

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Title:
Yelmini. Anthony. Interview. (Folder 657)
Date of Original:
May-80
Identifier:
UIC_IAC_01_0051_0657
Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/81984/d3ff3m35n

Rights:
Copyright not evaluated
Access:
Public access

Interviewee:
Yelmini, Anthony

Form:
Oral histories

Language:
English

Collection Information


Collection:
Italian American Collection records
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Box:
51
Folder:
657
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

Genoa, Naples, Milan, Italy
Switzerland
Chicago, Illinois, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Michigan, Unites States