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Interview with Sister Sienna Ganoe, C.S.J., November 18, 1981

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Title
Interview with Sister Sienna Ganoe, C.S.J., November 18, 1981
Subject
Assumption School (Bellevue, Pa.), St. Martha Catechetical Center (Leechburg, Pa.), Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden, Ganoe, Sienna, Catholics, Nuns--Religious life, Family life, Teaching, Cambodians, Refugees
Description
[t1s1]Sister Sienna Ganoe talks about her early childhood in Philipstown in the early 1900s: her father having lost both legs as a railroader and his artificial limbs; her father as postmaster; her mother as a seamstress; family life; move to New Kensington in 1915; death of father in 1916. She talks about her siblings’ careers and impact of World War I. She speaks about sixth through eighth grade and evening high school classes at St. Joseph School. [t1s2]Sister Sienna Ganoe talks work as a secretary and bookkeeper; becoming a Sister of St. Joseph; first teaching assignment at Assumption (Bellevue); 1960s at St. Martha Catechetical Center (Leechburg). She talks about early childhood in Philipstown: recreation, laundry, boarders. She speaks about her experiences with the Cambodian families at the Sisters of St. Joseph in Baden at time of interview. [t2s1]Sister Sienna Ganoe talks about her experiences with the Cambodian refugee families at the Sisters of St. Joseph Convent in Baden at time of interview. She reflects on her own family during the Depression.
Contributor
Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden (depositor), Ganoe, Sienna (interviewee), Witt, Sally (interviewer), Heaps, Consuelo (interviewer)
Date
1981-11-18
Type
oral histories (literary genre)
Format
cassette tape, 119 minutes
Identifier
pitt:20230202-ssjb-0015
Language
eng
Relation
Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden Oral History Collection
Coverage
Philipstown (Clarion County, Pa.), New Kensington (Pa.)
Rights
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