Interview with James J. Darroch, November 13, 1982, Tape 1, Side 1
Identifier
pitt:20230202-ssjb-0052-t1s1
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Title
Interview with James J. Darroch, November 13, 1982
Subject
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company. Aliquippa Works, St. Titus School (Aliquippa, Pa.), St. Titus Church (Aliquippa, Pa.), Darroch Cremation & Funeral Tributes, Inc. (Aliquippa, Pa.), Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden, Darroch, James J., Catholics, Ethnic relations, World War, 1939-1945, Funeral homes, Racism, Discrimination
Description
[t1s1]James J. Darroch talks about his father: his establishment of the Darroch funeral home; his activities at St. Titus; work to help establish cemetery and Aliquippa Hospital; charity work during Depression. He talks about effect of Depression on the Aliquippa and the family business. He talks about St. Titus: history of the church; the Sisters of St. Joseph at the school; ethnic groups; anti-Catholicism. [t1s2]James J. Darroch talks about his father and the Depression: financial problems; charity to people; burials for Blacks. He talks about his mother’s work in funeral home during World War II. He talks about changes in the funeral business over the years. He talks about the early years of St. Titus; ethnic groups; Aliquippa as a Jones and Laughlin Steel Company town; the Sisters of St. Joseph.
Contributor
Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden (depositor), Darroch, James J. (interviewee), Witt, Sally (interviewer)
Date
1982-11-13
Type
oral histories (literary genre)
Format
cassette tape, 88 minutes
Identifier
pitt:20230202-ssjb-0052
Language
eng
Relation
Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden Oral History Collection
Coverage
Aliquippa (Pa.)
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