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Guide to the From Italy to Indiana County: The Italian Immigrant Experience in Indiana, Pennsylvania and Environs, 1900-1950 Records, 2000-2001
Metadata Details
- Title
- From Italy to Indiana County: The Italian Immigrant Experience in Indiana, Pennsylvania and Environs, 1900-1950 records 2000-2001
- Subject
- Babyak, Lena Patti, Gaston, Florie, Lorelli, Edmond, Furgiuele, Richard, Kenosh, Louise, LaMantia, Philip, Maloney, Joseph, Marcoline, Paul, Pesci, Everett, Rezzola, Richard, Violi, Mary Petrarca, A. LaMantia & Brothers (Blairsville, Pa.), Indiana University of Pennsylvania Museum (Indiana, Pa.), Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Padrone system, Italian American business, Italian Americans--Social life and customs, Italian American families--Anecdotes, Produce trade--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Coal mines and mining--Pennsylvania--Indiana County, Beyer (Pa.)--History, Mentcle (Pa.)--History, Sagamore (Pa.)--History, Homer City (Pa.)--History, Blairsville (Pa.)--History, Heilwood (Pa.)--History, Indiana (Pa.)--History, Indiana County (Pa.)--History
- Description
- This collection consists of 11 oral history interviews collected on twelve cassette tapes. All of the tapes have corresponding transcripts. Transcripts are typewritten, but have not been edited. All of the interviews were conducted by Ciotola with first and second generation Italian Americans living in Indiana County. In general, the first segment of each interview consists of a discussion of life prior to emigration from Italy. This includes the regions where Italians lived, reasons why they left, and their experiences coming to the United States. Interviews then shift towards the discussion of how immigrants adjusted to life in Indiana County. Subjects common in many of the interviews include: coal mining, mining accidents, the Coal and Iron Police, company towns, the railroad industry, family life, leisure practices, Italian foodways, Catholicism, the La Mano Nera (Black Hand), and assimilation. Some of the Indiana County localities frequently mentioned in the interviews include the borough of Indiana, Blairsville, Mentcle, Homer City, Sagamore, Beyer, and Heilwood., From Italy to Indiana County: The Italian Immigrant Experience in Indiana, Pennsylvania and Environs, 1900-1950 records, 2000-2001, MSS 344, Thomas and Katherine Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center, Cataloging of this collection was funded by a Basic Processing grant from NHPRC., From April to June 2001, the Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) exhibited From Italy to Indiana County: The Italian Immigrant Experience in Indiana, Pennsylvania and Environs, 1900-1950, an exhibit developed in partnership with the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania. The exhibit, curated by Nick Ciotola (former curator of the Italian American Collection at the Senator John Heinz History Center) and Donna Cashdollar, exposed the narrative of immigration, settlement, community formation, and assimilation of southern Italians in Indiana County.In particular, Ciotola and Cashdollar featured the Italian immigrant population contributions to the coal mining industry in Indiana County. Throughout the course of exhibit development, Ciotola conducted 11 oral history interviews with Italian immigrants and their descendants in Indiana County. The overall purpose of the oral history interviews in this collection was to document Italian immigration into Indiana County in the words of Italian immigrants and their descendants. Each interview also includes a detailed discussion of Italian American cultural traditions and religious practices. Italian American community life is also discussed at length, as is the establishment of community institutions like mutual aid societies., .Gift of Italian American Collection, Processed MSS 344 05/13 S. Green, Collection level finding aid available.
- Contributor
- Italian American Collection, Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center (depositor)
- Date
- 2000-2001
- Type
- Collection, Text
- Format
- print, manuscript, 0.50 linear ft.
- Identifier
- oclc:852425284, pitt:US-QQS-mss344
- Language
- eng
- Relation
- http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=hswpead;cc=hswpead;rgn=main;view=text;didno=US-QQS-mss344
- Coverage
- Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Indiana County, Beyer (Pa.), Mentcle (Pa.), Sagamore (Pa.), Homer City (Pa.), Blairsville (Pa.), Heilwood (Pa.), Indiana (Pa.), Indiana County (Pa.)
- Rights
- Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use., http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
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