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Interview with Sister Emily O'Brien, C.S.J., February 10, 1982

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Title
Interview with Sister Emily O'Brien, C.S.J., February 10, 1982
Subject
Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden, O'Brien, Emily, Catholics, Nuns--Religious life, Teaching, Floods
Description
[t1s1]Sister Emily O’Brien talks about her childhood in McKeesport in the early 1900s. She talks about her father’s roots in New Castle; his work as paperhanger and steamboat pilot; mother as a housekeeper at McKeesport Hospital before marriage; her own working at stores on the North Side. She talks about becoming a Sister of St. Joseph; teaching and living at St. Raphael (Morningside) in 1923. [t1s2]Sister Emily O’Brien talks about teaching and living at many schools. She talks about Sister Victoria Martin and her music. [t2s1]Sister Emily O’Brien talks about teaching and living at Catholic schools from late 1920s to 1930s. She speaks of the 1936 Flood in Johnstown. [t2s2]Sister Emily O’Brien reflects on visiting the sick and changes within the congregation.
Contributor
Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden (depositor), O'Brien, Emily (interviewee), Witt, Sally (interviewer), Heaps, Consuelo (interviewer)
Date
1982-02-10
Type
oral histories (literary genre)
Format
cassette tape, 97 minutes
Identifier
pitt:20230202-ssjb-0033
Language
eng
Relation
Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden Oral History Collection
Coverage
Johnstown (Cambria County, Pa.)
Rights
In Copyright. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. 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. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).. Rights Holder: Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/