Interview with Joseph E. Espey, December 22, 1982, Tape 1, Side 1
Identifier
pitt:20230202-ssjb-0056-t1s1
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Title
Interview with Joseph E. Espey, December 22, 1982
Subject
American Bridge Company, Anthony Wayne Terrace Housing Association (Baden, Pa.), St. Titus School (Aliquippa, Pa.), St. Titus Church (Aliquippa, Pa.), Zauner, Edward, Father, 1891-1970, Espey, Joseph E., Depressions--1929, Ethnic relations, Labor unions, Racism, Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden
Description
[t1s1]Joseph Espey talks about St. Titus in the 1920s and 1930s: father’s job as
janitor; sisters’ lives in the convent; school; ethnic groups. He talks about his Irish
heritage; father as a Democrat; being barred from work because of being a Democrat; strikes;
unions and American Bridge Company in Ambridge; Father James Cox fight card for relief. He
speaks on establishment of the Anthony Wayne Terrace Housing Association and local politics in
Baden. [t1s2]Joseph Espey talks about Aliquippa in the 1930s: ethnic groups; Blacks; Father
Edward Zauner; St. Titus School.
Contributor
Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden (depositor), Espey, Joseph E. (interviewee), Witt, Sally (interviewer)
Date
1982-12-22
Type
oral histories (literary genre)
Format
cassette tape, 60 minutes
Identifier
pitt:20230202-ssjb-0056
Language
eng
Relation
Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden Oral History Collection
Coverage
Aliquippa (Pa.), Ambridge (Pa.), Baden (Pa.)
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