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Field name | Value |
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Title | Interview with Theresa Tisi [Part 1] |
Author | Tisi, Theresa |
Date | 12 Mar 1979 |
Document Type | Oral History (Audio) |
Name | Tisi, Theresa |
Interviewer | Barolini, Helen |
Date of Recording | 12 Mar 1979 |
Duration | 00:31:34 |
Reference | IHRC1106, Box 1, AV197 |
Library / Archive | Immigration History Research Center Archives, University of Minnesota |
Collection Name | Italians in Dobbs Ferry Oral History Collection |
Description | Theresa Tisi came to the United States in 1921 as a single woman to escape the work of the farm and caring for children in Italy. She met her husband in America. She talks about her early education, time working in factories, embroidery, her marriage, their first bought house, her husband's illness and her involvement with the local community. |
Theme(s) | Motives for Emigration; Arrivals: Ports and Early Experiences |
Country (from) | Italy |
Country (to) | United States of America |
Places | Dobbs Ferry, New York, United States |
Nationality | Italian; European |
Keywords | employment, farming, education, children, labour, marriage, factory, accommodation, health and sickness, First World War, societies, food, community relations |
Catalogue Link | Immigration History Research Center Archives Catalogue |
Language | English; Italian |
Document(s) linked to |
Interview with Theresa Tisi [Part 2] Notes on the Oral History of Theresa Tisi |
Copyright | Reproduced by kind permission of the Dobbs Ferry Historical Society, Dobbs Ferry, New York. |