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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Interview with Father Anthony Cirami [Part 1] |
| Date | 29 Jan 1979 |
| Document Type | Oral History (Audio) |
| Name | Cirami, Father Anthony |
| Interviewer | Barolini, Helen |
| Date of Recording | 29 Jan 1979 |
| Duration | 00:31:36 |
| Reference | IHRC1106, Box 1, AV171 |
| Library / Archive | Immigration History Research Center Archives, University of Minnesota |
| Collection Name | Italians in Dobbs Ferry Oral History Collection |
| Description | Oral history conducted with Father Cirami, a Catholic priest who trained in Italy, and worked in Philadelphia and Dobbs Ferry. Focuses primarily on church-going practices and his decision to switch from Latin to English in church. Also comments on his wartime service and his belief that Italian-Americans have succeeded more than any other minority group in assimilating to American life. Finally, he touches on the series 'Roots' which he believes has encouraged minorities to be proud of their heritage, and explains his refusal to march for civil rights in the 1960s. |
| Theme(s) | Permanent Settlement and Successive Generations |
| Places | Dobbs Ferry, New York, Vineland, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Nationality | Italian-American |
| Keywords | religion, Catholicism, clergy, Second World War, air force, immigrant, immigration, education, assimilation, child labour, language, civil rights, employment, employment, construction, Protestantism |
| Catalogue Link | Immigration History Research Center Archives Catalogue |
| Language | English |
| Document(s) linked to |
Interview with Father Anthony Cirami [Part 2] Notes on the Oral History of Father Anthony Cirami |
| Copyright | Reproduced by kind permission of the Dobbs Ferry Historical Society, Dobbs Ferry, New York. |