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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Interview with Joseph Gagliardi [Part 1] |
| Date | 11 Jan 1978 |
| Document Type | Oral History (Audio) |
| Name | Gagliardi, Joseph |
| Date of Recording | 11 Jan 1978 |
| Duration | 00:31:33 |
| Reference | IHRC1106, Box 1, AV178 |
| Library / Archive | Immigration History Research Center Archives, University of Minnesota |
| Collection Name | Italians in Dobbs Ferry Oral History Collection |
| Description | Oral history conducted with Joseph, a former masonry worker, who migrated to America in his teens after his father, who had returned to Italy after working in the US, gave his permission. Recalls the journey conditions and onward travel from the port, before touching on his work, Dobbs Ferry, his citizenship test, voting, joining the masons, religious freedom and wine making. |
| Theme(s) | Permanent Settlement and Successive Generations |
| Country (from) | Italy |
| Country (to) | United States of America |
| Places | Thousand Island, Connecticut, White Plains, Ardsley, Dobbs Ferry, New York, United States; Torre di Ruggiero, Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy |
| Ports | Battery Park, New York, United States |
| Nationality | Italian; European; Italian-American |
| People | Carter, President Jimmy |
| Keywords | migration, emigration, immigrant, employment, passport, employment, citizenship, naturalisation, citizenship test, politics, election, voting, Republican, societies, Catholicism, Protestantism, Methodist, language, gardening, alcohol, friendship |
| Catalogue Link | Immigration History Research Center Archives Catalogue |
| Language | English |
| Document(s) linked to |
Interview with Joseph Gagliardi [Part 2] Notes on the Oral History of Joseph Gagliardi |
| Copyright | Reproduced by kind permission of the Dobbs Ferry Historical Society, Dobbs Ferry, New York. |