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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Interview with Valvedina Coletti |
| Date | 5 Feb 1979 |
| Document Type | Oral History (Audio) |
| Name | Coletti, Valvedina |
| Interviewer | Barolini, Helen |
| Date of Recording | 5 Feb 1979 |
| Duration | 00:31:39 |
| Reference | IHRC1106, Box 1, AV173 |
| Library / Archive | Immigration History Research Center Archives, University of Minnesota |
| Collection Name | Italians in Dobbs Ferry Oral History Collection |
| Description | Oral history conducted with Valvedina, who begins by discussing her parent's migration to the United States. Comments on the home she grew up in, the outhouse, her mother's daily routine and shopping. Recalls monsignors visiting from Italy and the banquets which would be held in their honour. Touches on donations which the Italian community pooled to build their own church, and the error that led her name to be misrecorded at her baptism. Finally discusses commuting to New York, her wages and the Depression years. |
| Theme(s) | Permanent Settlement and Successive Generations; Religion, Ethnic Identity and Community Relations |
| Country (from) | Italy |
| Country (to) | United States of America |
| Places | Dobbs Ferry, New York City, New York, United States; Bovino, Foggia, Apulia, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian; European; Italian-American |
| Keywords | migration, emigration, immigrant, employment, employment, construction, religion, church, shopping, clothing, shoes, food, Catholicism, Protestantism, language, education, recreation, wages, transport, marriage, Great Depression, banking, baptism, clergy |
| Catalogue Link | Immigration History Research Center Archives Catalogue |
| Language | English |
| Document(s) linked to |
Notes on the Oral History of Albert Coletti Notes on the Oral History of Valvedina Coletti |
| Copyright | Reproduced by kind permission of the Dobbs Ferry Historical Society, Dobbs Ferry, New York. |