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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Notes on the Oral History of Mary Grande |
| Author | Grande, Mary |
| Date | 1979 |
| Document Type | Personal Account |
| Reference | IHRC1106, Box 1 |
| Library / Archive | Immigration History Research Center Archives, University of Minnesota |
| Collection Name | Italians in Dobbs Ferry Oral History Collection |
| Description | Notes transcribing the key points of an oral history with Mary, who comments on her father's decision to move to the United States and early menial work available to Italian-Americans. She adds that her mother never wanted to return to Italy, and had to eat onions for the seasickness when she migrated, while her father cried when he found out that Italy had allied with Hitler. |
| Theme(s) | Permanent Settlement and Successive Generations |
| Country (from) | Italy |
| Country (to) | United States of America |
| Places | Dobbs Ferry, Yonkers, New York, United States |
| Nationality | Italian; European; Italian-American |
| Keywords | immigration, migration, discrimination, labour, education, insurance, community relations, shopping, family, women, seasickness, Second World War, gardening |
| Additional Information | Please note: Some of the metadata for this document has been taken from the Immigration History Research Center Archives catalogue. |
| Catalogue Link | Immigration History Research Center Archives Catalogue |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | Reproduced by kind permission of the Dobbs Ferry Historical Society, Dobbs Ferry, New York. |
