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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Schivo's of San Francisco: From Italy to the Barbary Coast |
| Date | 2009 |
| Document Type | Personal Account; Photograph |
| Publisher Information | California Publishing Company |
| Reference | IHRC3412, Box 2 |
| Library / Archive | Immigration History Research Center Archives, University of Minnesota |
| Collection Name | Telegraph Hill Dwellers Oral Histories Collection, 1979-1980 |
| Description | Includes information about the family origins in Italy and copies of family searches. Includes photographs of the family throughout. |
| Series Description | The interviews are part of a project undertaken by the Bancroft Library's Regional Oral History Program, University of California, Berkeley in 1993-1996 to document the experiences of Italian Americans from San Francisco's North Beach District. The interviews were transcribed and edited by volunteers from the Telegraph Hill Dwellers' Oral History Project. |
| Biographical Note / History | Telegraph Hill Dwellers is a non-profit organization founded in 1954 to "perpetuate the historic traditions of San Francisco's Telegraph Hill and to represent the community interests of its residents and property owners". |
| Theme(s) | Permanent Settlement and Successive Generations; Religion, Ethnic Identity and Community Relations |
| Country (from) | Italy |
| Country (to) | United States of America |
| Places | Sacramento, California, United States; Alassio, Genova, Italy |
| Ports | Genoa, Italy; San Francisco, California, United States |
| Nationality | Italian; Italian-America; European; Chinese; Asian |
| People | Schivo, Tommaso; Schivo, William; Schivo, Walter A |
| Keywords | immigration, family, children, earthquake, history, biography, family records, travel, imemigrant, housing, travel, marriage, census, church, gold rush, citizenship, history, application, business, women, occupation, national identity, aviation, ceremony, camp, earthquake, coffee, entertainment, leisure, music, social life, sport, shipping, Ellis Island |
| 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 Telegraph Hill Dwellers, San Francisco, California |
