Italian Immigrant Women in New York City's Garment Industry Oral Histories, 1976-1978.

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Italian Immigrant Women in New York City's Garment Industry Oral Histories, 1976-1978.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/182520419

The collection consists of nine oral history interviews of Italian immigrants (primarily women) who worked in the U.S. garment industry from 1880 to 1950. The following interviews consist of both audio and transcriptions (some transcriptions might be incomplete): Tina Gaeta, Antoinetta Lazarro, Grace Natarelli and Diana Romanik. Two interviews (Tina Cantania and Pauline Newman) are transcriptions only (might be incomplete). Interviews of Mary Cacchione, Vineenza Crachhiolo, Ralph Iannantuono, Vanni Montana and Felicie Guiseppe Sagliano are audio only, no transcriptions. There are also summaries provided by Colomba Furio of interviews with nine unidentified women. Transcriptions were annotated by Jennifer Guglielmo of Smith College.

.25 linear ft. (1 box)

Smith College, Neilson Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6942396

Smith College, Neilson Library

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Montana, Vanni B., 1902-

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Vanni B. Montana (1902-1991) was a longtime editor of Giustizia, the Italian-language edition of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' official organ, education officer in ILGWU's Italian Dressmakers Local 89, and one of the founders of the Italian American Labor Council in 1941. From the description of The Shambles: Broken Bridges Over the Seas, by Vanni B. Montana, 1977. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 180689672 ...

Furio, Colomba M.

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This oral history project was undertaken by Colomba Furio as part of the research for her Ph. D. dissertation, Immigrant Women and Industry: A Case Study: The Italian Immigrant Women and the Garment Industry, 1880-1950 (New York University, 1979). From the description of Italian Immigrant Women in New York City's Garment Industry Oral Histories, 1976-1978. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 182520419 ...

Lazarro, Antoinetta.

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Cracchiolo, Vineenza.

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Gaeta, Tina.

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Sagliano, Felicie Guiseppe.

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Iannantuono, Ralph.

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Natarelli, Grace DeLouise.

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Romanik, Diana.

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Cacchione, Mary.

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