Italians in Chicago-Oral History Project, ca. 1980.

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Italians in Chicago-Oral History Project, ca. 1980.

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The Italians in Chicago collection consists of 113 transcripts and 7 video tape cassettes of oral histories of Chicago area Italian Americans. The video tapes include an interview with Egidio Clemente, and scenes from a Melrose Park Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Feast, ca. 1920s.

2.75 linear ft. and.7 video tape cassettes.

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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University of Illinois at Chicago Circle. History Dept.

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The Italians in Chicago Project was a two-year program based at the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, History Department, and funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The project's purpose was to document the Italian American experience in Chicago. Oral history interviews with 113 Italian Americans living in the Chicago area were one component of the project. Men and women from three generations were interviewed regarding such topics as work, leisure, neighborhoods, family li...

Clemente, Egidio.

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Egidio Clemente was an Italian-American labor leader and professional printer who edited La Parola del Popolo. A socialist, and close associate of Domenico Saudino, Clemente's early career as a political radical became more centrist during the Roosevelt Administration. Clemente may have supervised printing for the O.S.S. in Rome during World II for psychological warfare efforts such as Operation Cornflakes and Operation Sauerkraut. After the war, Clemente continued to support the cause of labor ...