Oral history interviews with Nick and Rose Tarabochia, 1991.

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Oral history interviews with Nick and Rose Tarabochia, 1991.

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The joint interview with married couple, Nick and Rose Tarabochia, covers their family life and early struggles to earn a living and raise a family during the Depression. Among the topics discussed by Nick Tarabochia are: his childhood in Brookville, Washington, the life of a fisherman in the Pacific Northwest (including a consideration of purse seine fishing versus gill netting), and Native American fishing rights. Subjects covered by Rose Tarabochia include: her upbringing, her self-reliance as a fisherman's wife, and her real estate acumen.

Transcript : 31 p.Sound recordings: 1 sound cassette (ca. 90 min.) : analog, mono.

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University of Washington, Tacoma. Community History Project.

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Established by Michael Honey in 1991, the University of Washington, Tacoma's Community History Project has developed out of an ongoing series of classes, offered periodically, in which students research local history and interview people in the community about their lives, knowledge of Tacoma and its environs and opinions about a wide range of issues. Its initial goals were to document the history and ethnic diversity of the Tacoma area and to raise awareness of important aspects of history that...

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Tarabochia, Dominic J.

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Gig Harbor entrepreneurs, Dominic "Nick" Joseph Tarabochia (1907-1992) and Rose Josephine Ancich Tarabochia (1912-2008), were first generation Slavonian Americans who were a prominent part of the Puget Sound fishing industry. Nick was the son of a fisherman who emigrated from Susak island (part of present day Croatia) and settled in Brookfield, Washington. The family relocated to Gig Harbor around 1925 in hope of improved economic opportunities. In 1931, Nick married Rose Ancich, a Gig Harbor na...

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Professor of labor and ethnic studies and American history at the University of Washington, Tacoma. Michael Honey received his Ph. D. in history from Northern Illinois University in 1988. In 1990 he joined the faculty of the University of Washington, Tacoma, as professor of labor and ethnic studies and American history in the Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences Program. He initiated and led the Center for the Study of Community and Society and the Ernie Tanner Labor and ...