Italian Immigration to Michigan's Upper Peninsula Oral History Project.
Italian Immigration to Michigan's Upper Peninsula Oral History Project Collection,
1900-1986
University of Minnesota Libraries. Immigration History Research Center [ihrc]
150 tape cassettes.
ITA
Mainly in English; some are in Italian.
Use of Materials:
Permission to publish must be requested from University Archives, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Mich. 49855
Biographical/Historical Note
Interviews were conducted under the auspices of the Center for Oral History, Northern Michigan University from 1982 to 1986. Most of the informants were interviewed by Russell Magnaghi, Prof. of History at NMU.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of tape-recorded oral history interviews of over 150 Italian Americans from Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Interviews cover a broad range of topics including mining a work, business, Italian organizations, women, folklore, farming, and community life. Some of the informants are from Northern Wisconsin (especially Hurley) and southern Ontario, Canada (especially Sault Ste. Marie).
Inventory available.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
Italian Immigration to Michigan's Upper Peninsula Oral History Project.
Oral history.
Italian American business enterprises.Italian Americans--Societies, etc.Italian Americans--Michigan--Upper Peninsula.Italian Americans--Wisconsin--Hurley.Italians--Ontario--Sault Ste. Marie.Miners.Women.Folklore--Italy.Italian Americans--Michigan--Personal narratives.Italian Americans--Wisconsin--Personal narratives.Italians--Ontario--Personal narratives.Italian Americans--Michigan--Social life and customs.Italian Americans--Wisconsin--Social life and customs.Italians--Ontario--Social life and customs.Immigrants--Biography.