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Series 6: Sound Recordings, 1977 (continued)
Subseries 9: Ukrainian
Tape ID: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20712A - AFS 20713A Interview with artist Michael Huminiak at the School of Ukrainian Folk Arts, Chicago, Illinois, part 1-3, June 07, 1977; June 10, 1977
MBRS shelflist: RYA 0732-0733
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3 audiocassette, C-60
Part 1 of a 3-part interview with Michael Huminiak at the School of Ukrainian Folk Arts, conducted in Ukrainian; the first segment of this interview was conducted on June 7, 1977, at about 8 pm the School of Ukrainian Folk Arts, 2353 Iowa Ave., Chicago; about various people who run and instruct at the School; the administrator, wood work, embroidery, weaving, Easter egg ornamentation; Huminiak himself concentrates on painting the ceramic forms; has published 2 workbooks on the subject; born in western Ukraine in 1911, arrived in the US in 1946; now retired, formerly worked in a dental lab; the second segment of the interview recorded on June 10, 1977, at Huminiak's home at 316 Pinecroft St.,Roselle, Illinois, about his folk art school: staff, specialities, purpose and aims of the school; cost of courses offered; sponsorship and subsidies from Ukrainian credit union; Huminiak got interested in this school program upon retirement, a hobby; the school has financial difficulties; his daughter Natalie helps support the work; about the ages of the students; about collaboration with the Ukrainian Museum, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art; the need to preserve and develop cultural assets; arts schools like his are important and should be established in other Ukrainian communities; about his recent publications on Ukrainian ceramic ornamentation designs; his favorite patterns and the need to retain traditional motifs; his approach to his work; about ceramic trends in the Old Country, production methods, styles; currently popular Trypillian ceramic motifs, origin of same in Chicago; about archeological finding re Trypillian ceramics; motifs must talk and reflect thought; about the difficulty in producing the desired red color; Huminiak's favorable opinion about Ukrainian ceramic decalomania, commercially successful. Part 2 of a 3-part interview with Michael Huminiak at Huminiak's home at 316 Pinecroft St.,Roselle, Illinois, conducted in Ukrainian; Huminiak does not sell his work; about his work areas at home; about geometric designs on ceramics, Hutsul (Hutsullan) ornamentation; current technologies in the Soviet Union; thematic content in contemporary Ukrainian ceramics; fieldworker Carl Fleischhauer asks about the pieces he is photographing for the project (see call numbers AFC 1981/004: b48690, b48718, 120, and 121); Huminiak's pride in the work of his students, who have exhibits of their own; Huminiak reads a versified thank you from a student; more on the difficulties obtaining the desired red color; Hutsulian (Hutsul, Hutsulan) methods and techniques; idea to stage a conference of Ukrainian ceramicists, with a show and sale of works. Part 3 of a 3-part interview with Michael Huminiak at Huminiak's home at 316 Pinecroft St., Roselle, Illinois, conducted in Ukrainian; about the work of Mr. Ivanjuk, wood artisan, excellent work; Huminiak asks fieldworker which of his ceramic pieces are most pleasing; remark on Huminiak's aesthetic approach to the decoration of vases; sound of one of the photoflood lights exploding; end of interview.
Tape ID: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20714A - AFS 20714B Interview with instrumental-vocal group Vesely Chasy at their studio, Chicago, Illinois, part 1-2, June 08, 1977
MBRS shelflist: RYA 0734
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2 audiocassette, C-60
Part 1 of a 2-part interview with the instrumental-vocal ensemble Vesely Chasy (the Good Times) at their studio in the back of the home of their group leader, John Steciw, 2022 W. Chicago Ave.; interview in English; recording began about about 10:30 pm; the six members of the ensemble introduce themselves; history of the group; kinds of material they perform, costumes, Ukrainian decorations on the instruments and equipment; about the reaction of the Chicago Ukrainian community to their efforts; about out-of-town venues; composition of original material; ages of the members and their occupations; ethnic origin, only two of the six are of Ukrainian ancestry; about similar groups elsewhere in the US and Canada; about their sound equipment, lighting technician, professional approach to their work. Part 2 of a 2-part interview with the instrumental-vocal ensemble Vesely Chasy (the Good Times) at their studio in the back of the home of their group leader, John Steciw, 2022 W. Chicago Ave.; interview in English; how they view their potential, their future; their second LP is in preparation; the kind of material planned for the record, includes the composition of special songs on political themes relating to dissident movement in Soviet Ukraine; original arrangements; regarding the group's revenue, over 4,000 albums have been sold; their efforts to use best technical know-how available in the production of their recordings, best kind of quality equipment; their engagement at Soyuzivka [resort in 1976 was a breakthrough for them; the older generation still control the Ukrainian organizations in Chicago; concern for their impact, their image; about the reaction of non-Ukrainian audiences to their performances; anecdote about one of their songs with mention of a black woman, and their effort to explain this song to local Chicago audience that included African Americans; how they view the relevance of their work vis-à-vis other Ukrainian cultural and musical phenomena and forms; comment on one of their original song creations relating to middle-class life within the Ukrainian American community, "we're rebels, I guess," recording submitted for a Grammy award; non-Ukrainians find the melodies very appealing and buy their record; anecdote about a hillbillv and his reaction to Ukrainian dancing group: "they are maniacs," three of the ensemble members were born in Europe; how is a Ukrainian band supposed to sound? ; about non-Ukrainians in the ensemble; "Just because it's Ukrainian doesn't necessarily make it good, there's gotta be a better standard of excellence," impact on young people; $30,000 worth of equipment; "It's a labor of love."
Tape ID: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20715A Rehearsal of choir at Saints Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church, Chicago, Illinois, June 09, 1977
MBRS shelflist: RYA 0735
Digital content available: afc1981004_afs20715a
audiocassette, C-60
Recording of one part of a rehearsal by the parish choir at Saints Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church, at 739 N. Oakley Blvd., Chicago; practice at about 8:15 pm in the church basement hall; choir conducted by Roman Andrushko, who also conducted the Chicago schools orchestra in a concert a few days before this rehearsal; recording features "Our Father" sung in Ukrainian.
Tape ID: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20716 Recording of bandurist Youth Group, led by Mr. Alex Poszewanyck, Church Hall of St. Vladimir, Chicago, Illinois, June 09, 1977
MBRS shelflist: RXA 1061
Digital content available: afc1981004_afs20716
audiotape reel, 7 in.
Recording of a rehearsal of the bandurist youth group, led by Mr. Alex Poszewanyck, at the Church Hall of St. Vladimir; the field documentation does not make clear if this is St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral (probably) or Sts Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church; the selections are tailored for beginners with the bandura and include an instrumental song; song, with counting of the meter by the leader; three songs and a fragment played by the group; solo song.
Tape ID: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20717A - AFS 20717B Interviews with Mary Hrynewych, and with Lubo Maciuk, Chicago, Illinois, part 1. Interview with Lubo Maciuk, Chicago, Illinois, part 2, November 09, 1977
MBRS shelflist: RYA 0736
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2 audiocassette, C-60
Recording first segment from recording start to 14:30 minutes elapsed time presents an Interview in Ukrainian with Mary (Maria) Hrynewych; the fieldworker's notes state that the interview concerned Hyrnewych's life and the more than 60 dolls she has made, displaying the emblematic costumes of the ethnographic region of Ukraine; recording second segment, from 14:30 to 34:00 elapsed time, presents part 1 of a 2-part interview in Ukrainian with Lubo Maciuk, an active leader of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA); the fieldworker's notes state that the interview concerned various aspects of Ukrainian arts as created in Chicago, associated problems, and other related matters; the fieldworker's notes also mention an interview with Natalie Huminiak, not located when this metadata was compiled. Part 2 of a 2-part interview in Ukrainian with Lubo Maciuk, an active leader of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA), from recording start to 7:00 minutes elapsed time; the fieldworker’s notes state that the interview concerned various aspects of Ukrainian arts as created in Chicago, associated problems, and other related matters; the interview includes added comments by women who were present, probably Mary (Maria) Hrynewych and Natalie Huminiak.
Tape ID: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20718A Interview with Alfonso Davino, baker, Chicago, Illinois, May 05, 1977
MBRS shelflist: RYA 0737
Digital content available: afc1981004_afs20718a
audiocassette, C-60
Interview with Alfonso Davino and friends, recorded at Al's Bakery, 816 S. Loomis St.; Davino discusses Passatella, an Italian tavern game that involves wine ("Boss and Under Boss Game"); about old times in Chicago, street vendors; the Mt. Carmel Fiesta (Annual Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel), and other fiestas in Chicago and Italy; about the Taylor Street neighborhood (Little Italy) in old times and with modern changes for the worse; Italian foods, holiday foods; about family and the authority of the older brother; the changing neighborhood; about the Mafia and its constructive aspects.
Tape ID: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20718B Interview with Frank Zanzo and friends, Chicago, Illinois, May 05, 1977
MBRS shelflist: RYA 0737
Digital content available: afc1981004_afs20718b
audiocassette, C-60
Interview-conversation with Frank Zanzo recorded at Al's (Davino) Bakery, 816 S. Loomis St.; Zanzo is 69, born in Chicago, his father from a little town near Naples, Italy; Zanzo father and son both worked for the Burlington Railroad; Zanzo's mother died when he was young and he and his sister benefitted from assistance from Jane Addams's Hull House, not far from where he lived; woman named Helen Meyers (Myers?) worked at Hull House and was especially helpful; Zanzo remembered Addams; Zanzo's friend Fred Angelini brings in a bottle of his homemade wine, made from Zinfandel grapes; brief discussion of wine making.
Tape ID: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20719A Interview with former U.S. Representative Roland V. Libonati and Mrs. Libonati, Chicago, Illinois, May 07, 1977
MBRS shelflist: RYA 0738
Digital content available: afc1981004_afs20719a
audiocassette, C-60
Interview with Roland V. Libonati and his wife, Jeanette (?), at the Libonati home; Libonati had been a U.S. Congressman, 1957-1965; a member of the Illinois senate 1942-1947; and the Illinois House of Representatives (1930-1934 and 1940-1942); topics include Italian musicians and art music in the neighborhood and in Chicago; Hull House and Jane Addams; Irish musicians and Mayor Daley; features of Libonati's family story; more on Italian music, the role of Italian parents and Hull House; neighborhood history in terms of ethnic groups; impact on the neighborhood by the arrival of the Medical Center (probably referring to what is now called the University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center); about Mayor Richard Daley and Liponati's battles with him over issues; about Italian workers and miners of Italian and other nationalities; about the traditional Italian (hand, finger) game of Morra; more about the neighborhood history in terms of ethnic groups; more about the impact of the university in the neighborhood, perceived relationship to Daley; recollection of stealing pigs with Mayor Daley as children together in the neighborhood; Mrs. Libonati discussed the ltalian image and about camps for children.
Tape ID: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20719B - AFS 20720A Recording of playing the game of Morra and conversation at Mama Sue's Restaurant, Chicago, Illinois, part 1-2, May 07, 1977
MBRS shelflist: RYA 0738-0739
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2 audiocassette, C-60
Part 1 of a 2-part recording of game-play and conversation during a session of the traditional Italian (hand, finger) game of Morra, at Mama Sue's restaurant in Little Italy, 1419 W. Taylor; speakers and players include retired U.S. Representative Roland V. Libonati, Joe Labellarte, Labellarte's son, and Mickey Carioscia; Libonati discusses ethnic community dynamics, the role of the Mafia compared with other southern Italian groups, as compared to the solidarity associated with some Jewish communities; then a round of the game of Morra begins, the youngest player is 9 years old; discussion of the Italian ball game Bocce and the group's desire to keep these games alive; Joe Labellarte, his son, and Mickey Carioscia discuss learning games and the necessity to live up to the family name; "coming up the hard way"; Mickey Carioscia and others talk about the necessity of teaching children the culture; about the unity of Italians in the neighborhood and upward mobility; about the community's common stand against threats; the success of Italians from the neighborhood; about the handicap and prejudice faced by Italians, related in part to the Mafia; Joe Labellarte (age 9) explains how he learned morra from his father and basic fundamentals of the game; Joe Labellarte on Morra technique. Part 2 of a 2-part recording of game-play and conversation during a session of the traditional Italian (hand, finger) game of Morra, at Mama Sue's restaurant in Little Italy, 1419 W. Taylor; speakers and players include retired U.S. Representative Roland V. Libonati, Joe Labellarte, Labellarte's son (may also be named Joe), and Mickey Carioscia; about the fundamentals of Morra; the Morra tradition in the Taylor Street area (Little Italy neighborhood); about the game Passatella, an Italian tavern game that involves wine ("Boss and Under Boss Game"); about the attitude of men's wives to Morra, some objections; how Morra relates to a male group; Mickey Carioscia on respect for elders among Italians; about American Indians and their difficulties.
Tape ID: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20721A Interview and conversation with Alfonso Davino and Giuseppe Esposito at Al's Bakery, Chicago, Illinois, May 07, 1977
MBRS shelflist: RYA 0740
Digital content available: afc1981004_afs20721a
audiocassette, C-60
At Al's (Davino) Bakery, 816 S. Loomis St., interview and conversations with Giuseppe Esposito and Alfonso Davino; while kneading dough and slapping it on his work surface, Davino speaks about Italian bakers in Chicago (followed by a blank segment); discussion in English and the Neopolitan dialect about the tavern and wine-related game Passatella ("Boss and Under Boss") with Davino's helper Giuseppe Esposito; a friend enters to and duns Giuseppe Esposito for money, Esposito jokingly mocks him.
Tape ID: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20721B Interview and conversation with Giuseppe Esposito, Louis Mateo, and Louis Galluzzi at Al's Bakery, Chicago, Illinois, May 07, 1977
MBRS shelflist: RYA 0740
Digital content available: afc1981004_afs20721b
audiocassette, C-60
At Al's (Davino) Bakery, 816 S. Loomis St., interview and conversations with Giuseppe Esposito, Louis Mateo, and Louis Galluzzi; the traditional Italian (hand, finger) game of Morra; the tavern and wine-related game Passatella ("Boss and Under Boss"); the Italian ball game Bocce; Louis Galluzzi on Bocce and "Peanut Park."
Subseries 10: Italian
Tape ID: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20722A - AFS 20724A Interview with Vincenzo Giuseffi at Mother Cabrini Convent about Italian religious crafts and traditions, Chicago, Illinois, part 1-3, May 08, 1977
MBRS shelflist: RYA 0741-0742
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3 audiocassette, C-60
Part 1 of a 3-part interview with Vincenzo (Jim) Giuseffi, recorded at the Mother Cabrini Convent (presumably associated with the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus); about Palm Weaving; Giuseffi's life story; connections back to Calabria in Italy; comment on Italian religious expression, sung prayers and chanting, in Italy, when working in the fields; comments on chants to Saint (Santa) Barbara, pictured with a castle; Giuseffi sings chants and explains context (feasts); about wakes and chants for the dead; then he sings laments; although this recording is listed as part 1 in the archival sequence, the fieldworker's notes refer to this recording as part 2; the fieldworker's notes spell the name as Guiseffi. Part 2 of a 3-part interview with Vincenzo (Jim) Giuseffi, recorded at the Mother Cabrini Convent (presumably associated with the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus); comments on women who work in factories in Chicago; more about palm weaving, and about Saint (Santa) Barbara; story about Giuseffi's grandmother; the fading of Italian traditions in the US; about cooking; discussion of Zampogna (Italian type of bagpipes), and their players; about Giuseffi's embroidery and artificial flower making; motifs of Italian American floral funeral wreaths; flowers of the dead; although this is part 2 in the archival sequence, the fieldworker's notes refer to this recording as part 1; the fieldworker's notes spells the name as Guiseffi. Part 3 of a 3-part interview with Vincenzo (Jim) Giuseffi, recorded at the Mother Cabrini Convent (presumably associated with the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus); about Italian American funeral wreaths; Giuseffi's work with costumes and flower making; about palm weaving, Italian and Italian American religious festivals; traditional foods; the Italian Art Center in Melrose Park, and folk dancing; the Italian American Hardware Store; the Tuscan community of Chicago; the Chinatown Italian area; religious feasts in Chicago; Italian settlement patterns in Chicago; about the games of Bocce and Soccer; the Little Sicily neighborhood in Chicago, and Bari neighborhood (people from Puglia); about the Sicilian Festival in Berwyn, Illinois; the fieldworker's notes spell the name as Guiseffi.
Tape ID: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20724A - AFS 20725A Interview with Mary Spallitta in her home about Italian community activities, Chicago, Illinois, part 1-3, May 09, 1977
MBRS shelflist: RYA 0743-0744
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3 audiocassette, C-60
Part 1 of a 3-part interview with Mary Spallitta (Spallita?) recorded at her home, 3358 N. Normandy Street; about Italian American organizations and clubs in Chicago (followed by blank section of recording); about Spallitta's parents and childhood; about the carpenter's unions and their controlled by other ethnic groups, yielding prejudice against Italian Americans; more about Mary's parents and childhood; about settlement patterns of Italian regional groups in Chicago from about 1925 to 1940; changing attitudes toward education of women; continuing prejudice within Italian American groups, Northern versus Southern Italians. Part 2 of a 3-part interview with Mary Spallitta (Spallita?) recorded at her home, 3358 N. Normandy Street; about the Mafia, bad publicity for Italians in the press, the gangster stereotype is still strong today in Chicago; the involvement of other ethnic groups, organized crime; the Italian Anti-Defamation League; about Italian family traditions and a decline in respect today; thr beginnings of the Italian Anti-Defamation League, prejudice against Italians, the Mafia image; decline in Italian folk traditions; some Italians changing their names so as not to be known as Italians; how to encourage Italian children to learn folk traditions, Mary's grandchildren aren't learning traditions; about Italian festivals in Chicago. Part 3 of a 3-part interview with Mary Spallitta (Spallita?) recorded at her home, 3358 N. Normandy Street.
Tape ID: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20725B - AFS 20727B Interview with Pompeo Stillo about his musical career and folk music and dance traditions of Calabria, Chicago, Illinois, part 1-4, May 09, 1977; May 13, 1977
MBRS shelflist: RYA 0744-0746
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4 audiocassette, C-60
Part 1 of a 4-part interview with Pompeo Stillo, recorded at his store, Harrison Radio, 5909 W. Irving Park Rd., Irving Park IL; Stillo's story of coming to America and continuing his musical career here; about the Italian Americans from many regions in Italy who come into his shop; about Stillo's musical career in the U.S. and Canada; how he bought Harrison Radio; about his success in stocking and selling only Italian music with an emphasis on folk music; about his childhood in Calabria and.growing up with music; making bamboo flutes; the ocarina, a traditional instrument; plays the a tarantella on the ocarina; and a variation, "Carnival in Venice"; about his village and traditional music, and folk dances in Calabria; the cantastoria; Stillo sings a cantastoria and translates a funny and slightly bawdy story; Stillo plays a mouth harp (sometimes called a Jew's harp); customer enters the shop; about regional dialects in Italy; Stillo sings a song; about the destruction of Calabria by tourism; Stillo's love of folk music, as the true expression of the folk. Part 2 of a 4-part interview with Pompeo Stillo, recorded at his store, Harrison Radio, 5909 W. Irving Park Rd., Irving Park IL; Stillo speaks of recent death of his father, shows photos he's sending to Italy for the tombstone; his father's story; musical tradition in the family in Calabria; about musical bands in Calabria; Stillo's story and his musical aspirations; plays an old Italian love song on record player, speaks of the Italian folk dance group he has organized in the US. Part 3 of a 4-part interview with Pompeo Stillo, recorded at his store, Harrison Radio, 5909 W. Irving Park Rd., Irving Park IL; Stillo plays a mouth harp (sometimes called a Jew's harp) and demonstrates how to play; tells how he learned to play; gets out old instruments used to play the Tarantella (dance); plays the accordion (mazurka, tarantella, tango); plays and sings three Calabrese songs, for grain sowing, for harvesting, and for grape picking song; sings tongue twisters; plays a song from Abruzzia; speaks of his work and how he has little time to play; about the Calabrese dialect and Calabrese stories, reads part of a story. Part 4 of a 4-part interview with Pompeo Stillo, recorded at his store, Harrison Radio, 5909 W. Irving Park Rd., Irving Park IL.
Tape ID: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20728A - AFS 20728B Interview with Pasquale Sottile and his wife Gilda about musical traditions, and his accordion playing, Chicago, Illinois, part 1-2, May 11, 1977
MBRS shelflist: RYA 0747
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2 audiocassette, C-60
Part 1 of a 2-part interview with Pasquale and Gilda Sottile about musical traditions and accordion playing, recorded in their home at the kitchen table; Pasquale Sottile's story about how he came to America; how he learned to play the accordion in Italy, without knowing how to read music, all by ear; plays the accordion, a mazurka, then a polka, then a tarantella; discussion of the dance and of the accordion as an instrument of the farmlands in southern Italy; how playing now makes him remember the beauties of Calabria; about his appearance on an Italian program on television; how people clap when they hear him play; Sottile knows of few traditional Calabrese singers here; he plays a tarantella and sings but the microphone placement means that the accordion drowns out his voice. Part 2 of a 2-part interview with Pasquale and Gilda Sottile about musical traditions and accordion playing; discussion of Calabrese folk songs and of the women who sing them; Gilda Sottile speaks of Calabrese foods, and of her children; tells a werewolf story and talks about werewolves.
Tape ID: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20729 Performance of Pasquale Sottile, Italian button accordion, Calabrese-style, Chicago, Illinois, July 13, 1977
MBRS shelflist: RXA 1062
Digital content available: afc1981004_afs20729
audiotape reel, 7 in.
Performance of Pasquale Sottile, Italian button accordion, Calabrese-style; selections include accordion solo; unnamed song (dance piece); "An Italian Waltz, #3"; "La Quadrille Italiana"; unnamed song; "La Camita"; unnamed song; "La Calzone"; "Una Mazurka"; duration of recording 21:30 minutes.
Tape ID: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20730B - AFS 20730S Interview with Al Davino about Italian bakeries, Chicago, Illinois, part 1-2, May 11, 1977
MBRS shelflist: RYA 0748
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2 audiocassette, C-60
Part 1 of a 2-part recording with Alfonso Davino, recorded at Al's Bakery, 816 S. Loomis St.; about Al's Childhood; how Davino learned to make bread from his father, the early days of the bakery, how to make bread Italian style, how his father learned from his father; about Italian bakeries in neighborhood 40 years ago; Davino's life history; the decline in traditional baking, the hardest part is putting all the bread in the oven, 350 lbs comes to about 320 loaves. Part 2 of a 2-part recording with Alfonso Davino, recorded at Al's Bakery, 816 S. Loomis St.; Davino in conversation (mostly in Italian) with a man who reminisces about life in Italy and his father's service in the cavalry in a war in the early part of the twentieth century; Davino talks about retiring; conversation is joined by Joe Kaplan, Davino's friend; Davino speaks of his father's art of baking, about baking as an art; about cutting the top, etc.; Davino on the love of handling bread.
Tape ID: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20731A - AFS 20731B Interview with Mary Pacente, Chicago, Illinois, part 1-2, May 11, 1977
MBRS shelflist: RYA 0749
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2 audiocassette, C-60
Part 1 of a 2-part interview with Mary Pacente about life and traditions in Chicago's Little Italy neighborhood and among those with Sicilian heritage; about her parents, first lived in Monessen PA then came to Chicago in the 1920s, father named Vincenzo Panipinto (Panipento?), mother Josephine; father worked for the Chicago Surface Lines (streetcars); first lived at 628 S. May St, then at 1150 Vernon Park Place; Pacente has been in neighborhood for 50 years; about how her mother took in people in need; religious processions in the neighborhood, on and near what was then called Vernon Park (now Arrigo Park), nicknamed "peanut park" because of the shape of the walkway when seen from above; traditions are still alive, e.g., bocce ball and the tarantella dance; about changes in the neighborhood in recent time; Sicilian (and Italian) tradition of basil growing, one person start a plant and cutting are distributed to all family members. Part 2 of a 2-part interview with Mary Pacente about life and traditions in Chicago's Little Italy neighborhood and among those with Sicilian heritage; about Saint Joseph's Table (or feast), with gatherings for a large meatless meal, children knock on the door; about midnight mass at Christmas and some tension between Italians with background from the main peninsula and those of Sicilian descent; about the role and reach of the Mafia (across the Atlantic); about Italian American craftsmen in the building trades.
Tape ID: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20732A Recording of playing the game of morra at Al's Bakery, Chicago, Illinois, May 11, 1977
MBRS shelflist: RYA 0750
Digital content available: afc1981004_afs20732a
audiocassette, C-60
Morra is a traditional Italian multi-player hand game in which each player extends fingers and calls out a number that is the likely total number of fingers for all players; correct calls score points.
Tape ID: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20733A - AFS 20734A Interview with Father James Callozzo, Eastern Orthodox priest, Chicago, Illinois, part 1-3, May 14, 1977
MBRS shelflist: RYA 0751-0752
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3 audiocassette, C-60
audiocassette, C-60
audiocassette, C-60
Part 1 of a 3-part conversation and interview with Father James Callozzo and Rosalie Calozzo, at their home at 1049 W. Taylor Street; Father Callozzo is an Italian American who became an Eastern Orthodox priest; the visiting fieldworkers included Elizabeth Mathias, Jonas Dovydenas, and Greta Swenson; in the recordings on call numbers AFS 20733a and AFS 20733b "Father Jim" takes the field team on a tour of his home, explaining his art collection and his own work; discussion of how he learned to paint icons and do needle point, discusses the controlling concepts and themes of Eastern Orthodox religious iconography. Part 2 of a 3-part conversation and interview with Father James Callozzo and Rosalie Calozzo, at their home at 1049 W. Taylor Street; Father Callozzo is an Italian American who became an Eastern Orthodox priest; the visiting fieldworkers included Elizabeth Mathias, Jonas Dovydenas, and Greta Swenson; in the recordings on call numbers AFS 20733a and AFS 20733b "Father Jim" takes the field team on a tour of his home, explaining his art collection and his own work; discussion of how he learned to paint icons and do needle point, discusses the controlling concepts and themes of Eastern Orthodox religious iconography. Part 3 of a 3-part conversation and interview with Father James Callozzo and Rosalie Calozzo, at their home at 1049 W. Taylor Street; Father Callozzo is an Italian American who became an Eastern Orthodox priest; about religious leaders who do not consider the culture of their congregation; about black culture; about some culturally destructive elements of religion about the value of reinstating traditional religious processions for Italian Americans; about Irish and Italian Roman Catholics; some Italian American parishes in Chicago that continue traditions; about Sicilian traditions; [Shrine of] Our Lady of Pompeii; Chicago's 1st Ward as a strong political area.
Subseries 11: Asian
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