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Scope and Content
Collection of research, fieldwork, interviews, and other documentation conducted and gathered by Joseph Sciorra, 1980s-2018, primarily relating to Italian American folklife but also to New York City neighborhoods and other immigrant communities. Topics include Catholic religious expression and material culture in the form of altars, processions, shrines, social clubs, feasts, games, puppeteering, visual arts, folk poetry, and music.