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| Series 6: Sound Recordings, 1977 (continued) | |||||||||||||
| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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 | |||||||||||||
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| 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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| 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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| 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 | |||||||||||||
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| 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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| 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 | |||||||||||||
| Tape ID: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20735A - AFS 20735B | Interview with Mrs. Soo Hyang Hong about Korean dance, Chicago, Illinois, part 1-2, May 30, 1977 | ||||||||||||
| MBRS shelflist: RYA 0753 | |||||||||||||
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| Part 1 of a 2-part interview with Mrs. Soo Hyang Hong about Korean dance, conducted in the Korean language, and recorded at Soo Hyang Hong's home at 6128 N. Damen Ave; a note on the log sheet states that Soo Hyang Hong teaches Korean dance at the Korean YMCA; the fieldworker's summary lists the following topics: How Soo Hyang Hong learned Korean dance; about teaching Korean dance in Chicago; Korean dance style; comparative view of dance, Korean dance compared to ballet; Soo Hyang Hong's dance training at a professional dance troup; difficulties in matching dance, costume, and music in Chicago; description of dance costume for different dances; about kinds of Korean dance. | |||||||||||||
| Part 2 of a 2-part interview with Mrs. Soo Hyang Hong about Korean dance, conducted in the Korean language, and recorded at Soo Hyang Hong's home at 6128 N. Damen Ave; a note on the log sheet states that Soo Hyang Hong teaches Korean dance at the Korean YMCA; this recording has a duration of about six and a half minutes. | |||||||||||||
| Tape ID: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20737A - AFS 20738A | Recording of Korean children's folktale contest and adult's birthday party with songs, Chicago, Illinois, part 1-4, May 28, 1977 | ||||||||||||
| MBRS shelflist: RYA 0755-0756 | |||||||||||||
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| Part 1 of a 4-part recording of a Korean American children's folktale contest and adult's birthday party with songs at the Shinsundo (Shin Sun Do) Studio, 3315 N. Clark St., Chicago, recorded in the Korean language; exact sequence uncertain; the fieldworker's notes indicate that this segment of the event includes an opening announcement; the Korean national anthem; a prayer; introduction of Shang Nok Hoe, from the Evergreen Club, the sponsoring organization; remarks by the Consul General of Korea; introduction of participants and judges; remarks about the basic points of the judging: language, gesture, content. Part 2 of a 4-part recording of a Korean American children's folktale contest and adult's birthday party with songs at the Shinsundo (Shin Sun Do) Studio, 3315 N. Clark St., Chicago, recorded in the Korean language; exact sequence uncertain; the fieldworker's notes indicate that this segment of the event includes children reciting folktales, Legend of Tujachun, the two brothers, the shoemaker and the three dwarfs (a German tale), and the village of a good son; followed remarks by the chairman of the Evergreen Club, the sponsoring organization. Part 3 of a 4-part recording of a Korean American children's folktale contest and adult's birthday party with songs at the Shinsundo (Shin Sun Do) Studio, 3315 N. Clark St., Chicago, recorded in the Korean language; exact sequence uncertain; the fieldworker's notes indicate that this segment of the event includes an interview with Hae Sook Kang, a six-year-old, American-born Korean American girl; how she learned Korean tales, how she learned Korean, and the games she plays; followed by activities associated with the birthday party, featuring the singing of Korean folksongs, Nilniri, Salchagi op so ye, Nilniri version 1, Nilniri version 2, Tae pyong ka, a love song, and other folksongs, western style classic songs, and popular songs. Part 4 of a 4-part recording of a Korean American children's folktale contest and adult's birthday party with songs at the Shinsundo (Shin Sun Do) Studio, 3315 N. Clark St., Chicago, recorded in the Korean language; exact sequence uncertain; the fieldworker's notes indicate that this segment of the event includes additional singing, part of the set of activities associated with the birthday party. | |||||||||||||
| Tape ID: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20739A - AFS 20740B | Interview with Mrs. Soo Hyang Hong, Chicago, Illinois, part 1-4. Part 3 includes discussion with Mrs. Lee. Part 4 includes playing the kayagum (gayageum) musical instrument, June 13, 1977 | ||||||||||||
| MBRS shelflist: RYA 0757-0758 | |||||||||||||
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| Part 1 of a 4-part recording of Mrs. Soo Hyang Hong, in the Korean language and concerning music and dance, recorded at her home 6128 North Damen Ave., Chicago; Soo Hyang Hong teaches Korean dance at the Korean American YMCA; the fieldworker's summary lists the following topics: description of different kinds of Korean dance: monk dance, shaman dance, warrior dance, dance of tragic fate; about performing Korean dance in Chicago and about the audience; teaching Korean dance in Chicago and the reaction of Korean Americans; about Soo Hyang Hong's plans for the future, choreography, dances connected to epics. Part 2 of a 4-part recording of Mrs. Soo Hyang Hong, in the Korean language and concerning music and dance, recorded at her home 6128 North Damen Ave., Chicago; Soo Hyang Hong teaches Korean dance at the Korean American YMCA; the fieldworker's summary lists the following topics: the difficulties that face a person seeking to present Korean dance, lack of enthusiasm, lack of needed paraphernalia, insufficient funds; about the reaction of Americans to Korean dance and improvisation; recommendation of other dancers in Chicago. Part 3 of a 4-part recording of Mrs. Soo Hyang Hong, in the Korean language and concerning music and dance, recorded at her home 6128 North Damen Ave., Chicago; Soo Hyang Hong teaches Korean dance at the Korean American YMCA; the fieldworker's summary lists the following topics: about learning to play playing kayagum (gayageum), 12-string Korean musical instrument, at an institution and self-taught; history of kayagum; at this point, a Mrs Lee joins the discussion; Mrs. Lee was a dance teacher and now is Mrs. Hong's next door neighbor; Mrs. Lee's life history in relation to learning dance, about her performance experience, negative views from her family regarding her dancing, her motivation to learn dance, and her teaching experience of dance in Korea. Part 4 of a 4-part recording of Mrs. Soo Hyang Hong, in the Korean language and concerning music and dance, recorded at her home 6128 North Damen Ave., Chicago; Soo Hyang Hong teaches Korean dance at the Korean American YMCA; the fieldworker's summary lists the following topics: Soo Hyang Hong playing the kayagum (gayageum), 12-string Korean musical instrument, selections include the Korean folksongs Arirang and Nilniri, with comments on how to play kayagum. | |||||||||||||
| Tape ID: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20741A - AFS 20741B | Interview with Mine ("Minnie") Somi Kubose about Japanese tea ceremony, Chicago, Illinois, part 1-2 (version 1), June 15, 1977 | ||||||||||||
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| Part 1 (version 1) of a 3-part Interview with Mrs. Mine ("Minnie") Somi Kubose about the Japanesetea ceremony, recorded at the Buddhist Temple of Chicago, 4641 N. Racine Ave; the fieldworker's notes report problems in making the recording (the speed is irregular) and, during the field project, she re-recorded parts 1 and 2 in an attempt to correct the speed; both the original and rerecorded versions are included in the collection; the fieldworker's notes for part 1 list these topics: Mine ("Minnie") Somi Kubose's life history and her exposure to the tea ceremony and how she learned it; about the tea name and the tea schools; about the tea ceremony in Japan and among the Japanese Americans in Chicago; about the motivation for learning and practicing the tea ceremony; what is important in teaching the ceremony, aesthetics and mental training; the four principles of the tea ceremony (aesthetics). Part 2 (version 1) of a 3-part Interview with Mrs. Mine ("Minnie") Somi Kubose about the Japanese tea ceremony, recorded at the Buddhist Temple of Chicago, 4641 N. Racine Ave; the fieldworker's notes report problems in making the recording (the speed is irregular), and one or two of the parts may be re-recordings in an attempt to correct the speed; the fieldworker's notes for part 2 list these topics: aesthetic s and spirit of the tea ceremony: humility and awareness; significance of introducing the tea ceremony to Japanese Americans; description of the tea ceremony: procedure, utensils used, behavior; types of tea ceremonies; Rev. Gyomay M. Kubose (Mine ("Minnie") Somi 's husband) joins the interview; about the history of the cerer.ony, brought from Chlna, has been developed for 400 years; about tea societies in the U.S. and their activities; about other forms of art that accompany the tea ceremony and the Japanese life style. | |||||||||||||
| Tape ID: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20742A - AFS 20743A | Interview with Mine ("Minnie") Somi Kubose about Japanese tea ceremony, Chicago, Illinois, part 1-2 (version 2) and part 3, June 15, 1977 | ||||||||||||
| MBRS shelflist: RYA 0760-0761 | |||||||||||||
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| Part 1 (version 2, probably re-recorded) of a 3-part Interview with Mrs. Mine ("Minnie") Somi Kubose about the Japanese tea ceremony, recorded at the Buddhist Temple of Chicago, 4641 N. Racine Ave; the fieldworker's notes report problems in making the recording (the speed is irregular) and, during the field project, she re-recorded parts 1 and 2 in an attempt to correct the speed; both the original and rerecorded versions are included in the collection; the fieldworker's notes for part 1 list these topics: Mine ("Minnie") Somi Kubose's life history and her exposure to the tea ceremony and how she learned it; about the tea name and the tea schools; about the tea ceremony in Japan and among the Japanese Americans in Chicago; about the motivation for learning and practicing the tea ceremony; what is important in teaching the ceremony, aesthetics and mental training; the four principles of the tea ceremony (aesthetics). Part 2 (version 2, probably re-recorded) of a 3-part Interview with Mrs. Mine ("Minnie") Somi Kubose about the Japanese tea ceremony, recorded at the Buddhist Temple of Chicago, 4641 N. Racine Ave; the fieldworker's notes report problems in making the recording (the speed is irregular), and one or two of the parts may be re-recordings in an attempt to correct the speed; the fieldworker's notes for part 2 list these topics: aesthetics and spirit of the tea ceremony: humility and awareness; significance of introducing the tea ceremony to Japanese Americans; description of the tea ceremony: procedure, utensils used, behavior; types of tea ceremonies; Rev. Gyomay M. Kubose (Mine Somi Kubose's husband) joins the interview; about the history of the ceremony, brought from Chlna and has been developed for 400 years; about tea societies in the U.S. and their activities; about other forms of art that accompany the tea ceremony and the Japanese life style. Part 3 of a 3-part Interview with Mrs. Mine ("Minnie") Somi Kubose about the Japanese tea ceremony, recorded at the Buddhist Temple of Chicago, 4641 N. Racine Ave; the fieldworker's notes for part 3 list these topics: about tea societies in Japan and in the United States; tea ceremony and other forms of art; different tea schools; the tea ceremony and food; tea ceremony and Japanese life style. | |||||||||||||
| Tape ID: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20744A - AFS 20744B | Interview with Kean Sea Park about Korean brush painting, Chicago, Illinois, part 1-2, June 17, 1977 | ||||||||||||
| MBRS shelflist: RYA 0762 | |||||||||||||
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| Part 1 of a 2-part interview with Kean Sea Park about Korean brush painting, recorded in the Korean language at his home at 6244 N. Claremont, Chicago; topics include the artist's exposure to brush painting; his life history and about learning brush painting, studying theology, philosophy, and brush painting. Part 2 of a 2-part interview with Kean Sea Park about Korean brush painting, recorded in the Korean language at his home at 6244 N. Claremont, Chicago; topics include schools of brush painting and ceramics, materials and techniques; comparative views of art, East compared to West, China, Japan and Korea; about brush painting in Korea, brush painting in Chicago, brush painting and the Koreans in Chicago; Kean Sea Park's vision and plan for the future, he is writing a book on brush painting; what is importanL in brush painting, Kean Sea Park's life and painting; his aesthetics, his painting in the future, about the motivation to learn brush painting. | |||||||||||||
| Tape ID: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20745A | Interview with Bong Hee (Ma) Stephens about Korean dance Chicago, Illinois, June 19, 1977 | ||||||||||||
| MBRS shelflist: RYA 0763 | |||||||||||||
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| Interview with Bong Hee (Ma) Stephens about Korean dance, recorded in English in her home at 114 E. Fleming Rd., Arlington, Illinois; topics include Ma Bong Hee's life history and dance, the motivation to learn dance; about performance for an American audience; the transmission of dance to the Korean Americans in Chicago; introducing Korean dance to an American audience; about her repertory, motivation, and improvisation; Ma Bong Hee's relationship with the Korean American community in Chicago; observations on the dance of different Asian countries; about music and costume; about Ma Bong Hee's dance style. | |||||||||||||
| Tape ID: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20745B | Recording of Tong Sook Ma playing the kayagum (gayageum) musical instrument, Chicago, Illinois, June 19, 1977 | ||||||||||||
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| Conversation in Korean and performances on kayagum (gayageum), a 12-string Korean musical instrument, by Miss Tong Sook Ma, recorded at the home of her aunt Bong Hee (Ma) Stephens, 114 E. Fleming Rd., Arlington, Illinois; selections include Arirang, a Korean folk song; Five Hundred Miles, an American song; and a segment of Kayagum Sanjo, a traditional piece of court music composed for kayagum. | |||||||||||||
| Tape ID: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20746A - AFS 20747A | Interview with Hideyumi Fujino about Japanese dance, music, and art, Chicago, Illinois, part 1-3, June 23, 1977 | ||||||||||||
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| MBRS shelflist: RYA 0765 | |||||||||||||
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| Part 1 of a 3-part interview with Hideyumi Fujino about Japanese dance, music, and art, recorded at her home 1230 W. Hood Ave., Chicago; the fieldworker's notes also include the name Tom Fujino and indicates that the recording includes conversation in both English and Japanese; topics include a statement of Hideyumi Fujino's full name and stage name; how she received her stage name; about schools of Japanese classic dance; about the family, Mrs. Fujino's mother has been a dance teacher; about Hideyumi Fujino's life history and learning dance, and performance experience; about the Minyo Doko Club where Mrs.Fujino teaches dance; about other dance groups in Chicago. Part 2 of a 3-part interview with Hideyumi Fujino about Japanese dance, music, and art, recorded at her home 1230 W. Hood Ave., Chicago; the fieldworker's notes also include the name Tom Fujino and indicates that the recording includes conversation in both English and Japanese; topics include the Minyo Doko Club, its membership and activities; comments on the history of Japanese classic dance, on aesthetics and students' difficulties in understanding the meaning of dance and music; Hideyumi Fujino's hopes for the members. Part 3 of a 3-part interview with Hideyumi Fujino about Japanese dance, music, and art, recorded at her home 1230 W. Hood Ave., Chicago; the fieldworker's notes also include the name Tom Fujino and indicates that the recording includes conversation in both English and Japanese; topics include disicussion of Hideyumi Fujino's artistic activities in addition to dance, the tea ceremony, flower arranging, playing the shamisen, a Japanese three-stringed musical instrument; about people who play the shamisen and also the koto musical instrument in Chicago. | |||||||||||||
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| Tape ID: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20748 - AFS 20748_02 | Interview with Esperanza Sernas, Chicago, Illinois, part 1-2, June 24, 1977 | ||||||||||||
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| Part 1 of a 2-part interview in Spanish with Mrs. Esperanza Sernas, recorded in her apartment at 1611 S. Racine, Chicago; topics include the struggle to found Benito Juarez High School, compared to the Robert Clemente school for the Puerto Ricans; struggle included interactions with school board, a thankless job with little support from many parents; Mrs. Sernas's history, born in Oaxaca, moved to Mexico City, knowledge and skill with poetry and recitation; no men would fight for the school so women had to do it; about the poor state of many schools who come to her for help, says she is too old now; came to US 22 years ago but doesn't speak English, too old to learn; her mother died in 1915 and rest of family moved to Oaxaca city; mentions brujas (witches) in Oaxaca and curing; hard times in Mexico, low pay; in Mexico City she worked at a fruit stand supplied by her father; she was born in 1899 or 1900, father died 1922; she paid to train brothers and sisters, only one brother still living; Mrs. Sernas married, had one child, son pushes for move to US; tale of a necklace of pearls and diamonds that she was forced to sell as a bribe to get her papers for admission to the US, came in 1953 or 1954; hard work in a restaurant, over one 3-day period made 600 chiles rellenos; on the recording, girls come to the door to see if she needs anything; her life featured restaurant work from 3 am to midnight. faced snow and cold, at times sorry she had come to US; son was married in Mexico, has eight children; about son's work, about size of her grandchildren; a recent problem led to son to consider a return to Mexico but he decided to stay to keep the children in school; things look better here than in Mexico; Mrs. Sernas now gets social security pension; she praises Mayor Richard Daley; she has a lot of "patrones" who would and do help; tells tale of singing to Porfirio Diaz: "He was a saint." Part 2 of a 2-part interview in Spanish with Mrs. Esperanza Sernas, recorded in her apartment at 1611 S. Racine, Chicago; topics include the song she sang to Porfirio Diaz, "Pasado y el presente" ("Past and present"); Diaz gave her a doll; about her role in the market in Mexico City and the trips to rural areas and fairs that it entailed; about travel on burro for her son when sick; Mrs. Sernas did not marry again because she feared a new husband would hurt her son; how her son cares for her, will see to it that she buried where she wished, including home in Oaxaca; about her grandchildren and their jobs; Mrss Sernas has lived in this location for two years; her life today includes cleaning, shopping, some group activity; yesterday took wrong bus to Social Security Office, but finally found the office; all of life is a struggle for "centavitos"; there are few activities at the senior citizens center she goes to, classes in English but old folks can't learn; staff trying to learn Spanish but they can't learn either; about aging, restaurant work, snow and difficult winters; about the girls who came to the door help her, she gives them little gifts or tips; about Mexican American community in Chicago when she came and now; about Spanish-speakers at center for the elderly; Mayor Daley sent them food, clothing, and fans; about Maria Gonzales and Senora Guerrero; about La Llorona (the Weeping Woman) as boogey-person to scare wayward children; Mrs. Sernas asks the fieldworker about his job and background ("she interviews me"); Philip George explains about the Chicago Ethnic Arts Project, takes photo of Mrs. Sernas; mentions a fiesta last night in which she recited poetry, recites several poem fragments. | |||||||||||||
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