OH_immigration Guide to the Immigration & Memory Oral History Project 2006-2007 OH Digital 1

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Western Connecticut State University, Publisher Machine-readable finding aid created by Brian Stevens. Description is in English. Descriptive Summary Immigration & Memory Oral History Project2006-2007 OH Digital 1 The language of the materials is English Western Connecticut State University

Western Connecticut State University. Department of History. Ruth A. Haas Library Immigration & Memory is a searchable collection of oral history interviews with immigrants in the greater Danbury area. Interviews are conducted by WCSU students for courses in history and the social sciences. Project financial support is provided by the Western Connecticut State University President's Initiatives Fund. The oral history database will enable students to analyze the history of immigration, the nature of community formation and consider the implications of immigration in the Danbury area. Provenance

Files for interviews and metadata stored on WestCollections, a Dspace repository.

Access Restrictions

Open for research without restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Published citations should take the following form: Identification of item, date (if known); The Immigration & Memory Oral History Project; OH Digital 1; item number

Western Connecticut State University

Historical/Biographical Note

Immigration & Memory is a searchable collection of oral history interviews with immigrants in the greater Danbury area. Interviews are conducted by WCSU students for courses in history and the social sciences. Project financial support is provided by the Western Connecticut State University President's Initiatives Fund.

History 294, taught in Fall semester 2006 by Dr. Burton Peretti, includes an oral history component. Students were assigned to each conduct a half hour interview with a local immigrant. Students also submitted papers based on these interviews.

Scope and Content Note

The interviews were digitally recorded in Windows Media format. These files are then converted into mp3 format. Approximately 25 interviews were initially completed and the inventory currently lists around 50. Students interviewed subjects from all over the world, including Bulgaria, Ireland, India, Italy, and Puerto Rico. Digital files were then uploaded and described in WestCollections (a DSpace repository).

The collection provides primary source data on the history of immigration, the nature of community formation and the implications of immigration to the Danbury area.

Arrangement

Links to the interviews are sorted by interviewee name.

The files are grouped into 1 series

Inventory Access Points Subject Names: Peretti, Burton W. (Burton William), 1961- Subject Organizations: Western Connecticut State University. Department of History. Subject Topics: Emigration and immigration. Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects. Subject Places: Danbury (Conn.) -- History. Document Types: Oral histories (document genres). Sound recordings. Container List

[The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.]

Inventory 1 Alex - Oral History Interview Apr 11, 2007