This website is the product of the Valparaiso University course History: Internship/Independent Study University Archives and Special Collections. It was created by Prof. Kevin Ostoyich of the Department of History, Archivist Rebecca Ostoyich of the Valparaiso University Archives and Special Collections, and the following students who took the course during the Spring 2020 semester:
Meg Bell - marketing major
Mikayla Higgins - history and Chinese studies major
Laura Muther - history major, sociology minor
Christian Yoder - arts and entertainment administration program
Interviews of Debra Brosan were conducted by Mikayla Higgins. All students supplied questions for these interviews.
All materials for this site come from the Alfred Brosan Family Collection, except for the brochure of the Conte Biancamano, which appears courtesy of Inge Berkey.
Kevin Ostoyich and Rebecca Ostoyich wish to thank the following for their support:
Debra Brosan and the Brosan Family
Jon T. Kilpinen, Dean of College of Arts and Sciences, Valparaiso University
Trisha Mileham, Dean of the Library, Valparaiso University
Prof. Judith Miller, Special Collections Librarian, Archives & Special Collections, Valparaiso University
Prof. Colleen Seguin, Department of History, Valparaiso University
Inge Berkey
Dixon W. and Herta E. Benz
The Jewish Confederation of Cleveland
Harry J. Abraham
The Florence and Laurence Spungen Family Foundation
The Sino-Judaic Institute
Together We Remember