Italians In Chicago Oral History Interviews

INTRODUCTION

The Italians in Chicago Project was a two-year program based at the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, History Department, and funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The project's purpose was to document the Italian American experience in Chicago. Oral history interviews with 115 Italian Americans living in the Chicago area were one component of the project. Men and women from three generations were interviewed regarding such topics as work, leisure, neighborhoods, family life, religion, inter-ethnic events, and other special events. People from the following neighborhoods were interviewed: Belmont-Cragin, Bridgeport, Chicago Heights, Grand Avenue, Highwood, Kensington-Pullman-Roseland, Melrose Park, Near North Side, Twenty-Fourth and Oakley Avenue, and the Near West Side.

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• Belmont-Cragin Interviews

• Bridgeport Interviews

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• Grand Avenue Interviews

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• Melrose Park Interviews

• Miscellaneous Interviews

• Near North Side Interviews

• Near West Side Interviews

• Roseland Interviews

• Twenty-Fourth & Oakley Interviews