Italian Immigrant Women in New York City's Garment Industry Oral Histories, 1976-1978
1 box (.25 linear ft.)
Collection number: MS 556
Terms of Access and Use:
The papers are open to research according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection.
Access to audiovisual materials may first require production of research copies.
This collection has not been fully processed and therefore may be difficult to use.
The material in this collection may be protected by copyright. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights for permission to publish reproductions or quotations beyond "fair use." Permission must also be obtained from the Sophia Smith Collection as owners of the physical property.
This oral history project was undertaken by Colomba Furio-Spigner as part of the research for her Ph.D. dissertation, "Immigrant Women and Industry: A Case Study: The Italian Immigrant Women and the Garment Industry, 1880-1950" (New York University, 1979). The collection consists of nine oral history interviews of Italian immigrants (primarily women) who worked in the U.S. garment industry from 1880 to 1950.
The following interviews consist of both audio recordings and transcriptions (some transcriptions might be incomplete): Tina Gaeta, Antoinetta Lazarro, Grace Natarelli and Diana Romanik. Two interviews (Tina Cantania and Pauline Newman) have transcriptions only (these may be incomplete). The transcriptions were annotated by Jennifer Guglielmo of Smith College. Interviews of Mary Cacchione, Vincenza Crachhiolo, Ralph Iannantuono, Vanni Montana and Felicie Guiseppe Sagliano are audio only, no transcriptions. There are also summaries provided by Colomba Furio-Spigner of additional interviews with nine unidentified women.
The papers are open to research according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection.
Access to audiovisual materials may first require production of research copies.
This collection has not been fully processed and therefore may be difficult to use.
The material in this collection may be protected by copyright. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights for permission to publish reproductions or quotations beyond "fair use." Permission must also be obtained from the Sophia Smith Collection as owners of the physical property.
Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:
Italian Immigrant Women in New York City's Garment Industry Oral Histories, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Mass.
Audio tapes have been copied to digital format (CDs) for research use.
The oral histories were donated to the Sophia Smith Collection by Colomba Furio-Spigner in 2006.
Processed by Burd Schlessinger, 2006
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