Guide to the Ethnic Fraternal Organizations Oral History Project Collection, 1975-1976 AIS.1976.25

Arrangement

Repository
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Title
Ethnic Fraternal Organizations Oral History Project Collection
Creator
University of Pittsburgh. Department of History
Collection Number
AIS.1976.25
Extent
2.5 Linear Feet (plus 445 audiocassette tapes)
Date
1975-1976
Abstract
The Ethnic Fraternal Organizations Oral History Project consists of taperecorded oral interviews from a project conducted by the University of Pittsburgh Department of History which explores the roles and influences of ethnic fraternal organizations in the Jewish, Black, Croatian, Italian, Polish and other ethnic communities in the Pittsburgh area; partly transcribed; limited indexing.
Language
English .
Author
Archives Service Center staff.
Sponsor
Funding for the digitization and transcriptions of the oral histories was provided by the Recordings At Risk Program of the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR), in 2022-2023.
Publisher
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Address
University of Pittsburgh Library System
Archives & Special Collections
Website: library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections
Business Number: 412-648-3232 (Thomas) | 412-648-8190 (Hillman)
Contact Us: www.library.pitt.edu/ask-archivist
URL: http://library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections

History

In June 1975, through a grant from the Buhl Foundation, the Oral History Program for Western Pennsylvania was established at the University of Pittsburgh. Using interviewers from the University and the community, the program sought to explore the roles and influences of ethnic fraternal organizations in the principally Jewish Black, Croatian, Italian, and Polish communities in the Pittsburgh area. There are a few interviews with individuals of Austrian, French Lithuanian, Greek, Irish, Rumanian, Slovak, and Spanish descent.

Acquisition Information

On deposit from the Department of History, University of Pittsburgh, August 1976.

Copyright

The University of Pittsburgh holds the property rights to the material in this collection, but the copyright may still be held by the original creator/author. Researchers are therefore advised to follow the regulations set forth in the U.S. Copyright Code when publishing, quoting, or reproducing material from this collection without the consent of the creator/author or that go beyond what is allowed by fair use.

Access Restrictions

No restrictions.

Previous Citation

Ethnic Fraternal Organizations Oral History Project Collection, 1975-1976, AIS.1976.25, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh

Preferred Citation

Ethnic Fraternal Organizations Oral History Project Collection, 1975-1976, AIS.1976.25, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System

Scope and Content Notes

The Ethnic Fraternal Organizations Oral History Project consists of taperecorded oral interviews from a project conducted by the University of Pittsburgh Department of History which explores the roles and influences of ethnic fraternal organizations in the Jewish, Black, Croatian, Italian, Polish and other ethnic communities in the Pittsburgh area; partly transcribed; limited indexing.

Contains: project data; case files; interview cassettes; photographs; Pennsylvania Oral History Conference tapes; and non project files including Italo American interview tapes and commentary sheets; and three transcriptions from the Bradford community interviews.

Project administrators were Stephen P. Zupcic and Margie Gillcrese.

Availability of electronic audio recordings

All cassette tapes have been transferred to digital audio files are are available online:

https://historicpittsburgh.org/collection/ethnic-fraternal-organizations-oral-history-project-collection

https://digital.library.pitt.edu/collection/ethnic-fraternal-organizations-oral-history-project-collection

Subjects

    Corporate Names

    • Ethnic Fraternal Organizations Oral History Project (University of Pittsburgh)

    Genres

    • Transcripts
    • Oral histories (Document genres)
    • Interviews
    • Audiocassettes
    • Photographs

    Other Subjects

    • African Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Societies and clubs
    • Italian American fraternal organizations -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
    • Polish American fraternal organizations -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
    • Fraternal organizations -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
    • Italian Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Societies and clubs
    • Italian Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Bradford -- Societies and clubs
    • Associations, institutions, etc. -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
    • Ethnicity -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Societies and clubs
    • Polish Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Societies, etc.
    • Croatian Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Societies and clubs
    • Ethnic groups
    • Jews -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Societies and clubs

Container List

Series III. Pennsylvania Oral History Conference, Balch Institute, Philadelphia, June 4-5, 1976