Born: March 19, 1909
Occupation: Baker
Ethnic Background: Italian
Interviewer: Jonas Stundza
Summary: Subject: Italian community of Lawrence. Tape describes how ethnic groups were treated in mills, military in Lawrence during strike, favoritism in mills, change in neighborhoods - "no closeness, no feeling of security", strike related incident, coercion by police, discrimination against Italians in area ballrooms and other forms of entertainment, movie houses, dialects different, why no Italian cemetery.
ICA ACC# 79.65.29 is written at the top of the index card.
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Collection
Lawrence History Center Oral History Collection
https://lawrencehistory.org/files/audio/oh/2007.500.341-jmariano.mp3
Date (created)
1979-06-29