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"Essay on the Mafia," CBS News Special, 1972
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
Recorded by Phil Notarianni, this transcript is subject to copyright restrictions. Subjects include Italian writer Luigi Barzini, Italian rally particapants, the film The Godfather, Mafia gang war, the size of the Italian-American community, ethnic crime, clanishness in Sicily, Southern Italy, the immigrant experience, the Arkansas Italian community, Prohibition and the Mafia, and the shooting of Joe Columbo. 21 pages.
Dates:
1972
Charles Barber, 1971
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
Recorded in Salt Lake City, Utah, by Phil Notarianni. Subjects include a biography of Barber, his travels in Canada, his first job, his brother Louis in Garfield, and his work experiences in Garfield. Barber also talks about his reasons for coming to the United States, the treatment of Italians in Garfield, differences between Greeks and Italians, unions, the strike of 1922, the Ku Klux Klan, Italian social life and lodges, World War I, working on the railroads, and Monsignor Alfredo...
Dates:
1971
John Bernardo, 1972
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
Recorded in Magna, Utah, by Phil Notarianni. Subjects include Bernardo's early life in Italy, his jobs in Spring Canyon and Salt Lake, Little Italy, construction work, and strikes in Bingham. He also talks about working a non-union job for forty-three years, the Ku Klux Klan, Prohibition, the Columbus Lodge, and union recognition. 35 pages. RESTRICTED, no photocopying.
Dates:
1972
Margaret Bertolina, 1974
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
Phil Notarianni conducted this interview. Topics covered include Bertolina's early life in Italy, her father's farm work and politics, her father's education, her family's move to Helper, her brother's store, and her marriage in 1916. Bertolina also talks about the fire in the family store in 1919, their new store, activities concerned with the grocery business, oil drilling in Moab, lodges, and her brother's return to Italy in 1923. She also discusses building tenants such as the Success...
Dates:
1974
Ambrosina Colombo Bonza, 1979
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
Recorded in Price, Utah, in November 1979 by Floyd O'Neil. Subjects include Bonza's childhood in Tubigo, Italy, the Patron Saint Vincent, her employment in Castle Gate, coming to the United States, and Paulina Ruggeri. She also talks about the family farm in Woodside, Utah, crops, their move to Sunnyside, her children, and her experience with the unions. She discusses the treatment of Italians, Italian cooking, Italian families, and her return to Italy. 35 pages. RESTRICTED, no photocopying.
Dates:
1979
Angelo Calfo, 1971
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
Recorded in Salt Lake City, Utah, by Phil Notarianni. Subjects include Calfo's father's work in the mines, his own work for the Union Pacific, working for Kenny Coal Company, striking the coal company, working for Kennecott, and other mining experiences. He also talks about his education, his marriage, and Italian visiting customs. He recalls living in a box car as his first home, his religious life, starting a motel, various company sick policies, conditions on a boat from the Olympic line,...
Dates:
1971
Joseph Cannariato, 1972
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
Recorded in Price, Utah, in June 1972, by Phil Notarianni. Subjects include Cannariato's personal history, the strike of 1913, his arrival in Utah, the strike of 1922, getting into the business of goats, the Black Hand, a lynching that took place in 1925, the WPA, celebrations, and Italian beliefs and superstitions. 18 pages.
Dates:
1972
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Chiodo, 1971
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
This interview by Phil Notarianni includes biographical information on the couple, recollections of joining the local lodge, their social activities, and Italians on the west side of Salt Lake. Mr. Chiodo discusses becoming a United States citizen, returning to Italy to find a wife, working for the Denver Rio Grande, and attending church at Saint Patrick's in Salt Lake City. 19 pages.
Dates:
1971
Doctor J. J. (Joe) Dalpiaz, 1972
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
Recorded in Helper, Utah, in February 1972, by Phil Notarianni. Subjects include the 1903 strike in Castle Gate, union organizers, brutal company guards, and the move of the strikers to Helper. Dalpiaz also talks about Italian lodges, Northern versus Southern Italians, lodge celebrations and benefits, the Columbian Federation's benefits, the Ku Klux Klan, and the Black Hand in Carbon County. 42 pages.
Dates:
1972
Louis Favo, 1974
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
Recorded in Magna, Utah, by Phil Notarianni. Subjects include Favo's biography, his army experiences, his marriage, a gold medal he received, village life in Italy, and his immigration to the United States. He talks about his residence in Magna, Utah, prejudices towards immigrants, the Ku Klux Klan, social life in Magna, his market, gaining citizenship, the black market in Europe, and Salt Lake's neighborhoods. 39 pages.
Dates:
1974