Scope and Contents Recorded in Tooele, Utah, in August 1974, by Phil Notarianni. Subjects include Mr. Leonelli's father's life, people of various nationalities in Tooele, and early wages and union activities in Tooele. The Leonellis remember Italian parties, celebrations, and music, their experiences during the Great Depression, the unions of the early 1930s, Italian businesses, Old Town and New Town, jobs performed by various nationalities, boarding houses, Italian Prisoners of War, Catholic...

Scope and Contents Interviewed in Magna, Utah, by Phil Notarianni, the Lewis brothers describe their family background, their father's occupation, Colorado and Utah during the early 1900s, discrimination in Utah, and name changes. The talk about unions in Magna, discrimination in hiring, Little Italy, current Italians in Little Italy, their associations with other mines, the 1920s, working in the mines, the Ku Klux Klan, and Italian families versus Greek families. They remember discrimination in...

Scope and Contents In a continuation of the previous interview, the Lewis brothers remember discrimination in the mines, the pay scale in the 1930s, their involvement in unions of different nationalities, social activities, discrimination by Mormons, and the Mafia. They talk about the interaction between Italians and other minorities, discrimination they experienced in the Army in the 1940s, intermarriage, the Catholic Church in Magna, and the cities of Magna and Bingham in general. 26 pages. RESTRICTED, no...

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Recorded in Helper, Utah, by Kent Powell and Phil Notarianni. Subjects include Litizzette's personal and family history, the 1903 strike, the Castle Valley settlement date, working in various mines, the Padrone System during immigration times, the differences between Northern and Southern Italians, discrimination, Mormons versus Italians, social activities, and boarding houses. 25 pages.

Scope and Contents Recorded in Salt Lake City, Utah, by Helen Papanikolas. Subjects include stories of Lupo's parents before coming to Utah, descriptions of her family, her father's early labor activities, the strike of 1922, the tent cities, and her father's journal of union activities. She also recalls threats against the family, the communist element, competition between two unions, the arrest of strikers, the blacklisting of her father, the effect of the Wagner Act of 1933, her father's political life and...

Scope and Contents This interview took place in Pueblo, Colorado, in September 1974, and was conducted by Phil Notarianni and Joe Stipanovich. Subjects covered include Massari's family life in Italy, his father's work and his grandfather's farming, the labor union strikes his father was involved in, the Socialists and labor in Italy, his father's emigration in 1897, Ellis Island, advertising for immigrants, the Colorado coal mines, mining hazards, and the United Mine Workers strikes in 1898 and 1914. 43...

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Recorded in Salt Lake City, Utah, by Floyd O'Neil and Phil Notarianni. Subjects in this first interview include biographical information on Merabelle, his business experiences, joining a lodge, his social life, and his railroad interest. Merabelle talks about his contact with the Italian Council in the United States, World War I, going through citizensihp applications, and gives his reactions to present-day youth.

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Phil Notarianni conducted this interview with Merabelle, who recalls lodges and social activities in the Italian-American community. Topics covered include the Christopher Columbus Lodge, Columbus Day, the Sons of Italy, the Christopher Columbus Society, lodge membership, July 24th parades in Utah, and the Columbian Federation of Italian Societies. Merabelle also talks about his respect for the lodges, feelings between lodge members, and other related subjects. 23 pages.

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Recorded in Midvale, Utah, by Mary Peterson and Phil Notarianni. This interview includes a discussion of Nicoletti's original village in Italy, the family business, Nicoletti's uncle, coming to America, and economic conditions in Italy. 6 pages. RESTRICTED, no photocopying.

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This interview was recorded in Sandy, Utah, by Phil Notarianni. Subjects include the melting pot of Bingham, Jewish families, the Ku Klux Klan, Nielsen's social activities, and his background in Bingham. He also recalls an old story of a man named Lopez either lost or hiding out in the mine, talks about Mexicans in Coperfield, the conflict with languages among immigrants, contentions with Puerto Ricans, the Americanization classes, labor strikes, the union, and Joe Dispenza. 32 pages.

Scope and Contents This interview includes biographical information about Notarianni, his work experience in the United States, his uncle's business, working for the Union Pacific, learning English, joining a lodge, his social activities, gaining citizenship, and the culture shock of moving to the United States and Utah. He also gives a biographical history of Mrs. Notarianni, talks about getting along in the United States and attempting to keep older social traditions. 21 pages. RESTRICTED, no...

Scope and Contents Recorded in Salt Lake City, Utah, by Phil Notarianni. Subjects include the early life of Pelligrino's parents, the strikes in Carbon County, his early childhood, religious bigotry, and his two maternal grandfathers. Pellegrino also talks about Prohibition, various Italian social activities, religion and superstition, Catholic celebrations and feasts, the influence of various priests, the Ku Klux Klan, Northern versus Southern Italians, Italian societies and clubs, and the Italian community...