Interview with Gilda Cetrullo, June 16, 1982
Project: I Remember When: Times Gone But Not Forgotten Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Gilda Cemi Cetrullo (b. 1903) was 17 when she left Abruzzi, Italy to join her parents in Philadelphia. In her 1982 interview, Cetrullo talked about her life in Italy and the United States, including her long separation from her family, her first impressions of Philadelphia, her education and work experiences, life as an illegal immigrant in the U.S., and raising a family.Interview Accession
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Education Marriage Voting Holidays Religion Travel Abruzzo (Italy) Philadelphia ImmigrationInterview LC Subject
Immigrants Emigration and immigration. Families. Depressions--1929 Employment Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social conditions. Neighborhoods. Race relations Discrimination. Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social life and customs. Recreation Language and languages. Philadelphia (Pa.) Emigration and immigration.Interview Rights
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Cetrullo, Gilda Interview by Charles Hardy, III. 16 Jun. 1982. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Cetrullo, G. (1982, June 16). Interview by C. H. III. I Remember When: Times Gone But Not Forgotten Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Cetrullo, Gilda, interview by Charles Hardy, III. June 16, 1982, I Remember When: Times Gone But Not Forgotten Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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