| Collection Name: |
Oral History Archives at the Chicago Polonia Project |
| Repository Name: |
Chicago Historical Society. Research Center, Oral History, Film and Video [Repository Details] |
| Repository Location: |
Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| URL: |
http://www.chicagohs.org/planavisit/aboutcollection/oralhistory |
| Dates Spanned: |
1973-1978 |
| Description: |
The project archives include recorded life histories of 140 Chicago-area Polish-Americans, many of whom emigrated to the United States from Austria, German Poland, and elsewhere in Eastern Europe between 1880 and 1930. The interviews were taken in the mid-1970s and provide firsthand accounts of adjustment to American culture, work and business enterprises, family life, and other experiences. The project was directed by Mary Cygan, and was underwritten by the National Endowment for the Humanities. |
| Estimated Total of Interviews: |
140 |
| Broad Subjects: |
Ethnic groups; Economics |
| ASP Subjects: |
Austria; Business; Chicago, IL; Eastern Europe; Emigration and immigration; Entrepreneurship--United States; Local history; Oral history; Poland; Polish Americans; United States |
| Other Subjects: |
Family life; German Poland; Polish community |
| Collection Code: |
OHC0000103 |
