| Title: |
Interview of Desire Antoine De Vries by Paul Sigrist, November 11, 1994
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Paid Only
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| Repository: |
Alexander Street Press
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| Collection: |
North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries and Oral Histories (Subscription only)
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| URL: |
http://www.alexanderstreet4.com/cgi-bin/asp/imld/documentidx.pl?docid=S13793-D001
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1994 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
De Vries, Desire Antoine, 1905-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
16-Feb-1905
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Roubaix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; France; Europe
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Age at speaking: |
89
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| Document date: |
1994
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| Interviewer: |
Sigrist, Paul E., Jr., fl. 1993
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| Historical events discussed: |
World War I, 1914-1918
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| Locations discussed: |
Belgium; Ellis Island, NJ; Europe; Holyoke, MA; Massachusetts; New Jersey; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Alcohol; Belgians; Belgium; Charity; Child labor; Christmas; Ellis Island, NJ; English language; Europe; Germans; Holyoke, MA; Labor unions; Massachusetts; New Jersey; North America; Textile industry; United States; World War I, 1914-1918
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Absent fathers; Apparel; Attendance records; Church attendance; Coffee; Communities; Diet and nutrition; Domestic life; Economic conditions; Economics; Education; Emotions and feelings; Ethnic groups; Extended family; Fired from job; Fistfights; French language; Health; Immigrant populations; Income; Intellectual life; Law; Memories; Military; Military draft; Ocean voyages; Personal finances; Relationships; Religion; Religious beliefs; Shoes; Sisters; Smuggling; Sociology; Textile workers; Transportation; Uncles
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0027950-29959
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