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Audio Recording Interview with Martin and Sara Schwarz about their personal histories and life in their home village of Rode, Transylvania, Chicago, Illinois, part 1

Interview with Martin and Sara Schwarz about their personal histories and life in their home village of Rode, Transylvania, Chicago, Illinois, part 1

About this Item

Title

  • Interview with Martin and Sara Schwarz about their personal histories and life in their home village of Rode, Transylvania, Chicago, Illinois, part 1

Names

  • Hellenberg, Antony, 1938-2000 (Collector)
  • Schwarz, Sara (Interviewee)
  • Schwarz, Martin (Interviewee)

Created / Published

  • Chicago, Illinois, April 23, 1977

Headings

  • -  German Americans
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Interviews
  • -  Illinois -- Chicago
  • -  Transylvania (Romania)

Genre

  • Ethnography
  • Interviews

Notes

  • -  Martin & Sara Schwarz, part 1
  • -  Part 1 of a 3-part interview with Martin and Sara Schwarz on a range of topics, emphasizing their personal histories and life in their home village of Rode, Transylvania, recorded at the Schwarz home; topics include discussion of photos of the costume demonstration by Sara at the 1976 Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C.; on Mr. Schwarz's cooking skills; description of photographs from a book on Transylvanian Germans; on the functions of a church fortification in a typical Transylvanian town; description of the D.A.N.K. (German American National Congress) women's sewing clubs; membership in D.A.N.K. and their activities; about the Trachtenfest (costume festival) in January; on the Siebenburger Sachsen Club's Stiftungsfest (Founding Day Festival); durrent immigration of Transylvanians; about the sponsorship of a relative to emigrate from Romania and the problems related to it; description of a recent family disaster in Transylvania; immigration of relatives from Romania to Germany, the family of Sara's brother, Sara comes from a family of musicians; on the family of Martin Schwarz; the resettlement of Transylvanians in Germany, further discussion of photo book on Transylvania. deescription of a typical Transylvanian farm, about the buildings and their functions.

Medium

  • audiocassette, C-60

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20541a
  • MBRS Shelflist: RYA 0612
  • Field Project Identifier: CH77-T018-C

Source Collection

  • Chicago Ethnic Arts Project collection (AFC 1981/004)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • audio

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Credit line: Chicago Ethnic Arts Project collection (AFC 1981/004), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Hellenberg, Antony, Sara Schwarz, and Martin Schwarz. Interview with Martin and Sara Schwarz about their personal histories and life in their home village of Rode, Transylvania, Chicago, Illinois, part 1. Chicago, Illinois, 1977. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20541a/.

APA citation style:

Hellenberg, A., Schwarz, S. & Schwarz, M. (1977) Interview with Martin and Sara Schwarz about their personal histories and life in their home village of Rode, Transylvania, Chicago, Illinois, part 1. Chicago, Illinois. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20541a/.

MLA citation style:

Hellenberg, Antony, Sara Schwarz, and Martin Schwarz. Interview with Martin and Sara Schwarz about their personal histories and life in their home village of Rode, Transylvania, Chicago, Illinois, part 1. Chicago, Illinois, 1977. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20541a/>.