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Audio Recording Interview with Paulina Barauskas about early Lithuanian immigrants to Chicago and performances of Lithuanian folk songs, Chicago, Illinois, part 1

Interview with Paulina Barauskas about early Lithuanian immigrants to Chicago and performances of Lithuanian folk songs, Chicago, Illinois, part 1

About this Item

Title

  • Interview with Paulina Barauskas about early Lithuanian immigrants to Chicago and performances of Lithuanian folk songs, Chicago, Illinois, part 1

Names

  • Bradunas, Elena (Collector)
  • Barauskas, Paulina (Interviewee)

Created / Published

  • Chicago, Illinois, June 7, 1977

Headings

  • -  Lithuanian Americans
  • -  Songs
  • -  Interviews
  • -  Illinois -- Chicago

Genre

  • Songs
  • Interviews

Notes

  • -  Paulina Barauskas, part 1
  • -  Part 1 of a 6-part interview together with performances of song, primarily in Lithuanian, with and by 90-year-old Paulina Barauskas (Barauskiene), recorded at her home 732 W, 19th St.; the fieldworker’s notes describe Mrs. Barauskas as a long-time resident of the Bridgeport neighborhood, although this address is in the Lower West Side, just north of Bridgeport; Mrs. Barauskas’s daughter is present for part of the interview; during the six parts of this series, Mrs. Barauskas sings old Lithuanian folk songs, reminisces about community activities among the Lithuanian immigrants who came to Chicago before World War I, and especially about drama clubs; the fieldworker’s notes leaves some confusion about sequence and recording dates; parts 5 and 6 may have been the first recorded on 7 June 1977, with parts 1 through 4 recorded on 9 June 1977.

Medium

  • audiocassette, C-60

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20826a
  • MBRS Shelflist: RYA 0820
  • Field Project Identifier: CH77-T298-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:

Bradunas, Elena, and Paulina Barauskas. Interview with Paulina Barauskas about early Lithuanian immigrants to Chicago and performances of Lithuanian folk songs, Chicago, Illinois, part 1. Chicago, Illinois, June 7, 1977. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20826a/.

APA citation style:

Bradunas, E. & Barauskas, P. (1977) Interview with Paulina Barauskas about early Lithuanian immigrants to Chicago and performances of Lithuanian folk songs, Chicago, Illinois, part 1. Chicago, Illinois, June 7. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20826a/.

MLA citation style:

Bradunas, Elena, and Paulina Barauskas. Interview with Paulina Barauskas about early Lithuanian immigrants to Chicago and performances of Lithuanian folk songs, Chicago, Illinois, part 1. Chicago, Illinois, June 7, 1977. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20826a/>.