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Audio Recording Marquette Park commemoration of 1933 trans-Atlantic flight by Lithuanian American aviators; Interview with Sister Anne Marie and others at St. Casimir Motherhouse, Chicago, Illinois, part 1

Marquette Park commemoration of 1933 trans-Atlantic flight by Lithuanian American aviators; Interview with Sister Anne Marie and others at St. Casimir Motherhouse, Chicago, Illinois, part 1

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Title

  • Marquette Park commemoration of 1933 trans-Atlantic flight by Lithuanian American aviators; Interview with Sister Anne Marie and others at St. Casimir Motherhouse, Chicago, Illinois, part 1

Names

  • Bradunas, Elena (Collector)
  • Sister Anne Marie (Interviewee)

Created / Published

  • Chicago, Illinois, July 17, 1977

Headings

  • -  Lithuanian Americans
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Interviews
  • -  Illinois -- Chicago

Genre

  • Ethnography
  • Interviews

Notes

  • -  Sunday at Marquette Park, part 1
  • -  Recording first segment, from the start to about 8:45 minutes elapsed time: a variety of remarks from a podium in Marquette Park, by women and men speakers, in Lithuanian and English, that commemorate the 44th anniversary of the flight by the Lithuanian American aviators Steponas Darius and Stasys Gir?nas, who perished during the transatlantic flight of the Lituanica on July 17, 1933; a monument to the men was placed in the park in 1935; this segment includes the playing of taps and, overall, is of moderate sound quality; recording second segment, from about 9 minutes elapsed time to the end: part 1 of a 3-part recording of informal conversation and singing at an outdoor event at the Sisters of St. Casimir Motherhouse on Marquette Street; this recording is of good sound quality; the main, continuing element is an interview-discussion with Sister Anne Marie [surname not documented], primarily in English; overall the recording is casual and social, the recorder is turned off and on, and other voices of women and men are also heard, some speaking in Lithuanian, regularly interspersed with singing in Lithuanian.

Medium

  • audiocassette, C-60

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20844a
  • MBRS Shelflist: RYA 0832
  • Field Project Identifier: CH77-T316-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 Sister Anne Marie. Marquette Park commemoration oftrans-Atlantic flight by Lithuanian American aviators; Interview with Sister Anne Marie and others at St. Casimir Motherhouse, Chicago, Illinois, part 1. Chicago, Illinois, 1977. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20844a/.

APA citation style:

Bradunas, E. & Sister Anne Marie. (1977) Marquette Park commemoration oftrans-Atlantic flight by Lithuanian American aviators; Interview with Sister Anne Marie and others at St. Casimir Motherhouse, Chicago, Illinois, part 1. Chicago, Illinois. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20844a/.

MLA citation style:

Bradunas, Elena, and Sister Anne Marie. Marquette Park commemoration oftrans-Atlantic flight by Lithuanian American aviators; Interview with Sister Anne Marie and others at St. Casimir Motherhouse, Chicago, Illinois, part 1. Chicago, Illinois, 1977. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20844a/>.