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Audio Recording Interview with Sister Anne Marie and others at St. Casimir Motherhouse, Chicago, Illinois, part 3; Interview with Vladas Polikauskas and Sophia Polikauskas, Chicago, Illinois, part 1

Interview with Sister Anne Marie and others at St. Casimir Motherhouse, Chicago, Illinois, part 3; Interview with Vladas Polikauskas and Sophia Polikauskas, Chicago, Illinois, part 1

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Title

  • Interview with Sister Anne Marie and others at St. Casimir Motherhouse, Chicago, Illinois, part 3; Interview with Vladas Polikauskas and Sophia Polikauskas, 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, Marquette Park interviews
  • -  Recording first segment, from the start to about 18:45 minutes elapsed time: part 3 of a 3-part recording of informal conversation and singing at an outdoor event at the Sisters of St. Casimir Motherhouse on Marquette Street; the main, continuing element is an interview-discussion with Sister Anne Marie [surname not documented], primarily in English, touching on topics like the role of the Lithuanian language in Chicago, and song books with hymns and other music in Lithuanian; 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; recording second segment, from about 18:45 minutes elapsed time to the end: part 1 of a 3-part recording of an interview in Lithuanian with Mr. and Mrs. Vladas and Sophia Polikauskas, at their home at 7212 [7217 ?] South Sawyer Ave., in the background of segments of this recording is the voice of a broadcast announces, in Lithuanian; the fieldworker’s notes state that the topics include general discussion about Lithuanian community life in Chicago, and the Polikauskases’ life stories.

Medium

  • audiocassette, C-60

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20845a
  • MBRS Shelflist: RYA 0833
  • Field Project Identifier: CH77-T317-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. Interview with Sister Anne Marie and others at St. Casimir Motherhouse, Chicago, Illinois, part 3; Interview with Vladas Polikauskas and Sophia Polikauskas, Chicago, Illinois, part 1. Chicago, Illinois, 1977. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20845a/.

APA citation style:

Bradunas, E. & Sister Anne Marie. (1977) Interview with Sister Anne Marie and others at St. Casimir Motherhouse, Chicago, Illinois, part 3; Interview with Vladas Polikauskas and Sophia Polikauskas, Chicago, Illinois, part 1. Chicago, Illinois. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20845a/.

MLA citation style:

Bradunas, Elena, and Sister Anne Marie. Interview with Sister Anne Marie and others at St. Casimir Motherhouse, Chicago, Illinois, part 3; Interview with Vladas Polikauskas and Sophia Polikauskas, Chicago, Illinois, part 1. Chicago, Illinois, 1977. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20845a/>.