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Audio Recording "I didn't have the minimal idea of what I was coming to - I knew I was coming to America but not where."

"I didn't have the minimal idea of what I was coming to - I knew I was coming to America but not where."

About this Item

Title

  • "I didn't have the minimal idea of what I was coming to - I knew I was coming to America but not where."

Names

  • Granata, Giovanni "John" (Narrator)
  • Carroll, Thomas D. (Interviewer)

Created / Published

  • 1994-08-05

Headings

  • -  Interviews
  • -  Italian Americans
  • -  Emigration and Immigration
  • -  Oral history
  • -  Sound recordings
  • -  21st Avenue (Paterson, N. J.)
  • -  Granata Financial Service (Paterson, N.J.)
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  United States -- New Jersey -- Paterson

Genre

  • Ethnography
  • Interviews

Notes

  • -  Interview with John Granata, owner, Granata Financial Service.
  • -  Summary of audio segment: JG's father died in 1974, mother felt she was alone, had to raise two boys. Her parents were alive in Italy, so she went back to Italy. But it didn't work out. Went from a city (Caracas) to a small town in Italy, and there was "culture shock". The mentality was different. JG tried to adapt, couldn't. So JG went to US, mother pleased. Then mother and brother followed him to US. JG is bilingual. Went to high school and 2 years college in Italy. Why Paterson? JG says his aunt was from Paterson, he had no choice. It was not deliberate that he came here.

Medium

  • Digital Audio Tape

Call Number/Physical Location

  • AFC 1995/028: WIP-TDC-A001

Source Collection

  • Working in Paterson Project Collection (AFC 1995/028)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • audio

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Credit line

Working in Paterson Project collection, 1993-2002 (AFC 1995/028), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Granata, Giovanni "John", and Thomas D Carroll. "I didn't have the minimal idea of what I was coming to - I knew I was coming to America but not where.". -08-05, 1994. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/afcwip003845/.

APA citation style:

Granata, G. ". & Carroll, T. D. (1994) "I didn't have the minimal idea of what I was coming to - I knew I was coming to America but not where.". -08-05. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afcwip003845/.

MLA citation style:

Granata, Giovanni "John", and Thomas D Carroll. "I didn't have the minimal idea of what I was coming to - I knew I was coming to America but not where.". -08-05, 1994. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afcwip003845/>.