Toward an oral history of Cape Ann : Linquata, Salvatore
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Toward an oral history of Cape Ann : Linquata, Salvatore
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2 sound files, digital, MPEG3 file
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The following names and terms were used in this interview: Cape May, NJ, seining (purse seining), Terresini, Menhaden, Palermo, Sicily, pogies (porgies).
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Linda Brayton and David Masters, principal oral historians; Interviewers: Linda Brayton and David Masters.
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TRACKS: 1. Born in Gloucester -- 2. 14 years old,first time fishing, Palermo, Sicily, types of fishing, seining -- 3. Like fishing? No! Ashore nine years --4 Discourages young from fishing, changes in techniques, Sicily to US -- 5. Gloucester, safe harbor -- 6. Great storm of February, 1978 is mentioned, barely ten days before this interview was recorded -- 7. Portuguese known for fishing out of New Bedford, Italians known for seining, seventeen firms -- 8. Shrimping -- 9. Favorite fishing grounds -- 10. Weather predictions -- 11. Ship's conditions, changes in technology over the years --12. Italian Fiesta -- 13. St. Joseph's, feelings about Gloucester, 1890 first arrived Ellis Island to Boston to Gloucester -- 14. Power and sail, Essex ships, Americanization, US reception -- 15. Settling in US -- 16. Retention of language, religion -- 17. Gloucester's outstanding characteristic.
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Originally issued on sound cassettes and transferred to compact discs.
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Institution: Gloucester Lyceum & Sawyer Free Library
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Massachusetts--Essex (county)--Ann, Cape
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Massachusetts--Essex (county)--Gloucester
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Linquata, Salvatore, Interviewee
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Brayton, Linda, Interviewer
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Masters, David, Interviewer
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1978
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audio/mpeg
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image/jpeg
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eng
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[Gloucester, Mass] : Sawyer Free Library
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Anecdotes
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Manners and customs
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Emigration and immigration
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Fisheries
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Italian Americans
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Oral history
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Seafaring life
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sound recording-nonmusical
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Sound recordings
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1 sound disc : digital, stereo
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4 3/4 in.
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- Gloucester Oral History Collection