Guide to the Cities of Destiny Oral History Project Collection

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Contributing Institution: Special Collections & Archives
Title: Cities of Destiny Oral History Project Collection
Creator: California State University, Northridge. University Library
Identifier/Call Number: URB.CDOH
Extent: 0.58 linear feet
Extent: 1.55 Gigabytes
Date: 1982
Abstract: The Cities of Destiny Oral History Project interviewed immigrants and minorities in Los Angeles. These histories document life and childhood in the interviewees' native countries, how they came to the United States, and their impressions of America.
Language of Material: English

Historical Note:

The library created this collection of materials for study and research.

Scope and Contents

The Cities of Destiny Oral History Project interviewed immigrants and minorities in Los Angeles. These histories document interviewees life experiences, including their early years in their native country, their journey to the United States, and their impressions of their new home country. Interviewers for the project were students taking Liberal Arts 196 at Cal State Northridge during the Spring semester of 1982.
The collection is divided into two series, Audio Recordings (1982) and Transcripts (1982). Series I, Audio Recordings, is further divided into two subseries: Digital Audio (1982) and Audio Cassettes (1982). The interviews were originally recorded onto audiocassettes, and one interview has been transcribed. Each series is arranged alphabetically by the last name of the narrator.

Arrangement of Materials:

Series I: Audio Recordings, 1982
    Subseries A: Digital Audio, 1982
    Subseries B: Audiocassettes, 1982
Series II: Transcripts, 1982

Conditions Governing Access:

The collection is open for research use.

Conditions Governing Use:

Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge. Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

1982.

Preferred Citation:

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Processing Information:

Jessica Geiser, 2014

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Documents
Audiovisual materials

 

Series I: Audio Recordings, 1982

 

Subseries A: Digital Audio, 1982

Digital Folder

Ahmed, Fathima - Native American, 1982

Digital Folder

Alva, Beatrice - Gabrielino Indian, Part 1, 1982

Digital Folder

Alva, Beatrice - Gabrielino Indian, Part 2, 1982

Digital Folder

Bulac, Eugene - Hawaiian/Filipino, 1982

Digital Folder

Connors, Margaret - Irish, 1982

Digital Folder

Eberhard, Hans W. - German, Part 1, 1982

Digital Folder

Eberhard, Hans W. - German, Part 2, 1982

Digital Folder

Gans, Gustav - Austrian, Part 1, 1982

Digital Folder

Gans, Gustav - Austrian, Part 2, 1982

Digital Folder

Horwood, Margot - Dutch-Indonesian, Part 1, 1982

Digital Folder

Horwood, Margot - Dutch-Indonesian, Part 2, 1982

Digital Folder

Kalman, Szaboles - Hungarian, Part 1, 1982

Digital Folder

Kalman, Szaboles - Hungarian, Part 2, 1982

Digital Folder

Karant, Fay - Hungarian, Part 1, 1982

Digital Folder

Karant, Fay - Hungarian, Part 2, 1982

Digital Folder

Lander, Victor - Polish, Part 1, 1982

Digital Folder

Lander, Victor - Polish, Part 2, 1982

Digital Folder

Lang, Janet - New Zealander, Part 1, 1982

Digital Folder

Lang, Janet - New Zealander, Part 2, 1982

Digital Folder

Marsh, Alice - Armenian, Part 1, 1982

Digital Folder

Marsh, Alice - Armenian, Part 2, 1982

Digital Folder

McLean, Margret - Scottish, Part 1, 1982

Digital Folder

McLean, Margret - Scottish, Part 2, 1982

Digital Folder

Morehouse, Lisa - German, 1982

Digital Folder

Nánay, Márta - Hungarian, Part 1, 1982

Digital Folder

Nánay, Márta - Hungarian, Part 2, 1982

Digital Folder

Petro, John - Italian, Part 1, 1982

Digital Folder

Petro, John - Italian, Part 2, 1982

Digital Folder

Pevsner, Valerie - Czechoslovakian, 1982

Digital Folder

Shacar, Gabriel - Moroccan-Israeli, Part 1, 1982

Digital Folder

Shacar, Gabriel - Moroccan-Israeli, Part 2, 1982

Digital Folder

Shaluta, Anne T. - Ukranian, Part 1, 1982

Digital Folder

Shaluta, Anne T. - Ukranian, Part 2, 1982

Digital Folder

Shroaler, Heddy - German, Part 1, 1982

Digital Folder

Shroaler, Heddy - German, Part 2, 1982

 

Subseries B: Audiocassettes, 1982

Box 2, Item 1

Jean, Celianus - Haitian, 1982

Box 2, Item 2

Oda, Mary - Japanese, Part 1, 1982

Box 2, Item 3

Oda, Mary - Japanese, Part 2, 1982

Box 2, Item 4

Pham Cong, Trong - Vietnamese, Part 1, 1982

Box 2, Item 5

Pham Cong, Trong - Vietnamese, Part 2, 1982

Box 2, Item 6

Silver, Henry - Polish, Part 1, 1982

Box 2, Item 7

Silver, Henry - Polish, Part 2, 1982

Box 2, Item 8

Sodhi, Vinod - Indian, 1982

 

Series II: Transcripts, 1982

Box 3, Item 1

Oda, Mary - Japanese, 1982