Ethnic food]]> Lowell (Mass.)]]> Portuguese American women]]> Ethnic food]]> Festivals]]> Pigeon, Michael]]> Lowell (Mass.)]]> Portuguese American women]]> Ethnic food]]> Festivals]]> Bridgeford, Bill]]> Lowell (Mass.)]]> Portuguese American women]]> Festivals]]> Ethnic food]]> Pigeon, Michael]]> Lowell (Mass.)]]> Portuguese American women]]> Azorean Americans]]> Immigrants]]> Orphans]]> Women household employees]]> Mills and mill-work]]> Boardinghouses]]> Catholic Church--Societies, etc.]]> Catholic Church--Dioceses]]> Tenement houses]]> Ethnic food]]> Alcoholism]]> Infants--Death]]> Textile Workers' Strike, Lawrence, Mass., 1912]]> Mills and mill-work]]> Fasts and Feasts]]> Processions, Religious--Catholic Church]]>
People mentioned: Dr. Robinson, Mike Silva]]>
DePippo, Theresa]]> Silva, Frances]]> Click here to listen to audio of Frances Silva's oral history interview with the Lawrence History Center.]]> English]]> Lawrence (Mass.)]]> Faial (Azores)]]>
Portuguese American women]]> Catholic Church--Dioceses]]> Children of immigrants]]> Orphanages]]> Sailors]]> Processions, Religious--Catholic Church]]> Priests]]> Fasts and Feasts]]> Nuns]]> Ethnic neighborhoods]]> Conflict of generations]]> Ethnic food]]> Christmas cooking]]> Azorean Americans]]> Grocer]]> Kelley, Joan]]> Saab, Estelle]]> English]]> Lawrence (Mass.)]]> Peabody (Mass.)]]> Factories]]> Immigrants]]> Farmers]]> Portuguese American women]]> Dating]]> Ethnic food]]> Catholic Church--Dioceses]]> Beauchesne, Jim]]> Sousa, Mario]]> Click here to listen to audio of Mario Sousa's oral history interview with the Lawrence History Center.]]> English]]> Lawrence (Mass.)]]> Cambridge (Mass.)]]> Portugal--Emigration and immigration]]> Azorean Americans]]> Immigrants]]> Boardinghouses]]> Mills and mill-work]]> Cultural assimilation]]> Education, Bilingual]]> Code switching (Linguistics)]]> Catholic Church--Dioceses]]> Depressions--1929]]> Priests]]> Fasts and Feasts]]> Processions, Religious--Catholic Church]]> Ethnic food]]> Ethnic neighborhoods]]> Portuguese language]]> Portuguese American women]]> Childbirth at home]]> Wine and wine making]]>
People mentioned: John Sears, Fr. De Lima, Mary Bettencourt, Mike Silva, Charles Cardoza]]>
Poirier, Clarisse]]> Murphy, Ezilda Cardoza]]> Click here to listen to audio of Ezilda Cardoza Murphy's oral history interview with the Lawrence History Center.]]> English]]> Lawrence (Mass.)]]>
Catholic Church--Dioceses]]> Priests]]> Azorean Americans]]> Carillon music]]> Portuguese American women]]> Ethnic food]]> Fashion shows]]> Portugal--Emigration and immigration]]> Immigrants]]> Schooners]]> Shipwrecks]]> Catholic Church--Societies, etc.]]> Fires]]> Processions, Religious--Catholic Church]]> Boy Scouts]]> English]]> Gloucester (Mass.)]]> Immigrant families]]> Immigrants]]> Cultural assimilation]]> Education, Bilingual]]> Portuguese American women]]> Azorean Americans]]> Fasts and Feasts]]> Ethnic food]]> Whaling]]> Weather forecasting]]> Model minority sterotype]]> Frain, William J.]]> English]]> Hudson (Mass.)]]> Santa Maria (Azores)]]> Pico Island (Azores)]]> Azores]]> Catholic Church--Societies, etc.]]> Fasts and Feasts]]> Ethnic food]]> English]]> Portuguese]]> Lowell (Mass.)]]> Catholic Church--Societies, etc.]]> Fasts and Feasts]]> Ethnic food]]> English]]> Portuguese]]> Lowell (Mass.)]]> Catholic Church--Societies, etc.]]> Fasts and Feasts]]> Ethnic food]]> English]]> Portuguese]]> Lowell (Mass.)]]> Catholic Church--Societies, etc.]]> Ethnic food]]> English]]> Portuguese]]> Lowell (Mass.)]]> Catholic Church--Societies, etc.]]> Fasts and Feasts]]> Ethnic food]]> English]]> Portuguese]]> Lowell (Mass.)]]> Portuguese American women]]> Christmas]]> Immigrant families]]> Mills and mill-work]]> Ethnic food]]> New Year]]> Madeirans]]> Balls (parties)]]> Holden, Maria]]> English]]> Madeira (Madeira Islands)]]> Lowell (Mass.)]]> Christmas]]> Catholic Church--Dioceses]]> Christmas cooking]]> Cooking]]> Ethnic food]]> Portuguese American women]]> Baptism]]> Marriage]]> Boy Scouts]]> Confirmation]]> Wills]]> Recipes]]> Collection: Lowell Files AKA Vertical Files
Box: 14 Churches St. Anne's - St. Peter's.
Folder: Churches – Saint Anthony's LF.C4789

LF.C4789 UML – St. Anthony’s Newsletter Lowell, Volume 1, Number 4, 2000 December. St. Anthony’s Newsletter Committee, 893 Central Street, Lowell, Massachusetts.]]>
English]]> Portuguese]]> Lowell (Mass.)]]>
Azorean Americans]]> Portuguese American women]]> Immigrants]]> Ethnic food]]> Baking]]> Immigrant families]]> Tradition (Theology)]]> Portuguese language]]> Sewing]]> Christmas cooking]]>
Biographical Note:
Maria Silva (formerly Maria Oliveira) was born on the island of Faial in the Azores. She followed her sister (who came to the U.S. as part of the Azorean Refugee Act) to the United States.

Scope and Contents:
Interview conducted by Barbara Fertig of the American Folklife Center. Ms. Silva discusses her decision to come to the United States, her love of sewing, cooking on Christmas, her career in sewing in Portugal, the current state of the neighborhood, the Feast of the Holy Ghost, her experience during the eruption of the Capelinhos volcano.]]>
Fertig, Barbara]]> this link.]]> English]]> Lowell (Mass.)]]>
Children of immigrants]]> Immigrant families]]> Mills and mill-work]]> Baking]]> Bakery employees]]> Ethnic food]]> Tradition (Theology)]]> Music]]> Ethnic neighborhoods]]> Boardinghouses]]> Christmas]]> Folk dancing, Portuguese]]>
Biographical Note:
Manuel Barros, Sr. was born in Lowell, MA. His parents were born in Madeira. They immigrated to Brazil before they immigrated to the United States, where they had their children. Manuel took over his parents' baking buisness and opened up Barros Pastry Shop.

Scope and
Contents:
Interview conducted by Barbara Fertig of the American Folklife Center. Mr. Barros discusses his mother's boardinghouse, his father's bakery, the local Portuguese community, the type of baked goods that he produces, Christmas traditions, dances at the Portuguese Band Club, folk dancing, local emigration to California, feasts, the struggle of owning a bakery, his parents' childhood.]]>
Fertig, Barbara]]> Part 1 - Part 2]]> English]]> Lowell (Mass.)]]>
Children of immigrants]]> Ethnic food]]> Community organization]]> Civic leaders]]> Baking]]>
Biographical Note:
Manuel Barros, Jr. was born on May 20, 1937 in Lowell, MA. His grandparents were born in the Madeira Islands. His family owned and ran the Lusitania Bakery and, later, Barry's Pastry Shop.

Scope and Contents:
Interview conducted by Barbara Fertig of the American Folklife Center. Mr. Barros discusses his childhood, growing up working in the bakery, his clientele, his membership at St. Anthony's Church, generational differences, Christmas traditions.]]>
Fertig, Barbara]]> this link.]]> English]]> Lowell (Mass.)]]>
é Simão Oral History Interview]]> Azorean Americans]]> Immigrants]]> Immigrant families]]> Ethnic food]]> Community organization]]> Civic leaders]]> Christmas]]>
Biographical Note:
José Simão was born on the island of Graciosa. He worked at Lajes Field on the island of Terceira before he moved to the United States when he was 26. He worked in construction before finally deciding to open up his own restuarant.

Scope and Contents:
Interview conducted by Barbara Fertig from the American Folklife Center. Jose discusses work at Lajes Field on the island of Terceira, moving to the United States, working in construction, learning English, opening a restaurant to serve Portuguese food, christmas traditions, Portugal's connections to the rest of the world.]]>
Fertig, Barbara]]> this link.]]> English]]> Lowell (Mass.)]]> Terceira Island (Azores)]]> Lawrence (Mass.)]]>
Immigrants]]> Civic leaders]]> Community organization]]> Portuguese language]]> Tradition (Theology)]]> Ethnic food]]> Music]]> Music--Portuguese influences]]> Depressions--1929]]> Boardinghouses]]>
Biographical Note:
John Falante was born on the island of Madeira in the Azores. He traveled by ship to the United States in 1920. He immigrated to the United States in hopes of making enough money to help support his family back on Madeira. Upon arrival, he quickly got a job at the Tremont Mills.

Scope and Contents:
Interview conducted by Paul Page. Mr. Falante discusses his immigration to the United States, work in the mills, the Great Depression, learning English, meeting his wife, living in boardinghouses, holidays within the Portuguese community]]>
Page, Paul]]> English]]> Lowell (Mass.)]]> Madeira (Madeira Islands)]]>
Azorean Americans]]> Immigrants]]> Civic leaders]]> Community organization]]> Portuguese language]]> Tradition (Theology)]]> Ethnic food]]> Music]]> Music--Portuguese influences]]> Folk dancing, Portuguese]]> Portugal--Emigration and immigration]]>
Biographical Note:
Henry Desousa was born on the island of Faial and later moved to the island of Terceira. His brother moved to the United States in 1960 under the Azorean Refugee Act after the Capelinhos volcano erupted. He later followed his brother and immigrated to the United States in September 1970. He originally moved to Hartford, CT but then moved to Lowell in 1976.

Scope and Contents:
Interview conducted by Barbara Fertig of the American Folklife Center. Mr. DeSousa discusses his work connecting the Portuguese American community with the Azores and mainland, the work through the agency, local folklore dance groups, politics, music, Portuguese instruments, the Portuguese commmunity in Hawaii, history of fado music, types of fado in mainland Portugal, Portuguese immigration to Brazil, celebrations on Holy Ghost Sunday
]]>
Taylor, David]]> Denatale, Doug]]> Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4]]> English]]> Lowell (Mass.)]]>
Azorean Americans]]> Immigrants]]> Ethnic food]]> Civic leaders]]> Community organization]]> Ethnic neighborhoods]]> Music]]> Religious gatherings]]> Folk dancing, Portuguese]]> Police]]>
Biographical Note:
Henry Desousa was born on the island of Faial and later moved to the island of Terceira. His brother moved to the United States in 1960 under the Azorean Refugee Act after the Capelinhos volcano erupted. He later followed his brother and immigrated to the United States in September 1970. He originally moved to Hartford, CT but then moved to Lowell in 1976.

Scope and Contents:
Interview conducted by Barbara Fertig of the American Folklife Center. Mr. DeSousa discusses the food and traditions for the Feast of the Holy Ghost; folk dancing; emigration from the Azores; being a business man in Lowell; helping the local Portuguese community; lack of Portuguese representation in city hall; state of the modern community; Portuguese churches in Lowell; police mistreatment.]]>
Fertig, Barbara]]> Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4]]> English]]> Lowell (Mass.)]]> Cambridge (Mass.)]]> Azores]]>
Azorean Americans]]> Immigrants]]> Ethnic food]]> Cultural assimilation]]> Christmas]]> Christmas cooking]]>
Biographical Note:
Gabriela was born on the Azorean island of Pico. She moved to the United States with her family when she was 6 years old. She was involved in the Lowell Union of Portuguese Americans.

Scope and Contents:
Interview conducted by Barbara Fertig. Ms. Oliveira discusses her immigration to the US, the Lowell Union of Portuguese Americans, feasts at St. Anthony's, Portuguese Christmas traditions and cooking.]]>
Fertig, Barbara]]> this link.]]> English]]> Lowell (Mass.)]]> Pico Island (Azores)]]>
Azorean Americans]]> Children of immigrants]]> Immigrant families]]> Bakery employees]]> Ethnic food]]> Mills and mill-work]]> Oral History Interview with Priscilla Hilliard, March 2, 2017

Biographical Note: Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1947; daughter Mary C. (Freitas) and Alvaro Aguiar; the Freitas branch of the family from Azorean island of Faial; Aguiar branch from Madeira Island; Priscilla (Aguiar) Hilliard grew up on Central Street in the heart of Lowell’s major Portuguese neighborhood and was educated in Lowell’s public schools, graduated from Lowell High School, and later, Merrimack College in North Andover, Massachusetts; during part of her school years she worked in the family’s bakery business on Central Street; and later she worked for Raytheon Corporation in a clerical position, followed by professional administrative positions with the Social Security Administration and with Health and Human Services in Boston; in more recent years she has worked as a real estate agent in the Greater Lowell Area.

Scope and Contents: Interview conducted by local historian Mehmed Ali; focuses on Priscilla (Aguiar) Hilliard’s Portuguese family and relatives; growing up in Lowell’s predominately Portuguese “Back Central” neighborhood in the 1950s and 1960s; Portuguese food and culture in Lowell; religious activities at Saint Anthony Catholic Church in Back Central; small, family-run businesses (hair salon and bakery in Lowell); and Ms. Hilliard’s educational background and career.]]>
Ali, Mehmed]]> English]]> Lowell (Mass.)]]>