https://umlportuguesearchives.omeka.net/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Religious+gatherings&output=atom2024-03-29T06:41:51-04:00Omekahttps://umlportuguesearchives.omeka.net/items/show/500 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.]]>2021-12-08T11:17:00-05:00
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Title
Henry DeSousa Oral History Interview 1
Date
1987-12-03
Description
First part of an oral history interview with Henry DeSousa.
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.
The audio recordings for this item can be found on the Library of Congress website: Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4
Publisher
UMass Lowell, Center for Lowell History
Contributor
DeSousa, Henry
American Folklife Center
Relation
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From left to right: Lowell attorney Richard K. Donahue, Senator John F. Kennedy, Charles R. Santos Jr., John I. McLaughlin ]]>2023-12-04T13:31:40-05:00
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Title
Charles Santos Jr. with John F. Kennedy at banquet table
Date
1957
Description
Annual Communion Breakfast, Knights of Columbus Hall, Dutton Street, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1957. At this breakfast Charles R. Santos Jr., introduced Senator John F. Kennedy as the “next president of the United States.”
From left to right: Lowell attorney Richard K. Donahue, Senator John F. Kennedy, Charles R. Santos Jr., John I. McLaughlin
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Charles R. Santos Jr., with Cardinal Richard Cushing, Knights of Columbus Hall, Dutton Street, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1957. At this annual communion breakfast, Charles R. Santos Jr., introduced Senator John F. Kennedy, who was in attendance, as the “next president of the United States.”
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