Spring 2015 Interviews

Title: Spring 2015 Interviews
Description: This interview was conducted as part of an undergraduate final project for the University of Maryland, College Park course HIST428M: "Foreigners as Citizens: Recording Oral Histories of Immigration" (Spring 2015). This course was led by Professor Anne Rush of the History Department, College of Arts and Humanities, and was sponsored by the Center for Global Migration Studies (formerly the Center for the History of the New America).
Publisher: Center for Global Migration Studies (formerly the Center for the History of the New America)
Date: Spring 2015
Rights: The full rights of these oral history interviews were given by the interviewees to the University of Maryland, College Park. These interviews may be quoted from, published, or broadcast in any medium that the University of Maryland, College Park shall deem appropriate.
Type: Oral History

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Interview of Immigrant from India

The individual interviewed preferred to remain anonymous. For this reason, specific names have been removed from the text. Whenever this occurred, it has been noted. The interviewee details her childhood in India before coming to the United States as a young woman entering into an arranged marriage. She details her experiences as a working mother of two in a different culture as well as the process of becoming an American citizen.
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Interview of Dr. Manu Manohar

Dr. Manu Manohar discusses his education in biochemistry, comparisons and contrasts between American and Indian cultures as well as employment in USA in this comprehensive interview with his son.
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Interview with Silvia Nuñez Fowler
Item Oral History childhood education ...6 more

Interview of Edwarda M. Buda-Okreglak, M.D.

Edwarda M. Buda-Okreglak discusses immigrating from Poland to the United States as a young girl in the 1960s. She especially focuses on her education in the U.S. and her journey towards becoming a medical doctor. Dr. Buda-Okreglak also illuminates the Polish-American community of the mid-Twentieth century.

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