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Interview of Anabel Teixeira

This interview between Nicole Kerr and Anabel Teixeira explores Teixeira's experiences as an immigrant to the United States from Brazil. The majority of oral history interviews focus on the experiences of immigrants who choose to become citizens of…

Interview of Netsanet Arnold

This interview between Michalah Arnold and Netsanet Arnold explores Arnold's experiences as an immigrant and adoptee to the United States from Ethiopia.

This interview was conducted as part of an undergraduate final project for the University of…

Tags: Africa, childhood, community, cultural differences, culture, education, Ethiopia, food, gender roles, holidays, identity, language, Language Barrier, siblings

Interview of Seema Parekh

This interview between Nina Parekh and Seema Parekh explores Parekh's experiences as an immigrant to the United States from India.

This interview was conducted as part of an undergraduate final project for the University of Maryland, College Park…

Tags: assimilation, child rearing, Communication, community, culture, employment, family, friendship, higher education, immigration process, India, language, marriage, motherhood, South Asia, visa, weather

Interview of Anastasiya Lyudkivich

This interview between Kayla Gibson and Anastasiya Lyudkivich explores Lyudkivich's experience immigrating to the U.S. with her family as a child and her shared Russian and American cultural identities.

This interview was conducted as part of an…

Tags: childhood, Citizenship, community, culture, divorce, employment, Europe, expectations, family, family reunification, food, Green Card, Holiday Traditions, holidays, Judaism, language, marriage, parents, politics, refugee, religion, Russia

Maryland Day 2016 Interviews

The Center for the History of the New America sponsored a booth at the annual Maryland Day celebration at the University of Maryland (2016). In addition to other activities on immigration history, we performed a series of "mini" interviews with some…

Tags: Bulgaria, Caribbean, Central America, Children, China, civil war, Colombia, community, culture, Diversity, Dominica, East Asia, education, El Salvador, employment, Estonia, Europe, exchange student, family, food, Freedom, Guadalope, higher education, India, Iran, Jamaica, Macedonia, marriage, Middle East, Opportunity, Pakistan, Philippines, South America, South Asia, South Korea, Turkey

Interview of Ok-hi Lee

In 1930, Ok-hi Lee, was born in Seoul, Korea. For several years she experienced what life was like under Japanese occupation until the Japanese surrendered in 1945. Not long after, she witnessed the chaos and destruction of the Korean War. America,…

Tags: art, child rearing, childhood, community, cultural differences, East Asia, education, family, language, South Korea, Women, World War II

Interview of Natalie Neighbors

Natalie Neighbors (pseudonym) is a 33 year old Western German Native who grew up and lived in Germany for 29 years. She attended the University of Mainz and earned a Master’s Degree. In 2007 she met an American Airman that was stationed in Germany…

Tags: childhood, Children, Citizenship, community, culture, dual citizenship, education, England, Europe, food, Green Card, Holiday Traditions, immigration process, language, marriage, Migration, Multilingual, safety, Women

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…

Tags: accent, child rearing, Citizenship, community, cultural differences, culture, education, employment, family, food, Green Card, India, marriage, motherhood, South Asia, traditions, visa, Women, Women's History

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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