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Title

Interview of Rosalina Santos Shipley

Description

In this interview, Rosalina Santos Shipley explores her life and journey to the United States. Rosalina is the interviewer’s aunt. Shipley was born in the Philippines and immigrated to the United States on September 5, 1980 when she was twenty-one. She worked as a housekeeper at a Hampton Inn at the time of this interview. Over the course of the interview, Shipley discusses her childhood life in the Philippines, her decision to immigrate, and her first impressions and experiences in the United States.

This interview was conducted as part of an undergraduate final project for the University of Maryland, College Park course HIST428M: "Oral History of Immigration" (Spring 2017). 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.

Creator

Kyle Strouth

Publisher

Center for Global Migration Studies

Date

March 4, 2017

Rights

The full rights of this oral history interview were given by the interviewee to the University of Maryland, College Park. This interview may be quoted from, published, or broadcast in any medium that the University of Maryland, College Park shall deem appropriate.

Format

PDF, MP3, JPG

Language

English

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Original Format

PDF, MP3, JPG

Interviewer

Kyle Strouth

Interviewee

Rosalina Santos Shipley

Location

Hagerstown, Maryland