‘The Big Move: Immigrant Voices from a Mill City’

May 4, 2011 by PaulM Posted in Culture, Education, History, Lowell 5 Comments

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“Robert Forrant and Christoph Strobel, under contract to Lowell National Historical Park, defined, researched and created an ethnographic overview of immigrant communities, past and present, in Lowell, Massachusetts. “The Big Move” features a selection of the thirty-five oral histories they compiled for the larger story. Emblematic of Lowell’s diverse population, the oral histories in “The Big Move” provide an intensely personal perspective that brings to life the individual achievements and challenges that are representative of issues faced by their larger communities in the 21st century. (David Blackburn, Lowell Nat’l Hist. Park)

Forrant and Strobel are faculty members of the UMass Lowell History Department. The book release party will take place on Sunday, May 22, from 2 to 4 pm, in O’Leary Library auditorium, 61 Wilder Street, Lowell, UMass Lowell South Campus. The community is invited to attend.

5 Responses to ‘The Big Move: Immigrant Voices from a Mill City’

  2. Mimi says:

    Congratulations to Professors Strobel and Forrant. I was one of the people interviewed and I know how much time and effort went into this endeavor.

    I look forward to May 22nd.

  3. Christoph says:

    Dear Dean,

    If I am not confused by my own files, this should be a complete list of oral histories.

    Best wishes,

    Christoph

    INTERVIEWS ETHNOGRAPHY PROJECT
    Center of Lowell History and National Park Archives

    11/8/2007 Rita Ofori-Frimpong interviewed by Christoph Strobel and Susan Thomson
    12/7/2007 Muriel Parseghian interviewed by Christoph Strobel
    12/11/2007 Tooch Van interviewed by Christoph Strobel and Susan Thomson
    12/14/2007 Anonymous 1 and Anonymous 2 interviewed by Christoph Strobel
    1/8/2008 Samkhann Khoeun interviewed by Christoph Strobel and Susan Thomson
    1/10/2008 Bowa Tucker (formerly Anonymous 3) interviewed by Christoph Strobel
    1/15/2008 Phala Chea interviewed by Christoph Strobel
    1/16/2008 Gordon Halm interviewed by Christoph Strobel
    1/16/2008 Emile Tabea interviewed by Christoph Strobel
    1/17/2008 Sidney Liang interviewed by Christoph Strobel
    1/23/2008 Francisco Carvalho interviewed by Christoph Strobel
    2/5/2008 Osvalda Rodrigues interviewed by Christoph Strobel
    2/13/2008 Willian Ferreira Fahlberg interviewed by Christoph Strobel
    2/26/2008 Maristela Tosato interviewed by Christoph Strobel
    2/28/2008 Muriel Paradis and Rolande Cloutier interviewed by Christoph Strobel, Craig Thomas, and Yingchan Zhang
    2/29/2008 Ana Suarez interviewed by Christoph Strobel, Craig Thomas, Yingchan Zhang
    3/12/2008 Anonymous 4 interviewed by Christoph Strobel
    3/14/2008 Halleh Mahini interviewed by Christoph Strobel
    3/15//2008 Blong Xiong interviewed by Christoph Strobel
    3/15/2008 Janina Kouropoulos interviewed by Robert Forrant and Craig Thomas
    3/15/2008 Nyola Vaillancourt (nee Romanauskas) interviewed by Robert Forrant and Craig Thomas
    3/28/2008 Lisa Dagdigian interviewed by Christoph Strobel
    3/28/2008 Barbara and Albert Bernstein interviewed by Christoph Strobel, Craig Thomas, Yingchan Zhang
    4/1/2008 Anonymous 5 interviewed by Christoph Strobel
    4/7/2008 Margarita Turcotte Zapata interviewed by Christoph Strobel
    4/15/2008 Sambath Bo interviewed by Christoph Strobel
    4/16/2008 Pauline Golec interviewed by Christoph Strobel, Craig Thomas, Yingchan Zhang
    4/23/2008 Mariah Cunha interviewed by Christoph Strobel
    4/24/2008 Iviette Nieves interviewed by Christoph Strobel and Yingchan Zhang
    4/25/2008 Tony May interviewed by Christoph Strobel
    4/30/2008 Thong Phamduy interviewed by Christoph Strobel
    5/2/2008 Anonymous 6 interviewed by Christoph Strobel, Craig Thomas, and Yingchan Zhang
    5/8/2008 Bryan Tran interviewed by Christoph Strobel, Craig Thomas and Yingchan Zhang and Christoph Strobel

  4. Bob Forrant says:

    These interviews all have been transcribed and will eventually be up on a website that will contain the final report written for the park, a link to the interviews, and other research we did for this project. Site should be ready sometime in late June.