Oral history interview audio with Eva Bisceglia cassette 1, October 18, 1997

An interview with Eva Bisceglia (1918-2008), née Dell'Orfano, who was raised by Italian immigrant parents on Paris Street in East Boston. Bisceglia lived in the neighborhood until her marriage to Albert in the 1940s, when she moved to Needham in Massachusetts and Phoenix in Arizona, before retu...

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Summary:An interview with Eva Bisceglia (1918-2008), née Dell'Orfano, who was raised by Italian immigrant parents on Paris Street in East Boston. Bisceglia lived in the neighborhood until her marriage to Albert in the 1940s, when she moved to Needham in Massachusetts and Phoenix in Arizona, before returning to East Boston in the late 1970s. The interviewee discusses growing up as an Italian American, family life, experiences attending school, and visiting local places such as Wood Island Park and taking the ferry into downtown Boston.