Archive Record
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Object Name |
Recording, Audio |
Scope & Content |
Interview by Rita Morrow of Shirley Izzo (b. 03/07/1920), daughter of Michael and [wife] Izzo. Digital copy available --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start time Subject 00:00:00 birthplace, parents, siblings 00:01:01 born on the first Sunday of Lent 00:01:19 father had his own business before the Great Depression, died of throat cancer, mother had a nervous breakdown 00:02:26 "I would say responsibility is good at any age. It teaches you how to fight back later." 00:04:09 sister was a ballet dancer, brother changed his name, other sister had a nervous breakdown 00:06:41 school (forced out at sixteen because she had rheumatic fever, liked religious studies, ) 00:07:40 a sister at the school was mistaken for dead, woke up while they said the rosary for her 00:09:56 friend struck by lightning 00:11:33 rheumatic fever 00:13:00 "There's so much prejudice in the world, it's like a cancer" 00:13:50 travel (parents were in show business, so they couldn't travel much, went to Cleveland after her mother's death to see relatives) 00:15:51 World War 2 00:17:11 church ("As long as I get to church, I'm alright") 00:21:37 "I knew better than to get married.... Marriage is fine. I believe in it. I don't believe in all this birth control and all this nonsense." 00:22:08 hobbies (leading music) 00:22:36 past versus present ("I liked it when my father lived. He was a doll") 00:25:47 "Feed the people first and then send the man to the moon." 00:26:00 feelings on politics ("If you want to go to hell fast, be a politician") |
Date |
1978 |
Object ID # |
2013.25.503 |
Length of Interview |
00:26:36 |
Manuscript Collection # |
z.Audio |
Source |
Gift of S. Duane Kauffman |