Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church immigrant oral histories

Access and use

Location of collection:
James Madison University
Second Floor Room 203, MSC 1704
Carrier Library
James Madison University
880 Madison Drive
Harrisonburg, VA 22807
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Tiffany Cole
Phone: (540) 568-3444
Phone: (540) 568-3612
Fax: (540) 568-3405
Restrictions:

Access to the Oral Histories is governed by agreements with the narrators. Pseudonyms (a single initial) are used at the request of the narrators. At the discretion of the repository, select audio has been restricted and select interviews have been assigned pseudonyms. Two interviews are restricted, due to incomplete documentation.

Terms of access:

Copyright interests have been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).

Preferred citation:

[identification of interview], [box #, folder #] Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church Immigrant Oral Histories, 2007, SdArch 0030, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.01 cubic feet 13 cds
Creator:
Zarrugh, Laura H.
Abstract:
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church Immigrant Oral Histories, 2007, is comprised of sound recordings of interviews of parishioners of the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia, regarding experiences of immigrating to the Central Shenandoah Valley. The interviews were conducted by James Madison University students in Dr. Laura Zarrugh's course, SOC395: Immigrants in American Society.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[identification of interview], [box #, folder #] Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church Immigrant Oral Histories, 2007, SdArch 0030, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church Immigrant Oral Histories, 2007, is comprised of sound recordings of interviews of parishioners of the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Student interviewers asked the interviewees to talk about their own and their family's experiences as immigrants to the Central Shenandoah Valley. The interviews were conducted by James Madison University students in Dr. Laura Zarrugh's course, SOC395: Immigrants in American Society.

Biographical / historical:

In the spring of 2007, the students in Dr. Laura Zarrugh's course, SOC395: Immigrants in American Society at James Madison University, conducted twenty-two interviews with parishioners at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in downtown Harrisonburg, VA. The recordings were made available to Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church for use in conjunction with the church's centennial anniversary celebration. The majority of the interviews were conducted at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Harrisonburg, but several interviews were conducted in the office of William (Chris) Blake at James Madison University, and one interview was conducted in the interviewees' home.

Acquisition information:
The collection was donated by Dr. Laura Zarrugh on June 6, 2007.
Appraisal information:

After reviewing the material in 2020 for transcription and processing for access, audio recordings of interviews 30-4 and 30-21 were found to be inaudible, and were deaccessioned. Audio recordings of Interviews 30-8, 30-15, and 30-20 were not present at the time of processing.

Processing information:

The collection is comprised of 22 audio recordings, 20 of which are on cassettes, and 2 on microcassettes. The original media was not found at the time of processing. The cassettes were transferred to CDs by JMU's Libraries and Education Technologies Media Resources in August 2007; recorded on MAMA-R 100 MB gold cd using Tascam cc-222mkll; mp3s created using iTunesv7. Mp3s and wav file were uploaded to the M:Drive in September and October of 2007.

Select recordings had transcripts at the time of donation, while others were created in 2019 by a vendor, AZUR CART and Captioning services. One interview, 30-3, was transcribed by Special Collections staff in January of 2021. One interview, 30-11, does not have a transcript and is unavaible pending further processing.

Arrangement:

Interviews are listed alphabetically by interviewee last name.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Names:
Zarrugh, Laura H.