Toward an oral history of Cape Ann : Alves, Eugene (Rev.)

Toward an oral history of Cape Ann : Alves, Eugene (Rev.)

Oral history -- Massachusetts -- Cape Ann.;Gloucester (Mass.) -- Emigration and immagration.;Seafaring life -- Massachusetts -- Gloucester -- Religious aspects.

Ann, Cape (Mass.) -- History -- Anecdotes.;Ann, Cape (Mass.) -- Social life and customs.

2 sound files, digital, MPEG3 file<br /><br />Listen now:<br /><a href="http://www.noblenet.org/images/glo/oralhistory/OH94CD134Track01.mp3">OH 94 Part 1</a> <br /><a href="http://www.noblenet.org/images/glo/oralhistory/OH94CD134Track02.mp3">OH 94 Part 2</a>

Linda Brayton and David Masters, principal oral historians.;Interviewer: David Masters (8/22/1978);Interviewer(s):David Masters

TRACKS:Birth in Gloucester in 1931, family history -- Cultural differences of the islands from the mainland -- Parish started in Gloucester in 1889, substantial groups of Portuguese have been here since 1882 -- From 1859 forward the Portuguese were in evidence here -- Climatic differences between Azores and Gloucester -- Women and the textile industry -- Hard work and family unity -- 200 mile limit -- Gloucester is different -- Years of longest influx -- Differences of Our Lady of Good Voyage Church from other churches -- Wine, foods, and feasts -- Blessing of the Fleet, Monsignor De Moura -- Role as spiritual leader -- Why the Portuguese gravitated toward Gloucester -- The return visit -- Spiritualism vs. materialism.

The following names and terms were used in this interview: Our Lady of Good Voyage Church. Pico, Faial, Sao Jorge, Monsignor De Moura, Graciosa, Flores, Texiera.

Originally issued on sound cassettes and transferred to compact discs.

Alves, Eugene (Rev.), Interviewee.; Masters, David Interviewer.

[Gloucester, Mass] : Sawyer Free Library

1978

Ann, Cape (Mass.) -- History -- Anecdotes.;Ann, Cape (Mass.) -- Social life and customs.