Greater Danbury Intercultural Association
Scope and Content Note
This is a small collection of forty-six tapes, three reel-to-reels, five interview transcripts and newspaper clipping from the Greater Danbury Intercultural Association. The tapes consist of interviews with local immigrants about their heritage. Topics of the interviews include folk tales, language, history, and music. There are five transcribed interviews that correlate with interviews on tape in this collection. [Tape 3 and 11 were blank and removed from the inventory].
In 2016 an accretion to the collection expanded the materials in the collection to include administative materials, clippings, and materials related to the country pavillions that were present at different festivals.
Dates
- Creation: 1980-1993
Creator
- Greater Danbury Intercultural Association (Organization)
Access Restrictions
Open for research with some restrictions.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the:
Ruth A. Haas Library
Archives and Special Collections
181 White Street
Danbury, CT 06810
Phone: 203-837-8992
E-mail: stevensb@wcsu.edu
Historical/Biographical Note
The Greater Danbury Intercultural Association was created by the City of Danbury in an effort to preserve the heritage of the local people. Dr. Harold Burke was chairman and Andrew DeGrazia was the president. One of Greater Danbury Intercultural Association's projects was to seek out persons from the wide variety of ethnicities that make up the western Connecticut area and interviewing them on topics they felt it was important to preserve regarding their ethnic cultures. That project is present in the forty-six tapes and the five transcripts in our collection. Another project of the Greater Danbury Intercultural Association was the Danbury Ethnic Cultural Festival which ran from 1980 - 1995.
The Danbury Ethnic Cultural Festival was a volunteer project, and related activities/events were free and open to the public. The festivals were annual 3-day events and relied upon volunteer support and the sale of raffle tickets to remain in operation. WCSU was acknowledged as a supporter of the Danbury Ethnic Cultural Festival.
Extent
3.5 Linear Feet (, 4 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains many clippings, administrative materials, and materials related to the different international pavillions. The collection also contains 60 tapes and supporting materials of interviews conducted through by Greater Danbury Intercultural Association to document the contituent groups that make up the greater Danbury area.
Arrangement
Tapes are arranged in the same order that they were arranged when delivered to the Archives.
The materials are grouped into 4 series:
Missing Title
- Administrative Files
- International Pavilions and Regional/Ethnic Participation
- Audio
- Transcripts and Clippings
Provenance
Likely tranfered to the Archives through Dr. Ellen Rosenbeg. 2016 accretion, gift of Mary Burke.
Subject
- Danbury Ethnic Cultural Festival. (Organization)
- Burke, Harold. (Person)
- Gaffney, Sherry. (Person)
- DeGrazia, Andrew (Person)
- Anderson, Beverly. (Person)
- Schancupp, Barbara. (Person)
- Shuler, Connie E. (Person)
- McIlrath, Leo (Person)
- Metaxas, Nicholas. (Person)
- Horne, Julia P. (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Greater Danbury Intercultural Association Interviews
- Status
- Unverified Full Draft
- Author
- Lynn Schoenbeck and Kara Swenson
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
- Edition statement
- This version was derived from GDI_SC_BH.doc
Repository Details
Part of the Western Connecticut State University Archives and Special Collections Repository
Haas Library
181 White St
Danbury 06810 USA US
203.837.8992
203.837.8322 (Fax)
stevensb@wcsu.edu