| Title |
Germano Pucci, Golden Spike Oral History Project, GS-20, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Pucci, Germano, 1898-1988 |
| Contributor |
Thompson, Gregory C. (Gregory Coyne), 1943-; Notarianni, Philip F.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1974-09-04 |
| Date Digital |
2015-06-17 |
| Spatial Coverage |
Promontory (historical), Box Elder County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5780007/ |
| Access Rights |
I acknowledge and agree that all information I obtain as a result of accessing any oral history provided by the University of Utah's Marriott Library shall be used only for historical or scholarly or academic research purposes, and not for commercial purposes. I understand that any other use of the materials is not authorized by the University of Utah and may exceed the scope of permission granted to the University of Utah by the interviewer or interviewee. I may request permission for other uses, in writing to Special Collections at the Marriott Library, which the University of Utah may choose grant, in its sole discretion. I agree to defend, indemnify and hold the University of Utah and its Marriott Library harmless for and against any actions or claims that relate to my improper use of materials provided by the University of Utah. |
| Subject |
Pucci, Germano, 1898-1988--Interviews; Golden Spike National Historic Site (Utah)--History; Italian--Americans--Utah--Biography; Railroads--Employees--Biography |
| Description |
Transcript (42 pages) of interview by Greg Thompson and Phil Notarianni with Germano Pucci on September 4, 1974 for the Golden Spike Oral History Project. |
| Collection Number and Name |
Ms0095, Golden Spike oral history project, 1947-1974 |
| Abstract |
Pucci (b. 1898) was born in Italy. He came to this country in 1915 to work on the Southern Pacific railroad. He talks about section men and section houses, train accidents, Italians in Ogden, the Promontory station, the Lucin Cutoff, Italian social life, and a trip back to Italy. Interviewed by Greg Thompson and Phil Notarianni. 42 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Is Part of |
Inventory of the Golden Spike oral history project, 1947-1974; http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv31866 |
| Scanning Technician |
Niko Amaya; Halima Noor |
| Conversion Specifications |
Original scanned on Epson Expression 10000 XL and saved as 400 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in Acrobat Pro X as PDF |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s60k43r0 |
| Topic |
Utah--Golden Spike National Historic Site; Italian Americans; Railroads--Employees |
| Setname |
uum_gsohp |
| ID |
866500 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60k43r0 |
| Title |
Page 20 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_gsohp |
| ID |
866475 |
| OCR Text |
Show -18- PUCCI it's kind of interesting, there was an Italian organization, Societ/ Christoforo Colombo, do you remember that in Ogden? P: Yes, I wasn't belong to that but I believe they did have it. N: The only person I remember was president, his name was Carlo Rogers, I think his name might have been Ruggeri and it was shortened to _Rogers, do you remember him? P: No, really I don't. N: Do you remember the lodge at all, anything you heard? P: No, no I don't, like I said, I never did ••• N: Sure, because you were out on the section. Most of the Italian men at that time were out ••• . P: Yes, we had the, we had an Italian store, in fact they had several Italian stores. T: Oh, did. they? N: Who were the owners? P: Now we had one on 2050 by the name o·f Lorenzo Barsodi. He had a grocery store in there and they used to send the grocery out on the road. T: You'd send in your list and they'd send out the groceries. P: Yes, they'd send the groceries and then whenever you went into town you paid. N: Who else can you remember had a store? P: And ••• N: Do you rememberMike Richy? P: Mike Richy had a store but that was quite a bit after. T: I see. Were there any coffee houses or anything that were run by Italians . ~. |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60k43r0/866475 |
