Baltimore Latin American Immigrant oral history collection
Scope and Contents
The Baltimore Latin American Immigrant oral history collection, 2021, contains interviews with immigrants from Latin America living in the Baltimore, Maryland area. The interviews were conducted by students in David Carey Jr.'s class HS485: Oral History in the Americas. The collection includes interview transcripts as well as audio and video files. The class partnered with Esperanza Center, a comprehensive resource center whose mission is to welcome immigrants by offering hope, compassionate services, and the power to improve their lives. Interviewees were affiliated with Esperanza Center as community members, employees, or volunteers, and volunteered to participate in the oral history project. The language used in interviews varies depending on the English and Spanish proficiency of the interviewers and interviewees. In some interviews, a translator from Esperanza Center is present to aid the conversation. Interviews may be entirely in Spanish, entirely in English, or in both languages.
In the interviews, interviewees discuss their life and upbringing in Latin America, the circumstances that brought them to the United States, their adjustment to life in a new country, and the values, beliefs, and priorities that shape their lives today.
Dates
- Creation: 2021
Creator
- Loyola University Maryland (Organization)
Special Viewing Instructions
This collection is located at the Loyola Notre Dame Library. Contact Archives and Special Collections for more information. This collection is open for research.
Access to digital material is provided through the Loyola Notre Dame Library Digital Collections.
Conditions Governing Use
The Baltimore Latin American Immigrant Oral History collection is the physical property of Archives and Special Collections, Loyola Notre Dame Library. Copyright, except in cases where material has passed into the public domain, belongs to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns.
Biographical / Historical
This is an artificially assembled collection, so no biographical or historical note is required.
Extent
5.42 Gigabytes (7 oral histories, 18 digital files in 7 folders)
Language of Materials
Spanish; Castilian
English
Abstract
The Baltimore Latin American Immigrant oral history collection, 2021, contains interviews with immigrants from Latin America living in the Baltimore, Maryland area. The interviews were conducted by students in David Carey Jr.'s class HS485: Oral History in the Americas. In the interviews, interviewees discuss their life and upbringing in Latin America, the circumstances that brought them to the United States, their adjustment to life in a new country, and the values, beliefs, and priorities that shape their lives today.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The oral histories in this collection were recorded in 2021 and transferred to the archives in May 2021.
Processing Information
This collection was processed in 2022 by Jenny Kinniff and Peter Sutton.
Subject
- Esperanza Center (Baltimore, Maryland) (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Baltimore Latin American Immigrant oral history collection
- Author
- Jenny Kinniff
- Date
- 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Loyola Notre Dame Library Archives and Special Collections Repository