Joseph Svoboda, Oral Histories (Czech Heritage Collection)
Scope and Contents
The materials are one series of 8 total that comprise the Czech Heritage Collection, which totals 280 boxes (117 linear feet). The oral histories are those completed by Joseph G. Svoboda between 1975 and 1981 with Czech individuals living in Nebraska. This series consists of the taped reminiscences of 65 individuals of Czech descent. Joseph Svoboda conducted most of the oral history interviews between 1975 and 1981. Subjects described on the tapes include family histories, immigration experiences, and life in Nebraska from about 1900 to the 1970s. Also included in this series is a scrapbook containing photographs of various interviewees.
Dates
- 1854-2001
Extent
4.00 Boxes
Language of Materials
English
Czech
- Fraternal organizations Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oral history Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries Repository
Archives & Special Collections
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
P.O. Box 884100
Lincoln NE 68588-4100 United States
402-472-2531
archives@unl.edu
