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Oral history interview with Angelo Anderson and Angela Anderson Jones, 1986 October 21

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Title	Oral history interview with Angelo Anderson and Angela Anderson Jones, 1986 October 21
Personal name	Anderson, Angelo, 1886-1991--Interviews; Jones, Angela Anderson, 1914-1990--Interviews; Carmack, Edward Ward, 1858-1908; Cooper, Duncan Brown; Cooper, Robin, d. 1919
Corporate name	Greece. Stratos--Recruiting, enlistment, etc. Orthodoxos Ekklesia tes Hellados Candyland (Nashville, Tenn.)
Topical entry	Business Enterprise Capital City Crime Popular Culture Greeks--Tennessee--Nashville Emigration and immigration--20th century Immigrants--United States--20th century Immigrants--Tennessee--Nashville--Interviews Children of immigrants--Tennessee--Nashville Draft--Greece Business enterprises--Tennessee--Nashville Greeks--United States--Social life and customs Greeks--United States--Religious life and customs Marriage customs and rites-Greece Wine and wine making--Tennessee--Nashville Prohibition--Tennessee--Nashville Candy industry--Tennessee--Nashville Murder--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry	Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources Nashville (Tenn.)--Commerce Nashville (Tenn.)--Social life and customs Nashville (Tenn.)--Economic conditions
Description	Excerpts from an oral history interview with Angelo Anderson and his daughter Angela Anderson Jones, conducted on 21 Oct. 1986 by John Egerton as part of the Century III Nashville: Nashville Heritage Project. Anderson and Jones discuss Anderson's immigration to the United States from Greece in 1901 and his experiences upon arrival in the U.S.; Anderson's conscription into the Greek army while on a visit back home in 1912; Anderson's buying his uncle's shoeshine business in 1905; other Greek families in Nashville; Anderson's witnessing the Cooper-Carmack shooting in 1908; Anderson's business experiences in Nashville, including operating Candyland; Greek traditions that continued in the United States, including "fixed" marriages and membership in the Greek Orthodox Church; and Anderson's wine making during Prohibition. The complete interview, as well as an index, is available in the Special Collections Division.
Creator	Anderson, Angelo, 1886-1991 (Interviewee); Jones, Angela Anderson, 1914-1990 (Interviewee); Egerton, John (Interviewer)
Publisher	Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219
Date	1986-10-21
Type	Sound; Oral histories
Format	audio/mp3
Identifier	OHP86Anderson1aclip1.mp3; OHP86Anderson1aclip2.mp3; OHP86Anderson1aclip3.mp3; OHP86Anderson1aclip4.mp3; OHP86Anderson1bclip1.mp3; OHP86Anderson1bclip2.mp3; OHP86Anderson2clip1.mp3; OHP86Anderson2clip2.mp3; OHP86Anderson_transcript.pdf
Source	Excerpted from: OHP86Anderson audio cassette recording converted to digital format in 2006.
Language	English
Relation	Nashville Heritage Oral History Project 1986
Coverage	1980-1989
Rights	U.S. and international copyright laws protect this digital content, which is provided for educational purposes only and may not be downloaded, reproduced, or distributed for any other purpose without written permission. Please contact the Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219. Telephone (615) 862-5782.
Location	Closed Stacks- OHP86Anderson

Oral history interview with Angelo Anderson and Angela Anderson Jones, 1986 October 21

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