FOLK COLLECTION 33

Italian-Americans in the West: Utah Section Collection

Historical Note

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Provenance

The materials in this collection were donated by Professor Steve Siporin to the Fife Folklore Archives. In 2005, Randy Williams reviewed and organized the material by genre and boxed and foldered the Collection and created this register.

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Scope and Content

The materials in the Collection include the final report and biographical information forms by Steve Siporin, and Steve Siporin's contact sheets and log sheets, and Steve Siporin's slides and log sheets. NOTE: Although the slide log lists information for all the slides, they are not all in the collection. As well, all the items collected in the IAW fieldwork project are not in this collection. The complete collection is housed at the Library of Congress. For more information go to American Folklife Center: Utah. The collection is housed in an acid-free box and sorted into separate folders and stored in USU's Special Collections.

To access the collection a patron must have the following information: collection number, box number, folder number and item number. The materials do not circulate and are available in USU's Special Collections and Archives.

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Register

BOX   1  

Folder 1:   Final Report and Biographical Information Forms, by Steve Siporin

Folder 2:   IAW-SS-B001:   Steve Siporin Proof Sheet/log:   18 June 1990

Tom Carter making phone calls; stone bunkhouse at Columbia; Guido Rachiele's Checkerboard Grocery Store, interview at John and Yolanda Bruno's; Stone masonry wall in Helper; documentation of stonework at Standardville.

Folder 3:   IAW-SS-B002:   Steve Siporin Proof Sheet/log:   20 June 1990

Documentation of stonework at Standardville; Elegante house on Canyon Road; stone house on Canyon Road in Helper; coal car yard art in Helper.

Folder 4:   IAW-SS-B003:   Steve Siporin Proof Sheet/log:   21 June 1990

Hiawatha.

Folder 5:   IAW-SS-B004:   Steve Siporin Proof Sheet/log:   23 June 1990

Hiawatha; Price cemetery; landscape between Price and Wellington; Spring Glen cemetery; Kenilworth.

Folder 6:   IAW-SS-B005:   Steve Siporin Proof Sheet/log:   23 June 1990

Kenilworth; "Yard Art," St. Anthony's Church, stone masonry, panoramas in Helper; Scofield cemetery.

Folder 7:   IAW-SS-B006:   Steve Siporin Proof Sheet/log:   2 August 1990

Documentation of documentation of Menina House, Spring Glen.

Folder 8:   IAW-SS-B007:   Steve Siporin Proof Sheet/log:   3 August 1990

Baking frazzini at the Bruno's, visiting in their kitchen, oregano drying in their shed.

Folder 9:   IAW-SS-B008:   Steve Siporin Proof Sheet/log:   3 August 1990

Documentation of shed which served as main food for storage preparation area as well as storage area.

Folder 10:   IAW-SS-B009:   Steve Siporin Proof Sheet/log:   5 August 1990

Gravemarkers, Price cemetery.

Folder 11:   IAW-SS-B010:   Steve Siporin Proof Sheet/log:   5 August 1990

Gravemarkers, Price cemetery.

Folder 12:   IAW-SS-B011:   Steve Siporin Proof Sheet/log:   6 August 1990

Gravemarkers in Castle Gate cemetery (north of Helper); stone house and outbuildings in Helper.

Folder 13:   IAW-SS-B012:   Steve Siporin Proof Sheet/log:   6 August 1990

Sausage-making at Rich Colombo's R and A Market.

Folder 14:   IAW-SS-B013:   Steve Siporin Proof Sheet/log:   6 August 1990

Sausage-making at Rich Colombo's R and A Market.

Folder 15:   IAW-SS-B014:   Steve Siporin Proof Sheet/log:   5 October 1990

Train tracks north of Helper; Nick sisters cooking at Josephine Nick Copfer's for the Oktoberfest.

Folder 16:   IAW-SS-B0015:   Steve Siporin Proof Sheet/log:   5 October 1990

Nick sisters cooking at Josephine Nick Copfer's for the Oktoberfest.

Folder 17:   IAW-SS-B016:   Steve Siporin Proof Sheet/log:   5 October 1990

Visit to Rose Vea's (Spring Glen) [foodways and interior of home].

Folder 18:   IAW-SS-B017:   Steve Siporin Proof Sheet/log:   5 October 1990

Visit to Rose Vea's (Spring Glen) [food storage cellar, outbuildings, yard].

Folder 19:   IAW-SS-B018:   Steve Siporin Proof Sheet/log:   6 October 1990

Document Sunnyside cemetery

Folder 20:   IAW-SS-B019:   Steve Siporin Proof Sheet/log:   6 October 1990

Document Sunnyside cemetery.

Folder 21:   IAW-SS-B020:   Steve Siporin Proof Sheet/log:   6 October 1990

Document coke-oven monument to miners, Sunnyside cemetery.

Folder 22:   IAW-SS-B021:   Steve Siporin Proof Sheet/log:   6 October 1990

Document Sunnyside cemetery; Sunnyside mine; Dominick Besso's shoe repair hammers and old photos.

Folder 23:   IAW-SS-B022:   Steve Siporin Proof Sheet/log:   8 October 1990

Document Dominick Besso's shoe repair shop, interior; Notre Dame quilting group.

Folder 24:   IAW-SS-B023:   Steve Siporin Proof Sheet/log:   8 October 1990

Documentation of stone work in Helper.

Folder 25:   IAW-SS-C001:   Steve Siporin Slide Sheet/log:   19 June 1990

Dinner at Palmina Nick New's; interview at John and Yolanda Bruno's; documentation of stonework at Standardville.

Folder 26:   IAW-SS-C002:   Steve Siporin Slide Sheet/log:   20 June 1990

Documentation of stonework at Standardville.

Folder 27:   IAW-SS-C003:   Steve Siporin Slide Sheet/log:   20 June 1990

Documentation of stonework at Standardville; Elegante house and walls of Canyon Road.

Folder 28:   IAW-SS-C004:   Steve Siporin Slide Sheet/log:   20-21 June 1990

Elegante house on Canyon Road; Hiawatha.

Folder 29:   IAW-SS-C005:   Steve Siporin Slide Sheet/log:   21 June 1990

Hiawatha.

Folder 30:   IAW-SS-C006:   Steve Siporin Slide Sheet/log:   21-22 June 1990

Hiawatha; Price cemetery.

Folder 31:   IAW-SS-C007:   Steve Siporin Slide Sheet/log:   22-23 June 1990

Price cemetery; landscape between Price and Wellington; Spring Glen cemetery.

Folder 32:   IAW-SS-C008:   Steve Siporin Slide Sheet/log:   23 June 1990

Spring Glen cemetery; Hiawatha cemetery, Kenilworth; stone masonry, St. Anthony's Church and gardens in Helper.

Folder 33:   IAW-SS-C009:   Steve Siporin Slide Sheet/log:   1 August 1990

Stone masonry in Helper; yard art on Fabrizio Street and lawn of Helper City auditorium; Scofield cemetery; Bonacci House.

Folder 34:   IAW-SS-C010:   Steve Siporin Slide Sheet/log:   1 August 1990

Visit with Vito Bonacci [including home decoration].

Folder 35:   IAW-SS-C011:   Steve Siporin Slide Sheet/log:   1 August 1990

Visit with Vito Bonacci at his home.

Folder 36:   IAW-SS-C012:   Steve Siporin Slide Sheet/log:   1 August 1990

Visit with Vito and Filomena Bonacci [including table, set for meal].

Folder 37:   IAW-SS-C013:   Steve Siporin Slide Sheet/log:   2 August 1990

Visit with the Bonaccis [zampone: American hoes refashioned into Italian hoes; garden and outbuildings and homemade irrigation system].

Folder 38:   IAW-SS-C014:   Steve Siporin Slide Sheet/log:   2 August 1990

Visit with the Bonaccis; documentation of documentation of Menina house.

Folder 39:   IAW-SS-C015:   Steve Siporin Slide Sheet/log:   2-3 August 1990

Documentation of documentation of Menina house and Bruno garden, outbuildings, house.

Folder 40:   IAW-SS-C016:   Steve Siporin Slide Sheet/log:   3 August 1990

Documentation of documentation of Bruno garden, outbuildings, house, and landscape.

Folder 41:   IAW-SS-C017:   Steve Siporin Slide Sheet/log:   3-5 August 1990

Documentation of documentation of Bruno garden, shed, outbuildings, house; gravemarkers in Price cemetery.

Folder 42:   IAW-SS-C018:   Steve Siporin Slide Sheet/log:   5 August 1990

Gravemarkers in Price cemetery.

Folder 43:   IAW-SS-C019:   Steve Siporin Slide Sheet/log:   5-6 August 1990

Gravemarkers in Price cemetery; interview with Ann Bonacci.

Folder 44:   IAW-SS-C020:   Steve Siporin Slide Sheet/log:   6 August 1990

Gravemarkers in Castle Gate cemetery (north of Helper); stone house and outbuilding in Helper.

Folder 45:   IAW-SS-C021:   Steve Siporin Slide Sheet/log:   6 August 1990

Gravemarkers in Castle Gate cemetery (north of Helper); stone house adn outbuilding in Helper; visit to Rich Colombo's R and A Market; "Blackie" Saccomano's farm (Spring Glen)..

Folder 46:   IAW-SS-C022:   Steve Siporin Slide Sheet/log:   6 August 1990

Visit to "Blackie" Saccomano's farm (Spring Glen)..

Folder 47:   IAW-SS-C023:   Steve Siporin Slide Sheet/log:   6 August 1990

Visit to "Blackie" Saccomano's farm (Spring Glen)..

Folder 48:   IAW-SS-C024:   Steve Siporin Slide Sheet/log:   6 August 1990

Visit to "Blackie" Saccomano's farm (Spring Glen) [stone bake oven and wagon].

Folder 49:   IAW-SS-C025:   Steve Siporin Slide Sheet/log:   6-7 August 1990

Visit to "Blackie" Saccomano's farm (Spring Glen); visit to Kerry Nick Fister's (Price).

Folder 50:   IAW-SS-C026:   Steve Siporin Slide Sheet/log:   7 July and 5 October 1990

Visit to Kerry Nick Fister's (Price); Carbon County Fairgrounds; visit to Rose Vea's (Spring Glen).

Folder 51:   IAW-SS-C027:   Steve Siporin Slide Sheet/log:   5 October 1990

Visit to Rose Vea's (Spring Glen) [storage shed].

Folder 52:   IAW-SS-C028:   Steve Siporin Slide Sheet/log:   5-6 October 1990

Visit to Rose Vea's [storage shed, barn, potato cellar] (Spring Glen); Sunnyside cemetery.

Folder 53:   IAW-SS-C029:   Steve Siporin Slide Sheet/log:   6 October 1990

Sunnyside cemetery: gravemarkers.

Folder 54:   IAW-SS-C030:   Steve Siporin Slide Sheet/log:   6 October 1990

Sunnyside cemetery: gravemarkers.

Folder 55:   IAW-SS-C031:   Steve Siporin Slide log [no slides]:   6-8 October 1990

Document Sunnyside cemetery, including coke-oven monument to miners; Dominick Besso's shoe repair shop (exterior) and other Italian-name shopfronts in Price.

Folder 56:   IAW-SS-C032:   Steve Siporin Slide Sheet/log:   8 October 1990

Documentation of a sign in Price and stone work in Helper.

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