Oral history interview with Bertha Silva
June 16 1981 (Date manufactured/created)
Bertha Silva gave an oral history interview with Jan Stackhouse and Claude [Perry?] on June 16, 1981. A partial transcript is available. Bertha Silva moved to Connecticut when she was 13 years old. Her husband came to the US from Santiago, Portugal when he was 18 years old. They had 11 children, and he worked in the Ansonia factories. She worked as a domestic. She speaks about World War II, what life was like, discrimination, and how things have changed.
Brass Worker's History Project. M-33. Max R. Traurig Library and Archive, Mattatuck Museum.
M33.Silva.1981-06-16