Item GDA27/AV60 - Recordings relating to Greek and Greek Cypriot migrants in the USA, 1994

Interview with second generation Greek American historian and novelist Helen Zeese Papanikolas (1917-2004) on topics including:

Her family's history in Greece and the USA; her early life in New York, Chicago and later Utah; research on the Hellenic population of Utah; her published writings; dual identity and affiliation with both Hellenic and American culture (duration: 31 mins), in English.

Continuation of an interview with Dr Christopher Christodoulou, New Jersey on topics including: family life in the USA; his political activism following the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus; his fieldwork in Barbados on the gravestone of Ferdinando Palaeologus (died 1678, descendent of the last Byzantine royal family) (duration: 18 mins). In Greek.

Interview with second generation Greek Americans Harry Dukakis (his family originally from Mytilene and Smyrna) and Helen Dukakis (her family originally from Kozani, Greece), Philadelphia on topics including: family history and background in Greece; the 19th century origins of the Dukakis surname; their relationship with Michael Dukakis, Governor of Massachusetts; their early lives in the USA; academic studies and professional careers; issues of dual ethnic identity (duration: 39 mins). In English and Greek.

Footage from a religious service, St Sophia Greek Orthodox Church, Pennsylvania (duration 18 mins). In Greek and English.

See also GDA15/2 and GDA15/5