Margaret Stanicci Interview Segment 12

Origins of name (ddr-manz-1-66-1) - 00:05:16
Parents' family background (ddr-manz-1-66-2) - 00:10:42
Description of siblings (ddr-manz-1-66-3) - 00:04:11
Father's prewar work on a large estate (ddr-manz-1-66-4) - 00:11:44
Helping with family's flower business (ddr-manz-1-66-5) - 00:07:36
First experience with racial prejudice (ddr-manz-1-66-6) - 00:05:59
Childhood memories of Highland Park (ddr-manz-1-66-7) - 00:05:38
Description of father's flower business (ddr-manz-1-66-8) - 00:06:22
Celebrating New Year's holiday (ddr-manz-1-66-9) - 00:03:48
Participation in church activities (ddr-manz-1-66-10) - 00:09:34
Graduating from high school and attending college (ddr-manz-1-66-11) - 00:07:32
Thoughts on the tradition of arranged marriages (ddr-manz-1-66-12) - 00:05:57
Taking a trip to New York (ddr-manz-1-66-13) - 00:08:03
Living away from home at the time of the bombing of Pearl Harbor (ddr-manz-1-66-14) - 00:12:41
First impressions of camp (ddr-manz-1-66-15) - 00:09:05
Becoming a teacher in camp (ddr-manz-1-66-16) - 00:05:35
Future husband's temporary removal from camp at the time of the Manzanar "riot" (ddr-manz-1-66-17) - 00:07:36
Coping with living conditions in camp (ddr-manz-1-66-18) - 00:03:38
Future husband's role in camp (ddr-manz-1-66-19) - 00:04:46
Leaving camp (ddr-manz-1-66-20) - 00:06:03
Moving to Chicago and staying in a Quaker hostel, then moving to New York (ddr-manz-1-66-21) - 00:11:05
Dealing with the psychological impacts of the camp experience (ddr-manz-1-66-22) - 00:13:44
Personal effects of the wartime camp experience (ddr-manz-1-66-23) - 00:04:13
Returning to camp for pilgrimages (ddr-manz-1-66-24) - 00:07:10
(ddr-manz-1-66-25) - 00:03:41
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Thoughts on the tradition of arranged marriages

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April 26, 2009

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Margaret Stanicci

Margaret Stanicci Interview

03:01:39 — 25 segments

April 26, 2009

Independence, California

Nisei female. Born December 28, 1918, in La Crescenta, California. Grew up in California where father operated a flower business. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Lived in Chicago and New York after leaving camp, before eventually returning to California.

Richard Potashin, interviewer; Kirk Peterson, videographer

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