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Recollections by Frank Mucich of racial discrimination at Cementon, c. 1995

 File — Case: MSS Box 340
Identifier: 340.34

Scope and Contents

From the Collection: Collection comprises the personal materials of Frank Mucich of Cementon and Catskill, NY. Materials relate to the history of Cementon/Smith's Landing, an industrial hamlet south of the Village of Catskill on Route 9W near the Ulster/Greene County line. Of note are a selection of articles on Cementon's history and residents as authored by Frank Mucich, as well as two audio cassette oral histories in which Mr. Mucich disucsses Cementon and the regional mushroom industry which he was a part of in the second half of the 20th century.

Other materials in the collection relate to the cement industry, the Croatian immigrant community in Cementon, the history of the Town of Catskill, and Mr. Mucich's postwar service in Germany following the end of World War Two. A Selection of Mucich family photographs and images of the Hamlets of Alsen and Cementon are cataloged separately as PC-2020-0041. Of note in the separated photographic materials are some of Simon Mucich's snapshots of fellow workmen in the quarries at Alsen and Cementon working for various Cement Companies.

Dates

  • Other: c. 1995

Extent

From the Collection: .3 Cubic Feet (A single legal size document case) : Collection is primarily news clippings, typewritten documents, and photographs. ; Various

Repository Details

Part of the Vedder Research Library Repository

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