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Oral history with Angela Georgian
F341.5 . M57 vol. 703
Funding for this project provided by The Mississippi State Legislature, The Mississippi Humanities Council, The Mississippi Department of Archives and History, and the Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage at the University of Southern Mississippi.
This transcription of an oral history by the Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage of The University of Southern Mississippi may not be reproduced or published in any form except that quotation of short excerpts of unrestricted transcripts and the associated tape recordings is permissible providing written consent is obtained from the Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage. When literary rights have been retained by the interviewee, written permission to use the material must be obtained from both the interviewee and the Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage. Please call ( 601) 266- 4574 for more information.
Biography
Angela Georgian was born in Greece in 1920 and immigrated to the United States in 1937. She and her mother and sister joined her father in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, where he had opened a small restaurant, Gus's Café.
In 1947, Mrs. Georgian met and married her husband, Timothy Georgian, who was also a Greek immigrant. After living a short time in Minneapolis, Mrs. Georgian and her husband moved back to Hattiesburg. They raised a family and operated Gus's No. 2.
The family continues to live in Hattiesburg and operates Gus's, which has become something of a landmark in the downtown area.
Table of Contents
I. Immigrating from Greece
II. Settling in Hattiesburg
III. Visiting Greece
IV. Marriage and life in Minneapolis
V. Opening Gus's No. 2 in Hattiesburg
VI. Hattiesburg in World War II
VII. Decline of downtown
VIII. " The History of Gus's Café"
IX. Making wine in Greece
X. Family; Greek Orthodox services
XI. Segregated restaurants and the civil rights movement
XII. Meals in 1951
XIII. The Great Depression
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Object Description
| Title | Oral history with Angela Georgian |
| Description | Oral history.; Angela Georgian was born in Greece in 1920 and emigrated to the United States in 1937. She and her mother and sister joined her father in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, where he had opened a small restaurant, Gus's Caf*. In 1947, Mrs. Georgian met and married her husband, Timothy Georgian, who was also a Greek immigrant. After living a short time in Minneapolis, Mrs. Georgian and her husband moved back to Hattiesburg. They raised a family and operated Gus's No. 2. The family continues to live in Hattiesburg and operates Gus's, which has become something of a landmark in the downtown area. |
| Date of interview | 2 December 1996 |
| Interviewer | Kight, Lawrence. |
| Coverage (time period) | 1920-1996 |
| Resource type | Text |
| Format | Digital reproduction of a 59-page document. |
| Language | English |
| Publisher |
University of Southern Mississippi. Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage. University of Southern Mississippi Libraries. (electronic version) |
| Contributors | Electronic version made available through a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute for Museum and Library Services to the University of Southern Mississippi. |
| Rights | Copyright protected. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required. |
| Contributing institution | Mississippi Oral History Program of the University of Southern Mississippi. |
| Digital repository | University of Southern Mississippi Digital Collections. |
| Digital collection | Oral History. |
| File size | 459.04 KB |
| File extension | |
| Identifier | mus-coh.georgiana |
| File name | mus-coh.georgiana.pdf |
