Interview with Sister Mercia Biter, C.S.J., July 15, 1981, Tape 1, Side 1
Identifier
pitt:20230202-ssjb-0004-t1s1
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Title
Interview with Sister Mercia Biter, C.S.J., July 15, 1981
Subject
University of Pittsburgh, Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden, Biter, Mercia, Catholics, Nuns--Religious life, Family life, Depressions--1929
Description
[t1s1]Sister Mercia Biter talks about her family roots in Ireland, Cambria County, and Gallitzin in the 1800s; her father’s role with Gallitzin Building and Loan Society; her father helping bury 1918 Spanish Influenza victims; her mother’s job as mining company clerk and activity in St. Patrick Church. She talks about being a student at St. Patrick’s School; University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown; University of Pittsburgh (class of 1934). She speaks about the 1895 Garb Bill; the community and church in Gallitzin; World War II. [t2s1]Sister Mercia Biter talks about the Depression; World War II; entertainment in Gallitzin; Korean War; John Kennedy’s Assassination. She speaks about becoming a sister; earning master’s degree at Duquesne University; work at Diocesan Child Center; changes in religious life over the years.
Contributor
Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden (depositor), Biter, Mercia (interviewee), Witt, Sally (interviewer), Heaps, Consuelo (interviewer)
Date
1981-07-15
Type
oral histories (literary genre)
Format
cassette tape, 85 minutes
Identifier
pitt:20230202-ssjb-0004
Language
eng
Relation
Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden Oral History Collection
Coverage
Gallitzin (Pa.)
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