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Interview with Sister Cyril Zotter, C.S.J., October 14, 1981

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Title
Interview with Sister Cyril Zotter, C.S.J., October 14, 1981
Subject
St. Joseph's Infant Home (Ebensburg, Pa.), Mt. Gallitzin Academy, Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden, Zotter, Cyril, Catholics, Nuns--Religious life, Family life, Immigrants, World War, 1914-1918
Description
[t1s1] Sister Cyril Zotter talks of her childhood years in Austria: birth in 1901; death of mother when she was a child; living with a family; school; holidays; gypsies. She talks about her voyage to America at age eleven; life with her sister and brother-in-law in Millvale; of using brother-in-law’s last name. She talks about her years in Millvale; St. Anthony School. She talks about doing domestic work in Beechview; going to work for the Sisters of St. Joseph in Baden at age thirteen. [t1s2] Sister Cyril Zotter talks about her work as domestic help for the Sisters of St. Joseph at their Motherhouse and Mount Gallitzin Academy. She talks about life there: taking streetcar to Ambridge to Mass; farmers; “tramps;” the Harvest Festival; construction of chapel; caring for boys; gas lamps; electricity. She talks of becoming a Sister of St. Joseph at age 21 and being held back from vows. She remembers home life in Austria. [t2s1]Sister Cyril Zotter speaks of church, school and customs in Austria; World War I; learning English; her name as a sister. She talks of housework; potential Heinz factory work; her sister’s attitude toward work. She talks about work at St. Joseph’s Infant Home in Ebensburg from 1926-1945. [t2s2]Sister Cyril Zotter talks about working at St. Joseph’s Infant Home; job of sewing at Motherhouse. She talks about other places she worked, including St. Richard. She speaks of work at switchboard at Motherhouse starting in 1959; changes in Religious life.
Contributor
Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden (depositor), Zotter, Cyril (interviewee), Witt, Sally (interviewer)
Date
1981-10-14
Type
oral histories (literary genre)
Format
cassette tape, 118 minutes
Identifier
pitt:20230202-ssjb-0049
Language
eng
Relation
Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden Oral History Collection
Coverage
Millvale (Pa.), Ebensburg (Pa.)
Rights
In Copyright. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).. Rights Holder: Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/