Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College Oral History Collection
Tape, Magnetic
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| Collection |
Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College Oral History Collection |
| Date |
09/20/1989 |
| Abstract |
Interview of Tanya Augusta by Jo Ann Augusta. Tanya Augusta discusses her life and the Russian Revolution.
Interviewer's description-
"In this interview Tanya Augusta talks about her life in Russia and her immigration to the coal fields; her life as a child dancer; the war and how she escaped to Germany and posed as a German operator. The refugee camp she lived in; her marriage to John Augusta and how she met him; coming to U.S.A. on a boat and arriving at Ellis Island; teaching piano lessons in exchange for English lessons; and the happiness she found in Cumberland." |
| Object ID |
2007.001.0536 |
| Object Name |
Tape, Magnetic |
| Subjects |
Coal camps
Cumberland, Kentucky
Dance
Immigration
Immigration stations
Pianos
Refugee camps |
| Interview date |
09/20/1989 |
| Interviewer |
Augusta, Jo Ann |
| Length of interview |
23:54 |
| Media |
Cassette Tape |
| Narrator |
Augusta, Tanya |
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