Title Information
Title
Clarice d'Almeida Pitta, class of 1933
Title Information: Alternative (displayLabel="Pembroke title")
Title
Clarice d'Almeida Pitta Chapman, class of 1933
Name: Personal
Name Part
Pitta, Clarice d'Almeida
Role
Role Term: Text (marcrelator)
interviewee
Name: Personal
Name Part
Rauch, J. F.
Role
Role Term: Text (marcrelator)
interviewer
Type of Resource
mixed material
Origin Information
Date Created (keyDate="yes", encoding="w3cdtf")
1986-01-20
Language
Language Term: Code (ISO639-2B)
eng
Abstract
Clarice d'Almeida Pitta begins the interview by discussing her family background and the circumstances that led her to attend Pembroke College. In Part 1, she also addresses the effects of Great Depression on life at Brown, her ambitions to study medicine, pursuing a career as a woman, and drinking at Brown during Prohibition. In Part 2, Clarice talks about her academic interests and the various struggles she and her husband faced with the Great Depression. The discussion in Part 3 covers a wide variety of topics, from the social pressures Clarice faced during her time at Pembroke to the state of modern youth and modes of public transportation. Clarice concludes the interview in Part 4 with some anecdotes about her friends and personal experiences.
Note: biographical/historical (displayLabel="Class year")
1933
Note: biographical/historical (displayLabel="Biographical note")
Clarice Pitta Chapman was born on April 6, 1910 to John Carlos Pitta and Anne D’Almeida. Clarice began at Pembroke in 1929 at the onset of the Great Depression, which greatly affected her undergraduate experience. After she graduated from Brown in 1933 with degrees in Latin and English, she struggled to find employment during the difficult economic times. She and her husband eventually settled in California..
Subject (Local)
Topic
1930s
Subject (Local)
Topic
Academics
Subject (Local)
Topic
Great Depression
Subject (Local)
Topic
Social life
Genre (aat) (authorityURI="http://vocab.getty.edy/aat/", valueURI="http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300202595")
oral histories (literary works)