Title: Interview with Pasquale Minotti - #1

Original format: VHS

Item Id.: spl_ds_pminotti_01_01

Description: This is part 1 of 1 of an interview with Pasquale Minotti This interview was conducted by Donald Schmechel on February 29, 1988 at the home of Pasquale’s son, Dr. Dominick Minotti in Seattle.

Pasquale Minotti was born in Sant’Angelo Limosano, Italy. His parents were Domenico and Ezelinda (DiPaolo) Minotti. During the interview he describes growing up in Italy, coming to America and his life in the United States. The interview was recorded shortly after he celebrated his 85th birthday. The tape ends abruptly and no other copies available.

This interview is part of the Donald Schmechel Oral History Collection. Don Schmechel, who was a member of the Seattle Public Library Foundation board, began this project with Seattle Public Library in 1984, with the Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI) brought on board as a partner in early 1985. Schmechel himself worked to raise the funding for the project, and volunteered his time to manage the project, and to conduct interviews along with a crew of volunteers. Originally titled the Videotaping Historic Figures (VHF) Program, the project interviewed 91 people, with a portion of the interviews entering the collections of the Seattle Public Library and a portion of them going to MOHAI.The interviews conducted with these Seattle civic, business and cultural leaders in 1985 are valuable first-hand accounts that provide insight into developments taking place in the mid-twentieth century. 

Digitization of this videotape material has been made possible in part by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

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