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Slavonic Web
URL: http://www.slavonicweb.org

Description:
This site is for the Slavonic Cultural Center, which traces its roots back to "the Slavonic Mutual and Benevolent Society [which] was founded in San Francisco in 1857 by Slavic immigrants, primarily from the region of present day Croatia." The site features a virtual museum of historical photos and paintings, selections from oral histories, and audio clips of Slavonic music (such as music played on the tamburitza).

LII Topics: Immigration Photographs, Music, Nonfiction by Genre, Oral Histories, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History

Extra Keywords
gypsy romany romas Balkan

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Balkan Peninsula -- Civilization
Croats -- California -- San Francisco
Slavic Americans

LII Database Information:
Record 6202 created by Maria Brandt on 02/17/2005
Last modification on 02/19/2005
Published: 02/17/2005  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/6202

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