University of North Carolina at Asheville
D. Hiden Ramsey Library
Special Collections/University Archives
 

Oral History Register
for
Greek and Russian Orthodox Oral History Collection

Stamatia Sigman
 

 

Title

 Stamatia Sigman Oral History
Creator Interviewer: Daniel Osborne

Subject
LCSH

Sigman, Stamatia
Osborne, Daniel
Greek Orthodox Church  -- History
Greek Orthodoxy -- traditions
Greek Orthodoxy -- Asheville, NC
Asheville (N.C.) -- History

Subject
Keyword

Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church; Greek language;  Arakas Candy Shop; Hat Shop

Description

Stamatia Sigman is a member of the Greek Orthodox Community in Asheville, North Carolina.  She discusses growing up in the Greek Orthodox religion, the history of the church, raising children in the religion and the future of the Greek Orthodox Church.
 

Publisher

D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville, NC, 28804
 

Date

2009-03-13

Type

Sound; text

Format

2 Audio cassette tapes, 8 page Abstract

Identifier

http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/oralhistory/GRO/sigman_stamatia.html

Source

OH-Greek & Russian Orthodoxy Oral History Collections-Sigman

Language

English

Relation

 Greek
http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/web_exhibits/greek_russian_orthodox_asheville/
greek_orthodox_holy_trinity_church/default_greek_orthodox.htm
Russian
http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/web_exhibits/
greek_russian_orthodox_asheville/russian_orthodox/default_russian_orthodox.htm

Coverage

 1930s-2008; Asheville, NC.
Rights Any display, publication, or public use must credit the D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville. Copyright retained by the authors of certain items in the collection, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Acquisition

Donor number: 342 ;  Date of acquisition: May 2008

Processed By

 Special Collections staff

Interview Date

 2008-02-29
Interview Location Home of Mrs. Sigman

Biography

 Sigmatia Sigman was born in 1928 in Asheville, North Carolina.  Her father is from Chios, Greece and moved to the Asheville area in the early 1900s.  Her mother is from Lynchburg, Virginia.  As a child, Mrs.Sigman grew up in the Greek Orthodox church and attended Greek School.  Her mother worked in the Arakas Candy Shop, which is where her parents met.  Her father had a hat shop which is where Mrs. Sigman worked prior to her marriage to Mr. Sigman.  

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