University of North Carolina at Asheville
D. Hiden Ramsey Library
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Harry Chepriss, 1886 -  

Harry Chepriss
Asheville Area Photographic Collection, aap524
D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, UNC Asheville, 28804

Title

Creator

Subject

Subject

Keyword: Immigration ; Greek culture ; Early automobile ; Benzine lights

Description

Harry Chepriss describes the life of an immigrant living in the U.S. in the early nineteenth century.  He also describes his various occupations and the working conditions of an immigrant.  He talks about early technology: benzine light, kerosene heat and the first automobile in Asheville.

Publisher

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

Contributor

Date

Electronic Record Issued: 2001-07-11

Type

Sound ; Text

Format

Identifier

Source

Louis D. Silveri Oral History Collection, D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804

Language

English

Relation

VOA oral history for Nick and Anne Tsiros

Coverage

Acquisition

Donor number: 23 ;  Date of acquisition: August, 1977

Processed By

Interview Date

Biography

Harry Chepris was born in Greece in 1886 and came to the U.S. in 1900. When he arrived in Asheville from Bowling Green, Kentucky he expected to meet a cousin. The cousin was not there and he found only one other Greek living in Asheville at that time. He worked in a variety of occupations.

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