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NTE2ms2021_18.xml Preliminary Guide to the Catherine Para Othello, Washington Manuscript circa 1974-1989 Para (Catherine) Othello, Washington Manuscript Finding aid prepared by Gayle O'Hara Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2021 Finding aid encoded by Suzanne James-Bacon. 2021 Finding aid written in English. English. Finding aid based on DACS 2nd Edition ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections MS 2021.18 Para, Catherine, 1894- Preliminary Guide to the Catherine Para Othello, Washington Manuscript circa 1974-1989 0.63 Linear feet of shelf space 2 Boxes This collection consists of handwritten stories for Catherine Para’s memoir entitled Just Call Me Grandma, a copy of the published manuscript, ephemera, newspaper clippings, several interviews with Catherine Para and her husband John Para, and a photograph of Catherine Para. She immigrated from Italy in the early 1900’s, settling with her husband in Othello, Washington. (MASC Staff Use) 2:3:11:7 Collection materials are in English

Catherine Para was born in Gambasca, Italy on April 26, 1894, the third of six siblings. She and her husband, Giovanni (John) Para, married in April 1915, leaving 12 days later for Ellis Island. From there, they took the train to Connell, Washington, and eventually moved to Othello, Washington, where they farmed and raised their six children. Mrs. Para was active in the local community and passed away in 1991 at the age of 97.

This collection consists of handwritten stories for Catherine Para’s memoir entitled Just Call Me Grandma, a copy of the published manuscript, ephemera, newspaper clippings, several interviews with Catherine Para and her husband John Para, and a photograph of Catherine Para. She immigrated from Italy in the early 1900’s, settling with her husband in Othello, Washington. Ms. Para wrote down stories from memory in her later years and a family member assisted in arranging and publishing these as a memoir in 1979.

This is an unprocessed collection. Any arrangement reflects either a pre-existing order from the records' creators or previous custodians, or preliminary sorting performed by staff.

This collection includes two DVD discs containing interviews with Catherine and John Para. The contents were digitized and retained as MP4 video files. In addition, Kathleen Emry donated an MP3 digital file containing an interview with her grandparents. Digitized files are housed in MASC’s archival digital storage and available upon request.

This collection is open and available for research use.

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Preliminary Guide to the Catherine Para Othello, Washington Manuscript, circa 1974-1989 (MS 2021.18)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

Catherine Para’s granddaughter, Kathleen Emry, donated this collection to the Washington State University Libraries in 2021 (MS.2021.18).

The repository expects to receive additions to this collection.

Otto Hogue Henderson Photographs of Quincy, Washington (PC 17)

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Para, Catherine, 1894- -- Archives. Para family Northwest, Pacific -- Emigration and immigration -- History. Othello (Wash.) -- History. Washington (State) Italian Americans 1 1 Just Call Me Grandma published book 1979 1 2 Catherine Tomatis Para photograph, biography, and Italian flag undated 1 3 Newspaper clipping (copy) 1989 1 4 Newspaper clipping circa 1970s 1 5 Manuscript draft undated 1 6 Manuscript draft undated 1 7 Manuscript draft undated 1 8 Manuscript draft undated 1 9 Manuscript draft undated 1 10 Manuscript draft undated 1 11 Manuscript draft undated 1 12 Manuscript draft undated 1 13 Manuscript draft undated 1 14 Manuscript draft undated 1 15 Manuscript draft undated 1 16 Manuscript draft undated 1 17 Manuscript draft undated 1 18 Manuscript draft undated 1 19 Manuscript draft undated 1 20 Manuscript draft undated 1 21 Manuscript draft undated 1 22 Manuscript draft undated 1 23 Manuscript draft undated 1 24 Manuscript draft undated 1 25 Manuscript draft undated 1 26 Manuscript draft undated 1 27 Manuscript draft undated 1 28 Manuscript draft undated 1 29 Manuscript draft undated 1 30 Manuscript draft undated 1 31 Manuscript draft undated 1 32 Manuscript draft undated 1 33 Manuscript draft undated 1 34 Manuscript draft undated 1 35 Manuscript draft undated 1 36 Manuscript draft undated 1 37 Manuscript draft undated 1 38 Manuscript draft undated 1 39 Manuscript draft undated 1 40 Manuscript draft undated 1 41 Manuscript draft undated 1 42 Manuscript draft undated 1 43 Newspaper clipping (The Othello Outlook) 1979 December 27 1 44 Manuscript draft undated 1 45 Manuscript draft undated 1 46 Manuscript draft undated 1 47 Manuscript draft undated 1 48 Manuscript draft undated 1 49 Manuscript draft undated 1 50 Typed manuscript draft undated 1 51 Typed manuscript draft undated 2 52 Typed manuscript draft undated 2 53 Typed manuscript draft undated 2 54 Typed manuscript draft undated 2 55 Typed manuscript draft undated 2 56 Typed manuscript draft undated 2 57 DVD: Grandma Para in them days... undated Digital Digital file: interview with Para grandparents 1974 June 30