Forms part of the Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest (GLAPN).
Collection is open for research.
Gift of the Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest, July 2011 (Lib. Acc. 27383).
Louise Christine "Chris" Mazzuca was born in 1939 in Chicago, Illinois. She was raised in the Catholic faith by an aunt in the Pacific Northwest. She played softball throughout her childhood, and later professionally and nationally. She attended California State University at Fullerton and graduated from Portland State University. She was inducted into the ASA National Softball Hall of Fame in 2007. She died in 2018.
Forms part of the Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest (GLAPN).
Access to audio is provided onsite at the Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
Oral history interview with Chris Mazzuca, by Sarah Tolle and Andrew Clark, SR 11231, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
This oral history interview with Chris Mazzuca was conducted by Sarah Tolle and Andrew Clark on February 10, 2011. Tolle and Clark conducted the interview for the Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest as part of Professor Pat Young's senior capstone class on LGBTQ history at Portland State University.
In this interview, Mazzuca describes her experiences as a softball player in the late 1950s and early 1960s. She focuses on her time playing with the Erv Lind Florists in Portland, Oregon. She discusses her sexual identity and how that informed her social life while on the team. She talks about how the sport of softball has changed, about her induction into the ASA National Softball Hall of Fame in 2007, and about her experiences as a woman in sports in the mid-20th century. She also describes her role as a pitcher. She closes the interview by talking about her relationship with the aunt who raised her.
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