New Jersey Multi-Ethnic Oral History Project Interview with Ms. Ila Shah
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New Jersey Multi-Ethnic Oral History Project Interview with Ms. Ila Shah
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Shah
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Ila
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interviewee
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Shah
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Ila
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interviewee
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Khanna
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Neelum
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interviewer
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Palhkiwala
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Bharti
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Palhkiwala
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Bharti
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New Jersey State Archives
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New Jersey Historical Commission
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oral histories
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DateCreated (qualifier = exact)
2002
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English
Abstract
This interview was conducted as part of the New Jersey Historical Commission Grant-funded Multi-Ethnic Oral History Project. The interviewee is Mrs. Ila Shah. Mrs. Shah came to the United States in 1972 with her husband, who is a physician. Mrs. Shah describes her difficulty adapting to American culture and also gaining acceptance as in artist in the United States.
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Asian Americans
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Children
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Men
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Immigrants
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Women
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Artists
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Art
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Community life
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Education
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Emigration and immigration
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Family
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Manners and customs
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Medicine
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Bergan Pine
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Postwar Years (1945-1970)
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Contemporary America (1968-present)
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New Jersey
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Essex County
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Upper Montclair (N.J.)
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Transcripts from the Multi-Ethnic Oral History Project