Oral history interview with Dario dos Santos
Object Details
- General
- Associated documentation for this interview is available in the Anacostia Community Museum Archives.
- Title created by ACMA staff using text written on sound cassette, contents of audio recording, textual transcript, and/or associated archival documentation.
- Names
- Santos, Dario
- Collection Creator
- Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum
- Place
- Brazil
- Washington (D.C.)
- United States
- Topic
- Emigration and immigration
- Diplomatic and consular service
- Restaurants
- Restaurants -- Employees
- Manners and customs
- Newspaper editors
- Newspapers
- Interviews
- Culture
- Brazilians
- See more items in
- Black Mosaic: Community, Race, and Ethnicity among Black Immigrants in Washington, D. C. Exhibition Records
- Black Mosaic: Community, Race, and Ethnicity among Black Immigrants in Washington, D. C. Exhibition Records / Series 3: Oral History Interviews
- Sponsor
- Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).
- Extent
- 4 Digital files
- 2 Sound cassettes
- Date
- 1991 April 30
- Archival Repository
- Anacostia Community Museum Archives
- Type
- Archival materials
- Digital files
- Sound cassettes
- Citation
- Black Mosaic: Community, Race, and Ethnicity among Black Immigrants in Washington, D. C. exhibition records, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
- Collection Rights
- Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
- Note
- The total playing time of interview recording is approximately 55 minutes. ACMA_AV002422_A and ACMA_AV002422_B are duplicates of ACMA_AV000699_A and ACMA_AV000699_B.
- Scope and Contents
- Dario dos Santos spoke about immigrating to the United States to attend college in Pennsylvania in 1974; returning to Brazil, and working for the British Embassy for 6 years and then starting his own business; returning to the United States as a tourist and his plans; how he came to work as a bartender, waiter, and manager at Brazil Tropical in the Washington, DC area; completing his immigration paperwork; and his current immigration status. Note, Dario dos Santos identifies himself as white. Santos explained how he maintained Brazilian culture while living in the United States; how he developed a relationship with the Brazilian community in Washington, DC area; and the origin of and competition to his Brazilian newspaper, which was the first Brazilian newspaper. He also spoke about his stepfamily who raised him in Brazil; and his wife's and daughter's arrival in the United States, including why they returned to Brazil shortly after their first arrival. Interview is in English. Digital audio files include white noise and static, and lots of background noise. Interviewee's voice is intelligible for the most part. Also, sounds like some sound distortion in the audio files as well as an abrupt ending to the interview.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
- Record ID
- ebl-1712088000981-1712088003352-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0