Oral history interview with Chris Mazzuca
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates
- 2011 February 10
Creator
- Mazzuca, Chris (Louise Christine), 1939-2018 (Interviewee, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright for this interview is held by the Oregon Historical Society. Interview may not be published on the Internet. Use is allowed according to the following statement: In Copyright - http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Biographical note
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.
Extent
552 Megabytes (1 audio file (WAV, 54 min., 46 sec.) + transcript (29 pages))
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Oral history interview with Chris Mazzuca conducted by Sarah Tolle and Andrew Clark on February 10, 2011, for the Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest (GLAPN). Mazzuca, who was a professional softball player, discusses her experiences in the sport in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Access to audio is provided onsite at the Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of the Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest, July 2011 (Lib. Acc. 27383).
General
Forms part of the Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest (GLAPN).
- Florists (Softball team)
- Gays and Lesbians
- Mazzuca, Chris (Louise Christine), 1939-2018
- Oral Histories
- Oregon
- Pitching (Softball)
- Softball players -- Oregon -- Portland
- Softball teams -- Oregon -- Portland
- Sports and Recreation
- Women softball players -- Oregon -- Portland
- interviews
- oral histories (literary genre)
Creator
- Mazzuca, Chris (Louise Christine), 1939-2018 (Interviewee, Person)
- Tolle, Sarah (Interviewer, Person)
- Clark, Andrew (Interviewer, Person)
- Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest (Sponsor, Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the oral history interview with Chris Mazzuca
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Sarah Stroman
- Date
- 2021
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository
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