"The Portuguese Around Us" cable access television program
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of recordings in three formats: UMatics, VHS, and DVDs. The recordings span from 1996 to 2002.
Dates
- 1996-2002
Language of Materials
Materials are predominantly in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection available for viewing in the archives reading room; please contact the staff for permission to duplicate programs for research. Duplication subject to fee schedule.
Biographical / Historical
“Portuguese Around Us” was a weekly television program in English sponsored by the Portuguese-American Federation, Inc. Inc. It was broadcast from the 1970s until 2000s, and was first produced by Channel TV6 in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Since 1990, “Portuguese Around Us” was done by Full Channel TV with studios in Warren, Rhode Island under the management of Mike Davis and the President and owner of the TV Station, Mr. John Donofrio. All moderators and guests have contributed their time and talent free of charge. They have done it for love of the Portuguese-American Culture. (Source: http://www.portuguese-american.net/ Portuguese American Federation)
Some of the moderators:
Walter Hackett, writer
Steven Tegu, Ph.D.
John Maciel, Esq.
Dr. Julio V. d’Oliveira,
Albert Costa, Architect,
Rachel Sousa Baxter,
Dorothy Dos Reis Gauthier, Ph.D
Mary Alice Post,
Odete Amarelo, Ph.D.
Sylvester Sylvia,
Mary Ida Sousa,
Theresa Verdadeiro LaBonté,
Robert C. Arruda, D.M.L.
Manuel Luciano da Silva, M. D.
António Ávila,
Full Channel Television Inc. Warren Rhode Island
Program: Portuguese Around Us
Duration: 30 minutes
Producer: Portuguese-American Federation
21st anniversary edition (1996)
Extent
252 videocassette recordings
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bulk of the originals and DVD copies transferred from Full Channel TV in Warren, Rhode Island. Additional programs, some of which are duplicates, on VHS and DVD, donated by Mike Davis, Dr. Manuel Luciano da Silva and Robert Arruda
- Title
- MC 77, "The Portuguese Around Us" cable access television program
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the UMass Dartmouth Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives Repository
Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
285 Old Westport Rd.
N. Dartmouth MA 02747 USA
jfarrar@umassd.edu