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OH 1685

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeSEGAL, Steven Barry (b. 1967)

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 1685
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionFor the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Canadian-American immigrant to suburban Flower Mound, Texas. Childhood and education in Montreal and at Queen’s University in Ontario; experience as member of Anglophone minority and as a Jew in Quebec; first impressions of the U.S.; family history, including grandparents’ immigration from Europe; job offer from computer programmer in California; experiences with U.S. healthcare system; return to Canada and marriage; decision to immigrate to North Carolina; career in information technology; decision to relocate to Texas; naturalization process; opinions on suburban life; perceptions of gun culture in Texas.
Interviewer(s)Bruce Cohen
Physical Description68 pp.
Terms of UseOpen