European Americans
Santa Clara Valley

The Basics

• Background Reading
• Additional Local Publications

History [General, Familial, and Immigration Histories]

• General
  
• Croatian Americans
  
• German Americans
  
• Greek Americans
  
• Irish Americans
  
• Italian Americans
  
  • Old Ties, New Attachments (Library of Congress Folklife Exhibit)
    
• Jewish Americans
  
• Portuguese Americans
  
  • The "da Gama and Berenguer" Family Migration (personal family history by Raymond G. Gamma)
    
  • Portuguese in California (Portuguese Heritage Society)
    
• Russian Americans
  
• Serbian Americans
  
• Spanish Americans
  
  • Peralta/Adobe Fallon House
    

Organizations and Local Resources

• General
  
  • Ensemble International (City of Sunnyvale)
    
• Croatian Americans
  
• German Americans
  
• Greek Americans
  
• Irish Americans
  
• Italian Americans
  
  • Italian American Heritage Foundation
    
• Jewish Americans
  
  • Jewish Community Center
    
  • South Bay Jewish Film Series
    
• Portuguese Americans
  
  • Portuguese Chamber of Commerce of the Santa Clara Valley
    
  • Portuguese Historical Museum
    
  • Portuguese Organization for Social Services and Opportunities
    
  • Portuguese Community Center
    
    • Portuguese Dancers at the Groundbreaking Ceremony
      
    • Portuguese Musicians at the Groundbreaking Ceremony
      
    • Additional photographs of Five Wounds
      
• Russian Americans
  
• Scottish Americans
  
  • Royal Scottish Country Dance Society
    
  • South Bay Scottish Society
    
• Serbian Americans
  
• Spanish Americans
  

Demographics

• Animated Census Maps by Ethnic Group, 1940-1990
• Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research (select San Jose, CA or San Francisco, CA)
• Multiracial Patterns in the 50 States

Culture [Literature, Food, Dances, Special Events, etc.]

• General
  
• Croatian Americans
  
• German Americans
  
• Greek Americans
  
  • Greek Festival (St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church)
    
• Irish Americans
  
  • Silicon Valley Irish Week
    
• Italian Americans
  
• Jewish Americans
  
• Portuguese Americans
  
  • Portuguese Queen (SCU student)
  • Russian Americans
    
    • Balka Ensemble (Russian Folk Music Group)
    • Russian Festival (Jewish Community Center)
    • Russian Festival (St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church)
  • Scottish Americans
    
    • Scottish Games in the Bay Area
  • Serbian Americans
    
  • Spanish Americans
    
    • Flamenco Society of San Jose
      

  Famous Local People

  Local Restaurants

  • General
    
  • Armenian
    
  • British
    
  • Croatian
    
  • French
    
  • German
    
  • Greek
    
  • Irish
    
  • Italian
    
  • Jewish
    
  • Portuguese
    
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  • Russian
    
  • Serbian
    
  • Spanish
    

  Sister Cities

  • San Jose Sister City Program
    
  • International Sister Cities Program
    
  • Hasselt, Belgium (Mountain View Sister City)
    
  • Dublin, Ireland (San Jose Sister City)
    
  • Coimbra, Portugal
    
  • Listowel, Ireland (Los Gatos Sister City)
    

  SCU and the European American Community

  • SCU and Diversity
    
  • SCU European American Students and Faculty
    • Prism : a diversity initiative
    • Emerging Leaders Poem
    • MCC Global Village Celebration
  • SCU Famous Alumni

  Education

  • Santa Clara Valley School Districts
  • Statistics on Education for the County of Santa Clara
  • Statistics on Education for the City of Santa Clara

  Beyond the Santa Clara Valley