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Jessie S. Bloom oral history interview and clippings, 1976
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Bloom, Jessie S., 1887-1980
- Title
- Jessie S. Bloom oral history interview and clippings
- Dates
- 1976 (inclusive)19761976
- Quantity
- 3 sound cassettes (ca. 50 min. each); transcript; clippings
- Collection Number
- 2623 (Accession No. 2623-001)
- Summary
- Tape recorded interview of Jewish community member of Seattle, Alaska and Dublin, Ireland discussing her origin, childhood and her emigration
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Open to all users.
- Languages
- English
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Tape recorded interview conducted by Erika Gottfried on Feb 20, Feb 26, and Mar 12 1976.
In the tape from 2/20/76 Bloom discusses her parents' origins in Lithuania and the education and skills of her mother. She discusses her childhood and adolescence in Dublin with some mention of the Jewish community in Dublin. She tells of how she worked in London as secretary from ca 1907-1911, as well as her involvement in the British women suffrage movement, her marriage in 1912, and her emigration to Alaska. In the tape from 2/26/76, Bloom discusses early life in Alaska (1912), her acquaintance with Dr. Aileen Bradley, Lena Morrow Lewis, Viola Kelly, and Mary Lee Davis, and the birth of her first child, a daughter (birthdates of all 4 daughters given). She also talks about women's sufffrage in Alaska and the Bloom's store ("The Intellectual Delicatessen") and how women were not wanted in stores. In the tape from 3/12/76, Bloom discusses her journey to Dublin in July/August of 1914, her second child's birth in Dublin in Dec. 1914, World War I, and the Sinn Fein Rebellion. Bloom returned to Alaska in 1916 and then lived in Seattle from 1923-25. She accompanied her four daughters to school in Dublin in 1928 and returned to the U.S. in 1937. Bloom also discusses the professions of her daughters and her own education.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Alternative Forms Available
Listen to the audio recording and view the transcript of this interview on the Libraries Digital Collections site.
Restrictions on Use
Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Jews--Alaska
- Jews--Alaska--Interviews
- Jews--Ireland--Dublin
- Jews--Ireland--Dublin--Interviews
- Jews--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Jews--Washington (State)--Seattle--Interviews
Personal Names
- Bloom, Jessie S., 1887-1980--Interviews
- Bradley, Aileen
- Buttnick, Meta Bloom, 1913-
- Lewis, Lena Morris
Corporate Names
- Jewish Archives (University of Washington)
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)