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Oral history interview with John Friedlander, 1975
Overview of the Collection
- Interviewee
- Friedlander, John
- Title
- Oral history interview with John Friedlander
- Dates
- 1975 (inclusive)19751975
- Quantity
- 2 sound cassettes (1 side each); transcript
- Collection Number
- 2496 (Accession No. 2496-001)
- Summary
- Tape recorded interview of Jewish businessman and community member of Seattle talking about his family, their move to Seattle and how they established Toklas and Singerman
- 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
Taped interview conducted by Meta Kaplan and Adina Russak on 12/16/75.
Friedlander describes his maternal grandparents' beginnings in San Francisco, their move to Seattle, and how they established Toklas and Singerman. (Alice B. Toklas was related to the family. She was a taboo subject.) He tells of paternal grandparents' beginnings in Rochester, N.Y. and in Columbus, Ohio, how they came to Seattle, and how they established Harrison and Friedlander, a pawn shop, and then Friedlander and Sons. He also describes the upward mobility of the family, Dr. Samual Koch's assiduous supervision of the Temple Sunday School, and the story of his daughter's "conversion" and marriage.
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--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Jews--Washington (State)--Seattle--Interviews
Personal Names
- Friedlander, John--Interviews
Corporate Names
- Washington State Jewish Archives (University of Washington)
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Buttnick, Meta Bloom, 1913- (interviewer)
- Russak, Adina (interviewer)
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
