Jewish oral history project audio recordings

Jewish oral history project audio recordings, 1972-1982

Overview of the Collection

Collector: American West Center
Title: Jewish oral history project audio recordings
Dates: 1972-1982 (inclusive)
19721982
Quantity: 141 audiocassetes and 37 compact discs. Each CD has a duplicate copy.
Collection Number: A0324
Summary: The Jewish oral history project audio recordings (1972-1982) document the experiences of various people of the Jewish community in Utah and surrounding areas. The American West Center conducted this and other ethnic oral history projects in an attempt to record the experiences Utah's eithnic minorities.
Repository: University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions: Materials must be used on-site; no use of original material, access copies will be made available for viewing. Five business days advanced notice required. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law, condition of the material, or by donor.
Languages: English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

In 1964, History professors A. R. Mortensen and Gregory Crampton conceived the University of Utah's American West Center (originally called the Western History Center) as an institution devoted exclusively to research on the American West. As a part of its mission to create and disseminate knowledge about the American West, the center established the ongoing Ethnic Oral Histories Project to explore the experiences of Utah members of Native American and ethnic immigrant communities, including the Jewish community.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Jewish oral history project audio recordings (1972-1982) document the experiences of various people of the Jewish community in Utah and surrounding areas.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The materials are arranged by format:

Audiocassettes are arranged alphabetically by the interviewee's last name; recordings of subjects who were interviewed more than once are not necessarily listed in chronological order.

Compact discs are arranged chronologically by interview date.

Some subjects are represented by interviews held on both cassette and CD.

Related Materials

Transcripts can be found in the Jewish oral history project (Accn 1629) and Interviews with Jews in Utah (Accn 998) in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections.

Processing Note

Processed by Elizabeth Shuput in 2008.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
cassette
1	Sadie Appleman Audiocassette	1982 May 19
2-5	Michael Arnovitz Audiocassette	1982 November 30, 1982 December 06, 1982 December 12
6-9	Rose Arnovitz Audiocassette	1983 April 14, 1983 March 16
10	Bernice Bernstein Audiocassette	1982 June 17
11	Herman Bernstein Audiocassette	1982 June 16
12	Sam Bernstein Audiocassette	1982 July 01
13-19	Abe Cline Audiocassette	1983 May 19, 1982 June 02, 1982 June 06, 1983 June 15, 1982 June 20
20	Jeannie Dupler Audiocassette	1982 June 18
21-22	Harold Findling Audiocassette	1982 June 25
23-24	Simon Frank Audiocassette	1982 June 28-29
25-26	Alberta Freshman Audiocassette	1982 June 03, 1982 June 07
27	Doris N. Guss Audiocassette	1982 July 09
28-29	Samuel Guss Audiocassette	1982 January 20
30-31	Eugene Hertz Audiocassette	1982 November 24
32-33	Esther Klein Audiocassette	1982 November 17, 1982 December 15
34-36	Esther Landa Audiocassette	1982 May 11, 1982 May 16
37-39	Betsy Bamberger Lesser Audiocassette	1983 January 27, 1983 May 26, 1983 May 28
40	Fred Livden Audiocassette	undated
41-42	JoAnne McGillis Audiocassette	1982 May 13, 1982 June 02
43-44	Howard Marcus Audiocassette	1982 May 24, 1982 June 07
45-48	Sidney Matz Audiocassette	1985 November 12, 1985 November 19, 1985 November 25
49-51	Harry Miller Audiocassette	1982 June 17, 1986 February 27, 1986 October 28
52-55	Norman Nathan Audiocassette	1983 February 17, 1983 February 24, 1983 May 12, 1983 May 19
56-57	Rose Nord Audiocassette	1983 April 21, 1983 April 28
58-59	Milton Pepper Audiocassette	1982 June 29, 1982 July 23
60-61	Sonia Pepper; Rose Arnovitz Audiocassette	1983 January 13-14
62-65	Bernie Rose Audiocassette	1983 January 17, 1983 January 20, 1983 January 25
66-68	Isaac Rose Audiocassette	1982 June 16, 1982 July 02, 1982 July 23
69-77	Joseph Rosenblatt Audiocassette	1982 June 04, 1982 May 21, 1982 June 11, 1982 July 02, 1982 July 10, 1982 July 17, 1982 July 25, 1982 July 31, 1982 August 07
78	Sophie Rosenthal Audiocassette	1983 January 19
79-80	Helen Saudack Audiocassette	1982 June 03
81-83	A. Wally Saudack Audiocassette	1982 June 22, 1982 June 29
84-89	Joel Shapiro Audiocassette	1982 May 26, 1982 June 09, 1982 June 15, 1982 June 20, 1982 August 11
90	Cecelia Siegal Audiocassette	1982 May 17
91-94	Dal Siegal Audiocassette	1982 May 10, 1982 May 15, 1982 May 18
95-96	Harry Smith Audiocassette	1982 June 02
97	Marjoroe Smith Audiocassette	1982 June 09
98-101	Corinne Sweet Audiocassette	1982 July 08, 1982 November 16, 1982 November 22, 1982 December 09
102-105	Ralph Tanenbaum Audiocassette	1983 January 24, 1983 June 18
106-107	Sade Tanenbaum Audiocassette	1982 June 06, 1983 July 24
108	Harry Doctorman Audiocassette	1986 March 06, 1986 March 13
110	Joe Doctoman and son Harry Audiocassette	1986 February 24
111	David Freedman Audiocassette	1984 June 18
112-113	Jack Goodman Audiocassette	1987 November 16
114	Abe Guss Audiocassette	1987 December 01
115-117	Victor Kassel Audiocassette	1987 September 17, 1987 September 25, 1987 October 08
118-119	Laurence D. Loeb Audiocassette	1987 September 15, 1987 October 20
120	Jerry Lutzker Audiocassette	1987 December 24
121-122	Harry Miller Audiocassette	1982 June 17, 1986 October 28
123-124	Isaac Rose Audiocassette	1987 April 28-29
125-126	Milton A. Rosen Audiocassette	1982 June 10
127-128	Joseph Rosenblatt Audiocassette	1983 October 21, 1984 October 03
129	Eva Seigal Audiocassette	1984 July 12
130-133	Rabbi Eric Silver Audiocassette	1986 February 13, 1986 February 26, 1986 March 10, 1986 April 03
134-136	Abe Wagner Audiocassette	1983 December 21, 1983 February 28
137-140	Izzy Wagner Audiocassette	1983 August 09, 1983 August 15, 1983 August 26, 1983 September 08
141	Max Wilson; Anatole Zucker Audiocassette	1982 August 13
disc
142	H-3-01: Clair Steris Vonstien Compact disc Mrs. Vonstien discusses the history of Jews in Utah and the Intermountain West.	1972 August 01
143-144	H-4-01: Ben Arnovitz Compact disc Mr. Arnovitz discusses the history of his family, work, and his religion.	1972 August 11
145	H-4-02: Ben Arnovitz; unidentified Native American Compact disc Mr. Arnovitz continues his discussion regarding Judaism in Salt Lake City. The end of track 3 through track 10 contains an interview with an unidentified Native American discussing World War II.	1972 August 11
146-147	H-5-01&02: Ed Isen Compact disc	1972 August 17
148-149	H-6-01&02: Max Callwin Compact disc	1972 August 18
150-151	H-7-01&02: Eva Seigal Compact disc	1972 August 22
152-153	H-8-01&02: Sarah Paulmrands Compact disc	1972 August 24
154-155	H-9-01&02: Phillip Pearlman Compact disc	1972 September 01
156	H-12-01: Ray Bernstien Compact disc	1972 September 14
157-160, 162	H-13a-01&02, H13b-01, H14-01, H-19-01: Maurice Warshaw Compact disc	1972 October 28, 1972 November 07, 1972 November 14, 1973 February 06
161	H-16-01: Ester Landa Compact disc	1972 December 26
163-166	H-25-01&02, H-26-01&02: Charles Poritzky Compact disc	1973 June 18, 1973 July 01
167-170	H-27-01&02 H-28-01&02: Min Crutcher Compact disc	1973 July 25
171-172	H-29-01&02: Maurice Hayden Compact disc Shaare Zedek Congregation.	1973 November 08
173	H-29a-01: Sam and Abe Bernstein Compact disc	1973 November 04
174-175	H-31-01&02: Harry Olchule Compact disc	1976 April 29
176	H-33-01: Unidentified interview Compact disc	undated
177	H-34-01: J. Pulman Waters, Samuel Newhouse Compact disc	1977 July 16
178-179	H-36-01&02, H-37-01&02: Doris Dearis Compact disc	1982 June

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Children of immigrants--Utah--Interviews
Immigrants--Utah--Interviews
Jews, American--Utah--Interviews
Jews--Utah--Cultural assimilation

Geographical Names

Utah--Emigration and immigration
Utah--Ethnic relations

Form or Genre Terms

Sound recordings

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