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Oral history interview with Lena Kleinberg Holzman, 1981
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Holzman, Lena Kleinberg
- Title
- Oral history interview with Lena Kleinberg Holzman
- Dates
- 1981 (inclusive)19811981
- Quantity
- 1 sound cassette (60 min.); transcript: 23 pages
- Collection Number
- 3199 (Accession No. 3199-001)
- Summary
- Tape recorded interview of a Seattle Jewish community member who talks about her father who came to Washington from Poland and his business. She also discusses her activities
- 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
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Seattle Jewish community member.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Tape-recorded interview conducted by Howard Droker, M. Buttnick, and Larry Kleinberg on August 23, 1981.
Mrs. Holzman talks about her father, Henry Kleinberg, who came to Eastern Washington from Poland to join his older brother Sam in 1880. A tailor by training, her father peddled, set up a clothing store in Ellensburg, and then went into the hay and feed business since the family had been in the hay and feed business in Poland. He was very prosperous and owned dairy and other farms in the Kittitas Valley and was an early advocate and user of irrigation. Mrs. Holzman talks about her girlhood in Ellensburg where the Kleinbergs were one of two Jewish families. There was very little Jewish content to their lives, though the Dreidels (or Kreiders) and the Kleinbergs spent Jewish holdiays together. Samual Kreidel was mayor of Ellensburg in 1915. When her father sold his business in 1917, the family moved to Seattle. She talks briefly about his business activities - real estate and farming interests - in Seattle and some big losses incurred. She describes the homes the family lived in and her own social life. Her friends were the girls of Temple de Hirsch families.
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
- Immigrants--Washington (State)--Ellensburg
- Jews--Washington (State)--Ellensburg
- Jews--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Jews--Washington (State)--Seattle--Interviews
Personal Names
- Holzman, Lena Kleinberg--Archives
- Kleinberg, Henry
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Buttnick, Meta Bloom, 1913- (creator)
- Droker, Howard (creator)
- Kleinberg, Larry (creator)
Corporate Names
- Jewish Archives (University of Washington) (creator)
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)