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Oral history interview with Anita Snyder, 1971
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Snyder, Anita
- Title
- Oral history interview with Anita Snyder
- Dates
- 1971 (inclusive)19711971
- Quantity
- 2 sound cassettes (ca 45 minutes); transcript: 16 pages
- Collection Number
- 1571 (Accession No. 1571-001)
- Summary
- Tape recorded interview of Jewish community member of Home and Seattle, Washington as well as Alaska describing her father's life, her childhood and the establishment of a Jewish sorority at UW
- 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
Open to all users.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Anita Rubenstein (1909-1999) was born to Ukrainian immigrants Michael and Ida Rubenstein in San Francisco, California. The Rubensteins lived in St. Louis, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Chicago, Juneau, and Seattle before settling to raise chickens in Home Colony, Washington. They returned to Seattle in 1922, where Anita attended Lincoln High School and the University of Washington. In 1927 she became a charter member of Kappa Zeta, the first Jewish sorority at the University of Washington. She married George Snyder in 1932.
Sources: Oral history interview, ancestry.com
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Tape recorded interview conducted by Meta Kaplan and Karyl Winn on 27 April 1971 and covering the years 1895-1940.
Mrs. Synder describes her father's life and her own childhood at Home, Wash., as well as many of the settlers at Home and their children. She also describes her childhood in Seattle and in Alaska. Included is an account of the establishment of Kappa Zeta, the first Jewish sorority at the University of Washington.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Alternative Forms Available
View the transcript of this interview on the Libraries Digital Collections site.
CD listening copies and transcript are available in the Special Collections Reading Room.
Restrictions on Use
Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Jews--Washington (State)--Home
- Jews--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
Personal Names
- Alt, Ben
- Fox, Esther
- Fox, Jay
- Kaplan, David
- Ostroff, Rose
- Robbins, Lucy
- Rubenstein, Michael
- Snyder, Anita--Interviews
- Tillman, Virginia
- Tillman, Wallace
Corporate Names
- Washington State Jewish Archives (University of Washington)
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Buttnick, Meta Bloom, 1913- (interviewer)
- Winn, Karyl, 1942- (interviewer)
Corporate Names
- Washington State Jewish Archives (University of Washington)
