WAUEpsteinSylvia4787.xml Guide to the Sylvia Epstein Oral History Interview 1973 Epstein (Sylvia) Oral History Interview Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries ©2007 (Last modified: 4/13/2018)
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Finding aid written inEnglish. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections 4787 (Accession No. 4787-001) Epstein, Sylvia Sylvia Epstein oral history interview 1973 1 sound cassette (ca. 60 min.); transcript: 25 pages Collection materials are inEnglish. Tape recorded interview with Seattle Jewish community member Sylvia Epstein from Nov. 29, 1973.

Tape recorded interview conducted by Karyl Winn on Nov. 29, 1973 and covering the period 1885-1930.

Mrs. Epstein discusses her father George Wolff's arrival and life in Olympia during the Territorial Period and his subsquent move to Aberdeen in 1897. She recollects her family's life and the Jewish community there in the first decade of the century.

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Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Donated by Sylvia Epstein, 11/29/1973.

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