Harry Ash papers, 1926-1983

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• Accession No. 3520-001: Harry Ash papers, 1983

  3 sound cassettes (60 min. each); Transcript: 60 pages; Vita: 3 pages

  Scope and Content: Tape recorded interview conducted by Adina Russak on 4 Aug 1983, transcript, curriculum vitae (no date)

  Harry Ash was on the survey committee to study the need for a Seattle Jewish Community Center. He discusses community reaction, the results of the survey, and the decisions ultimately reached. He traces development of the Jewish Community Center to the present. He talks about Herzl, the succession of rabbis there and the conflict of splinter groups: Beth Am, Beth Shalom, and Ner Tamid. He discusses the Anti-Defamation League and the issue of discrimination in the Seattle Symphony Orchestra as well as touching on the State Fair Employment Act, Washington Athletic Club, and Sand Point Country Club. He also relates his activities in helping to organize the Jewish Boy Scout Troup No. 46 (1934) and in helping with B'nai B'rith youth groups (1935-1955). Among other subjects mentioned are Hillel, Jewish Welfare Board, and Jewish Family Service. He also discusses the development of Jewish educational institutions in the city and the impact of the "Dr. Ruth Levy Report", institutions formal and informal that were forerunners of the community center, the YMHA, the Menorah Society, the Herzl Junior Guild, Temple Center and "Sam Goldsmith's Drug Store", the development of the Jewish Community Center through "The Crisis" in 1982, and German resettlement.

  Digital Content/Other Formats: Listen to the audio recording and view the transcript of this interview on the Libraries Digital Collections site.

  Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

  Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

  Acquisition Info: Donated by Harry Ash, 8/8/1983.

  • Description: Harry Ash papers
    Location: Accession No. 3520-001: Harry Ash papers, 1983

• Accession No. 3520-002: Harry Ash papers, 1926-1983

  5 items

  Scope and Content: Reports on Jewish education, Hillel; affidavit naming officers of Jewish Community Center, brochure (no date).

  B'nai B'rith Magazine, 1926.

  Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

  Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

  Acquisition Info: Donated by Harry Ash, Seattle, 1/1/1983.

  • Description: Harry Ash papers
    Location: Accession No. 3520-002: Harry Ash papers, 1926-1983