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Jerry Sussman papers, 1994-2012

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Sussman, Jerry
Title
Jerry Sussman papers
Dates
1994-2012 (inclusive)
Quantity
1 vertical file
Collection Number
5919 (Accession No. 5919-001)
Summary
Jerry Sussman's students, recent Russian immigrants to the US, share stories of life in USSR.
Repository
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
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Languages
English
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Biographical Note

After a career as a history teacher, Jerry Sussman has volunteered through Jewish Family Service as an ESL instructor for Russian Jewish immigrants.

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Content Description

Contains booklet, "Our Lives Remembered: Stories from the Soviet Past by Recent Immigrants to the United States" (1994) and "Russia Lost, Russia Found: Russian Immigrants recall their lives in the old USSR" (2012). Both are compilations of stories about life in the Soviet Union by students in Sussman's ESL classes. Contributing authors in the first volume include Meyer Goykhman, Naum Slutsky, Nikolay Tkatch, Khael Serebrokamen, Samuel Kit, Fania Furmanova, Liya Estrova, Anna Vinokurov, Isaak Spivak, Faina Povzner, Joseph Vinokurov, Bela Pogrebitsky, Sarra Goldiner, Gersh Kotlyar, Olga Dand Jerry Sussman. In the second volume, authors are Olga Dvorkind, Galina Surovtseva, Yosif Grobman, Leya Rabinovich, Lila Sorskai, Boris Leyfman, Fania Furmanova, Geda Shapiro, Gersh Kotlyar, Meyer Goykhman, Semyon Fuchs, Olga Savenkova, and Petr Bak.

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Other Descriptive Information

Forms part of the Washington State Jewish Archives.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Creator's literary rights retained. Contact Special Collections for details.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Jerry Sussman, 1999-03-12 ; 2012-08-07

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Subject Terms

  • Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
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