WAUSorianoLouis2745.xml Guide to the Oral History Interview With Louis Soriano 1977 Soriano (Louis) Oral History Interview Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries ©2007 (Last modified: 4/19/2018)
Seattle, WA 98195
Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections 2745 (Accession No. 2745-001) Soriano, Louis Oral history interview with Louis Soriano 1977 1 sound cassette (ca. 60 minutes) Collection materials are in English. Tape recorded interview of Seattle-area Jewish community member telling the story of his father leaving the Isle of Rhodes, his business and rise to wealth through hard work

Seattle-area Jewish community member.

Tape recorded interview conducted by Meta Buttnick Kaplan and Myron Freyd on 20 Jul 1977.

Louis tells the story of how his father, Morris Soriano, and his uncle, Issac Soriano, left the Isle of Rhodes penniless and worked their way to America and then to New York. They used their knowledge of the fruit business to get jobs in Seattle and Bremerton. Louis tells of his father's love for Bremerton and of his upward mobility in business and real estate. This is a good secondary source account of the life of a Jewish family in a small town with few Jews and of a rise to wealth through hard work and the opportunities offered in America.

Forms part of the Washington State Jewish Archives

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