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Jewish oral history project audio recordings, 1972-1982

Overview of the Collection

Collector
American West Center
Title
Jewish oral history project audio recordings
Dates
1972-1982 (inclusive)
Quantity
141 audiocassetes and 37 compact discs. Each CD has a duplicate copy.
Collection Number
A0324
Summary
The Jewish oral history project audio recordings (1972-1982) document the experiences of various people of the Jewish community in Utah and surrounding areas. The American West Center conducted this and other ethnic oral history projects in an attempt to record the experiences Utah's eithnic minorities.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Materials must be used on-site; no use of original material, access copies will be made available for viewing. Five business days advanced notice required. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law, condition of the material, or by donor.

Languages
English
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Historical Note

In 1964, History professors A. R. Mortensen and Gregory Crampton conceived the University of Utah's American West Center (originally called the Western History Center) as an institution devoted exclusively to research on the American West. As a part of its mission to create and disseminate knowledge about the American West, the center established the ongoing Ethnic Oral Histories Project to explore the experiences of Utah members of Native American and ethnic immigrant communities, including the Jewish community.

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Content Description

The Jewish oral history project audio recordings (1972-1982) document the experiences of various people of the Jewish community in Utah and surrounding areas.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The materials are arranged by format:

Audiocassettes are arranged alphabetically by the interviewee's last name; recordings of subjects who were interviewed more than once are not necessarily listed in chronological order.

Compact discs are arranged chronologically by interview date.

Some subjects are represented by interviews held on both cassette and CD.

Related Materials

Transcripts can be found in the Jewish oral history project (Accn 1629) and Interviews with Jews in Utah (Accn 998) in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections.

Processing Note

Processed by Elizabeth Shuput in 2008.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Description: Sadie Appleman

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1982 May 19
    Container: Cassette 1
  • Description: Michael Arnovitz

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1982 November 30; 1982 December 06; 1982 December 12
    Container: Cassette 2-5
  • Description: Rose Arnovitz

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1983 April 14; 1983 March 16
    Container: Cassette 6-9
  • Description: Bernice Bernstein

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1982 June 17
    Container: Cassette 10
  • Description: Herman Bernstein

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1982 June 16
    Container: Cassette 11
  • Description: Sam Bernstein

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1982 July 01
    Container: Cassette 12
  • Description: Abe Cline

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1983 May 19; 1982 June 02; 1982 June 06; 1983 June 15; 1982 June 20
    Container: Cassette 13-19
  • Description: Jeannie Dupler

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1982 June 18
    Container: Cassette 20
  • Description: Harold Findling

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1982 June 25
    Container: Cassette 21-22
  • Description: Simon Frank

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1982 June 28-29
    Container: Cassette 23-24
  • Description: Alberta Freshman

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1982 June 03; 1982 June 07
    Container: Cassette 25-26
  • Description: Doris N. Guss

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1982 July 09
    Container: Cassette 27
  • Description: Samuel Guss

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1982 January 20
    Container: Cassette 28-29
  • Description: Eugene Hertz

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1982 November 24
    Container: Cassette 30-31
  • Description: Esther Klein

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1982 November 17; 1982 December 15
    Container: Cassette 32-33
  • Description: Esther Landa

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1982 May 11; 1982 May 16
    Container: Cassette 34-36
  • Description: Betsy Bamberger Lesser

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1983 January 27; 1983 May 26; 1983 May 28
    Container: Cassette 37-39
  • Description: Fred Livden

    Audiocassette
    Dates: undated
    Container: Cassette 40
  • Description: JoAnne McGillis

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1982 May 13; 1982 June 02
    Container: Cassette 41-42
  • Description: Howard Marcus

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1982 May 24; 1982 June 07
    Container: Cassette 43-44
  • Description: Sidney Matz

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1985 November 12; 1985 November 19; 1985 November 25
    Container: Cassette 45-48
  • Description: Harry Miller

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1982 June 17; 1986 February 27; 1986 October 28
    Container: Cassette 49-51
  • Description: Norman Nathan

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1983 February 17; 1983 February 24; 1983 May 12; 1983 May 19
    Container: Cassette 52-55
  • Description: Rose Nord

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1983 April 21; 1983 April 28
    Container: Cassette 56-57
  • Description: Milton Pepper

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1982 June 29; 1982 July 23
    Container: Cassette 58-59
  • Description: Sonia Pepper; Rose Arnovitz

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1983 January 13-14
    Container: Cassette 60-61
  • Description: Bernie Rose

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1983 January 17; 1983 January 20; 1983 January 25
    Container: Cassette 62-65
  • Description: Isaac Rose

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1982 June 16; 1982 July 02; 1982 July 23
    Container: Cassette 66-68
  • Description: Joseph Rosenblatt

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1982 June 04; 1982 May 21; 1982 June 11; 1982 July 02; 1982 July 10; 1982 July 17; 1982 July 25; 1982 July 31; 1982 August 07
    Container: Cassette 69-77
  • Description: Sophie Rosenthal

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1983 January 19
    Container: Cassette 78
  • Description: Helen Saudack

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1982 June 03
    Container: Cassette 79-80
  • Description: A. Wally Saudack

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1982 June 22; 1982 June 29
    Container: Cassette 81-83
  • Description: Joel Shapiro

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1982 May 26; 1982 June 09; 1982 June 15; 1982 June 20; 1982 August 11
    Container: Cassette 84-89
  • Description: Cecelia Siegal

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1982 May 17
    Container: Cassette 90
  • Description: Dal Siegal

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1982 May 10; 1982 May 15; 1982 May 18
    Container: Cassette 91-94
  • Description: Harry Smith

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1982 June 02
    Container: Cassette 95-96
  • Description: Marjoroe Smith

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1982 June 09
    Container: Cassette 97
  • Description: Corinne Sweet

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1982 July 08; 1982 November 16; 1982 November 22; 1982 December 09
    Container: Cassette 98-101
  • Description: Ralph Tanenbaum

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1983 January 24; 1983 June 18
    Container: Cassette 102-105
  • Description: Sade Tanenbaum

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1982 June 06; 1983 July 24
    Container: Cassette 106-107
  • Description: Harry Doctorman

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1986 March 06; 1986 March 13
    Container: Cassette 108
  • Description: Joe Doctoman and son Harry

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1986 February 24
    Container: Cassette 110
  • Description: David Freedman

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1984 June 18
    Container: Cassette 111
  • Description: Jack Goodman

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1987 November 16
    Container: Cassette 112-113
  • Description: Abe Guss

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1987 December 01
    Container: Cassette 114
  • Description: Victor Kassel

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1987 September 17; 1987 September 25; 1987 October 08
    Container: Cassette 115-117
  • Description: Laurence D. Loeb

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1987 September 15; 1987 October 20
    Container: Cassette 118-119
  • Description: Jerry Lutzker

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1987 December 24
    Container: Cassette 120
  • Description: Harry Miller

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1982 June 17; 1986 October 28
    Container: Cassette 121-122
  • Description: Isaac Rose

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1987 April 28-29
    Container: Cassette 123-124
  • Description: Milton A. Rosen

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1982 June 10
    Container: Cassette 125-126
  • Description: Joseph Rosenblatt

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1983 October 21; 1984 October 03
    Container: Cassette 127-128
  • Description: Eva Seigal

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1984 July 12
    Container: Cassette 129
  • Description: Rabbi Eric Silver

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1986 February 13; 1986 February 26; 1986 March 10; 1986 April 03
    Container: Cassette 130-133
  • Description: Abe Wagner

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1983 December 21; 1983 February 28
    Container: Cassette 134-136
  • Description: Izzy Wagner

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1983 August 09; 1983 August 15; 1983 August 26; 1983 September 08
    Container: Cassette 137-140
  • Description: Max Wilson; Anatole Zucker

    Audiocassette
    Dates: 1982 August 13
    Container: Cassette 141
  • Description: H-3-01: Clair Steris Vonstien

    Compact disc

    Mrs. Vonstien discusses the history of Jews in Utah and the Intermountain West.

    Dates: 1972 August 01
    Container: Disc 142
  • Description: H-4-01: Ben Arnovitz

    Compact disc

    Mr. Arnovitz discusses the history of his family, work, and his religion.

    Dates: 1972 August 11
    Container: Disc 143-144
  • Description: H-4-02: Ben Arnovitz; unidentified Native American

    Compact disc

    Mr. Arnovitz continues his discussion regarding Judaism in Salt Lake City. The end of track 3 through track 10 contains an interview with an unidentified Native American discussing World War II.

    Dates: 1972 August 11
    Container: Disc 145
  • Description: H-5-01&02: Ed Isen

    Compact disc
    Dates: 1972 August 17
    Container: Disc 146-147
  • Description: H-6-01&02: Max Callwin

    Compact disc
    Dates: 1972 August 18
    Container: Disc 148-149
  • Description: H-7-01&02: Eva Seigal

    Compact disc
    Dates: 1972 August 22
    Container: Disc 150-151
  • Description: H-8-01&02: Sarah Pomerance

    Compact disc
    Dates: 1972 August 24
    Container: Disc 152-153
  • Description: H-9-01&02: Phillip Pearlman

    Compact disc
    Dates: 1972 September 01
    Container: Disc 154-155
  • Description: H-12-01: Ray Bernstien

    Compact disc
    Dates: 1972 September 14
    Container: Disc 156
  • Description: H-13a-01&02, H13b-01, H14-01, H-19-01: Maurice Warshaw

    Compact disc
    Dates: 1972 October 28; 1972 November 07; 1972 November 14; 1973 February 06
    Container: Disc 157-160, 162
  • Description: H-16-01: Ester Landa

    Compact disc
    Dates: 1972 December 26
    Container: Disc 161
  • Description: H-25-01&02, H-26-01&02: Charles Poritzky

    Compact disc
    Dates: 1973 June 18; 1973 July 01
    Container: Disc 163-166
  • Description: H-27-01&02 H-28-01&02: Min Crutcher

    Compact disc
    Dates: 1973 July 25
    Container: Disc 167-170
  • Description: H-29-01&02: Maurice Hayden

    Compact disc

    Shaare Zedek Congregation.

    Dates: 1973 November 08
    Container: Disc 171-172
  • Description: H-29a-01: Sam and Abe Bernstein

    Compact disc
    Dates: 1973 November 04
    Container: Disc 173
  • Description: H-31-01&02: Harry Olchule

    Compact disc
    Dates: 1976 April 29
    Container: Disc 174-175
  • Description: H-33-01: Unidentified interview

    Compact disc
    Dates: undated
    Container: Disc 176
  • Description: H-34-01: J. Pulman Waters, Samuel Newhouse

    Compact disc
    Dates: 1977 July 16
    Container: Disc 177
  • Description: H-36-01&02, H-37-01&02: Doris Dearis

    Compact disc
    Dates: 1982 June
    Container: Disc 178-179

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Subject Terms

  • Children of immigrants--Utah--Interviews
  • Immigrants--Utah--Interviews
  • Jews, American--Utah--Interviews
  • Jews--Utah--Cultural assimilation

Geographical Names

  • Utah--Emigration and immigration
  • Utah--Ethnic relations

Form or Genre Terms

  • Sound recordings

Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Shuput.
2008 (last modified: 2025)

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