UUM_A0324.xml Guide to the Jewish oral history project audio recordings 1972-1977 Jewish oral history project audio recordings Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Shuput. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-02-26. English Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Jewish oral history project audio recordings University of Utah. American West Center A0324 141 audiocassette 37 cd 1972-1982 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. Click here to view or request digitized materials from the collection or visit ArchivesSpace for a container level list of digitized materials. Materials in English.

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.

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 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.

Audio-visual materials can be fragile and require specialized equipment to play back. For this reason, access to audio-visual materials is provided through digital copies, and it might take longer to provide access to items that are not yet digitized. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law, condition of the material, or by donor.

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.

Processed by Elizabeth Shuput in 2008.

Utah--Emigration and immigration Utah--Ethnic relations Jews, American--Utah--Interviews Immigrants--Utah--Interviews Children of immigrants--Utah--Interviews Jews--Utah--Cultural assimilation Judaism Sound Recordings Oral histories Sound recordings Sadie Appleman 1982 May 19 audiocassette 1 Michael Arnovitz 1982 November 30 1982 December 06 1982 December 12 audiocassette 2-5 Rose Arnovitz 1983 April 14 1983 March 16 audiocassette 6-9 Bernice Bernstein 1982 June 17 audiocassette 10 Herman Bernstein 1982 June 16 audiocassette 11 Sam Bernstein 1982 July 01 audiocassette 12 Abe Cline 1983 May 19 1982 June 02 1982 June 06 1983 June 15 1982 June 20 audiocassette 13-19 Jeannie Dupler 1982 June 18 audiocassette 20 Harold Findling 1982 June 25 audiocassette 21-22 Simon Frank 1982 June 28-29 audiocassette 23-24 Alberta Freshman 1982 June 03 1982 June 07 audiocassette 25-26 Doris N. Guss 1982 July 09 audiocassette 27 Samuel Guss 1982 January 20 audiocassette 28-29 Eugene Hertz 1982 November 24 audiocassette 30-31 Esther Klein 1982 November 17 1982 December 15 audiocassette 32-33 Esther Landa 1982 May 11 1982 May 16 audiocassette 34-36 Betsy Bamberger Lesser 1983 January 27 1983 May 26 1983 May 28 audiocassette 37-39 Fred Livden undated audiocassette 40 JoAnne McGillis 1982 May 13 1982 June 02 audiocassette 41-42 Howard Marcus 1982 May 24 1982 June 07 audiocassette 43-44 Sidney Matz 1985 November 12 1985 November 19 1985 November 25 audiocassette 45-48 Harry Miller 1982 June 17 1986 February 27 1986 October 28 audiocassette 49-51 Norman Nathan 1983 February 17 1983 February 24 1983 May 12 1983 May 19 audiocassette 52-55 Rose Nord 1983 April 21 1983 April 28 audiocassette 56-57 Milton Pepper 1982 June 29 1982 July 23 audiocassette 58-59 Sonia Pepper; Rose Arnovitz 1983 January 13-14 audiocassette 60-61 Bernie Rose 1983 January 17 1983 January 20 1983 January 25 audiocassette 62-65 Isaac Rose 1982 June 16 1982 July 02 1982 July 23 audiocassette 66-68 Joseph Rosenblatt 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 audiocassette 69-77 Sophie Rosenthal 1983 January 19 audiocassette 78 Helen Saudack 1982 June 03 audiocassette 79-80 A. Wally Saudack 1982 June 22 1982 June 29 audiocassette 81-83 Joel Shapiro 1982 May 26 1982 June 09 1982 June 15 1982 June 20 1982 August 11 audiocassette 84-89 Cecelia Siegal 1982 May 17 audiocassette 90 Dal Siegal 1982 May 10 1982 May 15 1982 May 18 audiocassette 91-94 Harry Smith 1982 June 02 audiocassette 95-96 Marjoroe Smith 1982 June 09 audiocassette 97 Corinne Sweet 1982 July 08 1982 November 16 1982 November 22 1982 December 09 audiocassette 98-101 Ralph Tanenbaum 1983 January 24 1983 June 18 audiocassette 102-105 Sade Tanenbaum 1982 June 06 1983 July 24 audiocassette 106-107 Harry Doctorman 1986 March 06 1986 March 13 audiocassette 108-109 Joe Doctorman and son Harry 1986 February 24 audiocassette 110 David Freedman 1984 June 18 audiocassette 111 Jack Goodman 1987 November 16 audiocassette 112-113 Abe Guss 1987 December 01 audiocassette 114 Victor Kassel 1987 September 17 1987 September 25 1987 October 08 audiocassette 115-117 Laurence D. Loeb 1987 September 15 1987 October 20 audiocassette 118-119 Jerry Lutzker 1987 December 24 audiocassette 120 Harry Miller 1982 June 17 1986 October 28 audiocassette 121-122 Isaac Rose 1987 April 28-29 audiocassette 123-124 Milton A. Rosen 1982 June 10 audiocassette 125-126 Joseph Rosenblatt 1983 October 21 1984 October 03 audiocassette 127-128 Eva Seigal 1984 July 12 audiocassette 129 Rabbi Eric Silver 1986 February 13 1986 February 26 1986 March 10 1986 April 03 audiocassette 130-133 Abe Wagner 1983 December 21 1983 February 28 audiocassette 134-136 Izzy Wagner 1983 August 09 1983 August 15 1983 August 26 1983 September 08 audiocassette 137-140 Max Wilson; Anatole Zucker 1982 August 13 audiocassette 141 Clair Steris Vonstien 1972 August 01 compact disc 142

Mrs. Vonstien discusses the history of Jews in Utah and the Intermountain West. H-3-01

Ben Arnovitz 1972 August 11 compact disc 143-144

Mr. Arnovitz discusses the history of his family, work, and his religion. H-4-01

Ben Arnovitz; unidentified Native American 1972 August 11 compact disc 145

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. H-4-02

Ed Isen 1972 August 17 compact disc 146-147

H-5-01 and 02

Max Callwin 1972 August 18 compact disc 148-149

H-6-01 and 02

Eva Seigal 1972 August 22 compact disc 150-151

H-7-01 and 02

Sarah Pomerance 1972 August 24 compact disc 152-153

H-8-01 and 02

Phillip Pearlman 1972 September 01 compact disc 154-155

H-9-01 and 02

Ray Bernstien 1972 September 14 compact disc 156

H-12-01

Maurice Warshaw 1972 October 28 1972 November 07 1972 November 14 1973 February 06 compact disc 157-160, 162

H-13a-01 and 02, H13b-01, H14-01, H-19-01

Ester Landa 1972 December 26 compact disc 161

H-16-01

Charles Poritzky 1973 June 18 1973 July 01 compact disc 163-166

H-25-01 and 02, H-26-01 and 02

Min Crutcher 1973 July 25 compact disc 167-170

H-27-01 and 02 H-28-01 and 02

Maurice Hayden 1973 November 08 compact disc 171-172

Shaare Zedek Congregation. H-29-01 and 02

Sam and Abe Bernstein 1973 November 04 compact disc 173

H-29a-01

Harry Olchule 1976 April 29 compact disc 174-175

H-31-01 and 02

Unidentified interview undated compact disc 176

H-33-01

J. Pulman Waters, Samuel Newhouse 1977 July 16 compact disc 177

H-34-01

Doris Dearis 1982 June compact disc 178-179

H-36-01 and 02, H-37-01 and 02.