| Title |
Esther Landa, Interviews with Jews in Utah, Accn 998 |
| Alternative Title |
Accn 998, Interviews with Jews in Utah, Esther Landa |
| Description |
Transcripts (83 pages) of interviews by Leslie Kelen with Esther Landa on May 11, 1982 and May 16, 1982 for the Interviews with Jews in Utah Oral History Project. |
| Creator |
Landa, Esther, 1912-2014 |
| Contributor |
Kelen, Leslie G., 1949-; Oral History Institute |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1982-05-11; 1982-05-16 |
| Date Digital |
2015-07-06 |
| Access Rights |
I acknowledge and agree that all information I obtain as a result of accessing any oral history provided by the University of Utah's Marriott Library shall be used only for historical or scholarly or academic research purposes, and not for commercial purposes. I understand that any other use of the materials is not authorized by the University of Utah and may exceed the scope of permission granted to the University of Utah by the interviewer or interviewee. I may request permission for other uses, in writing to Special Collections at the Marriott Library, which the University of Utah may choose grant, in its sole discretion. I agree to defend, indemnify and hold the University of Utah and its Marriott Library harmless for and against any actions or claims that relate to my improper use of materials provided by the University of Utah. |
| Spatial Coverage |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5780993 |
| Subject |
Jews, American--Utah--Interviews; Landa, Esther, 1912-2014--Interviews; Jews--Social life and customs; Salt Lake City (Utah) |
| Abstract |
In her interviews with Leslie Kelen, Esther Landa (b. 1912) talks about her childhood, her parents and grandparents, going to school at Mills College during the Depression, and working for a school in public relations. She also speaks of her memories of Jewish refuges in Salt Lake before World War II. She discusses the involvement of her father and grandfather in the Utah Junk Company and in the Eastern Iron and Metal Company (EIMCO). Also included are descriptions of her involvement in community affairs and her thoughts on resentments and tensions between two groups of Jews in Utah. 83 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
83 pages |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Is Part of |
Interviews with Jews in Utah collection, 1982-1988, http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv70657/, Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archive |
| Scanning Technician |
Niko Amaya; Halima Noor |
| Conversion Specifications |
Original scanned with Kirtas 2400 and saved as 400 ppi uncompressed TIFF. PDF generated by Adobe Acrobat Pro X for CONTENTdm display |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6q837v1 |
| Topic |
Jews, American; Jews--Social life and customs; Utah--Salt Lake City |
| Setname |
uum_iju |
| ID |
901876 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6q837v1 |
| Title |
Page 72 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_iju |
| ID |
901863 |
| OCR Text |
Show Esther Landa 3.16 p.29 have a certain sense of--you ~now, a good sense of self respect and identity before you can operate in the general community. I dont think it just comes naturally. Maybe it does today because, I mean people are, you know, I would say like my brother and cousin, they're probably ill at ease in th Jewish community because they're completely now practieally in the other community except for family and maybe a couple of friends. L So your family moved out of the je~sh community at least in terms of what they wre involved with. EL Well, what stage are we~ you? L LEt's say I'm thinking about after college-- you did move out of the jewish community. You didn't even live [too soft] EL Not very much. L Were you glad to be out -- . ( EL Well, yeah, I think~e felt there weren't many opportunities here. That's ,t 5 Ert...E"EfiJ l/ L why we headed to New York to make our fame and fortune. My sister ~ but you don't know that because you weren't here. . when So at the t1mei you were at Mills College, where was the rest of your family doing here? EL They were still here. My sister and brother were going to school. And then my sister got into Stanford so she went higher up than I could get. So she started Stanford in 1934, 1934. And then my brother didn't get into Stanford so he went to Menlo~ Jr. College and that's where he was when the war started. And then my mother and my aunt were worried that San Fran. was gning to be bombed, so they took those boys back home. And they went to work until they went into the army. 1 So what did it mean at that time, wereyou the only one moving outside the Jewish community or did the rest of them too. EL No. I think the rest of the family wasmore or less -- like I said, my Dad was Rotary Club and Shriners - that was his whole life. And I don't think |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6q837v1/901863 |
