| Title |
Abe B. Cline, Interviews with Jews in Utah, Accn 998 |
| Alternative Title |
Accn 998, Interviews with Jews in Utah, Abe B. Cline |
| Description |
Transcript (179 pages) of multiple interviews by Leslie Kelen with Abe Cline in 1982 and 1983 for the Interviews with Jews in Utah Oral History Project. |
| Creator |
Cline, Abe B., 1895-1983 |
| Contributor |
Kelen, Leslie G., 1949-; Oral History Institute |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1982-06-02; 1983-06-15; 1982-06-06; 1983-05-19 |
| 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; Cline, Abe B., 1895-1983;--Interviews; Jews--Social life and customs; World War, 1914-1918; Freemasons; Salt Lake City (Utah); Jews--Social life and customs |
| Abstract |
Abe Cline was interviewed five times by Leslie Kelen. Cline (b. 1895) talks about his father and grandfather, both of whom are buried in Jerusalem. He recalls various jobs held early in his life (often as salesman) and tells a number of stores about his years with the National Guard (Mexican Revolution) and the U. S. Army (World War I). He recalls his childhood and teenage years in Salt Lake, the Free Masons, doing business with Mormons, the Greek population, the Depression, France in World War I, and his feelings about Hitler, Germany, and the creation of the state of Israel. Other topics include the Cline Equipment Company, evaporative air coolers, the Salt Lake Jewish community, Rabbi Sam Gordon, his extended family, and Jewish businesses in Salt Lake. 179 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
179 pages |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Is Part of |
Interviews with Jews in Utah collection, 1982-1988, http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv70657/ |
| 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/s6cz52xd |
| Topic |
Jews, American; Jews--Social life and customs; World War (1914-1918); Freemasons; Utah--Salt Lake City |
| Setname |
uum_iju |
| ID |
902187 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6cz52xd |
| Title |
Page 90 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_iju |
| ID |
902096 |
| OCR Text |
Show HI • Cline sl:l The ~ouldnt w nt m . But in the First World war, we did, after the Armisti e, \'e o era ted a hospital [they talked about it the last time) 1 What ear did~u get married? AC 19~9. L Right at thebeginning of the Derpession. AC ell, how well I know that. Ho'-'l di qrou ~t married. AC ~ell, there were several things. For one thing, the ye~ before Doc got married. And I had known Mildred in California, but she wasin New York at the time. My headquarters were in Dayton, but I was traveling 12 months a the years . My firm sent me to Lansing, Michigan. To take over an office there. Their office there. They had a manager there who had quit without notice and so this was my job, sort of a utility man. So I went to Lansing about ~hristmas 1928. The day before I left there, my cousin, Doc' brother was being married in Cincinatti and we went to Cincinat~i~for the wedding. From Cincinatti, I went to Lansing. A few days prior to that, I had gone to Doc's office and told him I had a pain in my back which was bothering me. And he looked at it and didn't think it was anything. He couldn't see anything there. And so at the wedding,~ were getting dressed in our tuxedos and we had two rooms with a connecting door at the hotel in Cincinatti. And his wife was getting dressed in one room and Doc and I were getting dressed in another room. And I said, |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6cz52xd/902096 |
