| Title |
Sidney, Matz, Interviews with Jews in Utah, Accn 998 |
| Alternative Title |
Accn 998, Interviews with Jews in Utah, Sidney, Matz |
| Description |
Transcript (95 pages) of interview by Leslie Kelen with Sidney Matz on November 12, 1985 for the Interviews with Jews in Utah Oral History Project. |
| Creator |
Matz, Sidney, 1919-2001 |
| Contributor |
Kelen, Leslie G., 1949-; Oral History Institute |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1985-11-12 |
| Date Digital |
2015-07-06 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Magna, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5777793 |
| Subject |
Jews, American--Utah--Interviews; Matz, Sidney, 1919-2001--Interviews; Antisemitism--United States; Kennecott Copper Corporation |
| Abstract |
Matz (b. 1919) talks about his family background in Russia, the pogroms that took place there, his mother's immigration to the United States, his father's business, the Ku Klux Klan, and anti-Semitism in Magna, Utah. He also talks about the Greek unions, working for Kennecott during the Depression, school prayer, his lack of Jewish identity, and his father. He also touches on Hitler and World War II, life after the war, discrimination, and his years at Kennecott. 95 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
95 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/s6xs7q4z |
| Topic |
Jews, American; Antisemitism; Kennecott Copper Corporation |
| Setname |
uum_iju |
| ID |
902533 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6xs7q4z |
| Title |
Page 27 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_iju |
| ID |
902462 |
| OCR Text |
Show OHI Sidney Matz 11-12-85 s2: 26 you used to want to go out there and beat up on these people who W!E!!:!e trying to organize you?" You know. I can't tell you. This guy's a president of the CIO now-that wanted to ~hrough these people off the lill for trying to organize. LK What's his name. SI-1 His name was Mr. w ___ er, but I don't know, but he's dead now. But. LK He's dead. SM Yeah. In fact, this is something - you know, he was one of the - president of the union there, the electrician unions up there at Kennecott. LK KThey changed. SM OH, yes, it just completely changed over night. In fact, my Dad - got a lot of people jobs for Kennecott. You know, because he was a Mason and most of the Kennecott officials were big Masons and so all my Dad had to do was go p and say. Infact, epople would- a guy couldcome through to Magna and say where can I get a job at Kennecott. They'd say, go in to Sam Matz. He'll get you on. LK How would he do it. SM He'd just call this hiring boss and he'd put him on. And, he - he got a bt - a lot of people jobs over there. And Of course, they'd come and trade inthe store too. It wasn't -- But, ah, oh, I don't know. It's. |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6xs7q4z/902462 |
