| 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 |
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 |
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 78 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_iju |
| ID |
902513 |
| OCR Text |
Show OHI Sid Matz 11-25-85 sl:l6 be acting Jewish. Seriously. SM Well. LK They'd all be acting Jewish. SM That's true. That's true. That's what LK So when a person says this kind of thing to you: "Don 't act Jewish." SM He says Jewish, t hre's nothing wrong with being Jewish. But, what he was referring to is you don 't act like a Jew the way people - just like don't act like a Black what are they refering to - step and fetch. See what I mean. That's what is. That's what - the Christian things - rather the white things of a black - and the christian things of a Jews - is give me your money, see what I mean. LK Yeah. [theytalk together] LK But 90% of Jews don't-- SM But --NO. But this is what people think the Jews actlike. SO, as long as you 're not going around rubbing your hands, with the money , this and that, you 're not acting Jewish. SO, being a Jew could be a -- Be a Jew but don't be a - the I don't know. You know. Ah. I've seen it in the Jewish people. I'm Jewish. No matter where I go, I tell everyone . Before they can come out and say something about a Jew, I always -- whenever any - body's ever said something about a Jew , about the Jew -- when I've been around , I've always went up and say, "Look, I'm Jewish. |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6xs7q4z/902513 |
