| 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 79 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_iju |
| ID |
902514 |
| OCR Text |
Show OHI Sid Matz 11-25-85 s2 : 17 Now, if you want t o , you know, just - I've a lways been that way all my life. So I'm not ashamed of being Jewish. I -I telleverybodyi'm Jewish. LK I understand. SM But, now this didn 't offend me with ARchie. Because I know Archie isn't Anti semetic or a n y thing like that. He's a little - a little Irishman. He was a good friend of my family. So I kind of-- his saying that d idn 't offend me-- LK Now, that would have off ended me. SM Well, now if somebody else had said it. It was - you can tell when someone is - what, anti semetic. You just feel it. I' -- I've been around at a party where somebody said a crack abo ut the Jews or something. And I said, "Now wait a minute."And I am Jewis-. Andthey apologize. "Well, we didn 't mean it that way. And this and that. LK But, you think this guy didn't mean it in any negative way. SM NO, I knew he didn't because this is Archie. The way he said it, it was , hey, it's o k. to be Jewish . Fine. Just don 't act like one .. you know. From his saying it, I can see what yo u mean, that it would feel -- but him saying it, there was none of LK There was none of that stuff ... SM WEll, I guess it's all according to who say s it. LK And it's all according to if you know the guy. SM Yea, thats true. LK That's probably what it comes down to. But, that wou1dbe hard for me to take. |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6xs7q4z/902514 |
