| 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 81 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_iju |
| ID |
902516 |
| OCR Text |
Show OHI Sid Matz 11-25-85 s2:19 SM OK, we worked with Kennecott. Ah, when I first hired out there, there was a Black who came up there to get a job. And this guy just come o ut and run him off the hill. "We won't hire Blacks here. You've got to go over to the Smelter, AS&R, or some place else, but we don't hire Blacks." At Kennecott. And they didn't. There wasn't a Black worked~ there for this was after the war. You know. 510-51 anyway. Then all of a sudden, I'm working up there and they 've got to hire so many Blacks. You remember the law that was passed,you've got to hire them. So we got the first Black man. He worked in the tank and his name was Brown. And he was a - He was fine but he was the worst Black they could have hired and put in that environment. LK KWhy. SM Well, he was - to me, he was fine. But -- You know, he -- he finally quit after a couple of y ears. But, he was beligerent. He wouldn't do his work. You know, stuff like that. They finally got rid of him. But what I'm getting at is everybody - we got a black man coming here. And - we ought to treat him good. So, they would-- people would go around and really try to be nice. And they were nice and everything. But, somebody once in a while would make a - say a statement or say, "fiigger" or " you know. And everybody would correct themselves. If somebody would say xomething, a guy would smack him. Like. "We've got Coons working at Kennecott." They're all from around Magna and The name are Coons. COONS. Coons. And [chuckles] This Coon was working on a tank. |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6xs7q4z/902516 |
