| Title |
Sonia Pepper, Interviews with Jews in Utah, Accn 998 |
| Alternative Title |
Accn 998, Interviews with Jews in Utah, Sonia Pepper |
| Description |
Transcript (72 pages) of interview by Leslie Kelen with Sonia Pepper with additional comments from Rose Arnovitz on January 14, 1983 for the Interviews with Jews in Utah Oral History Project. |
| Creator |
Pepper, Sonia |
| Contributor |
Kelen, Leslie G., 1949-; Oral History Institute |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1983-01-14 |
| 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; Pepper, Sonia--Interviews; Jews--Social life and customs; Voluntarism |
| Abstract |
In this interview with Leslie Kelen, Rose Arnovitz is present, as indicated by the initials RA. Sonia Pepper begins by discussing her parents, childhood, education, and work as a young adult. She also talks about collecting for the Jewish Relief Society, the inner workings of that group, the Jewish community in Salt Lake, being involved of the remodeling of Montefiore, and the role of women in the Jewish community. Pepper and Rose talk about the merger of the congregations, the James L. White Jewish Community Center, the United Fund, their social lives, other community members, and programs helping transients. 72 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
72 pages |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Is Part of |
Interviews with Jews in Utah collection, 1982-1988, http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv70657/ ; Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archive |
| 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/s65736tv |
| Topic |
Jews, American; Jews--Social life and customs; Voluntarism |
| Setname |
uum_iju |
| ID |
902932 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s65736tv |
| Title |
Page 23 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_iju |
| ID |
902881 |
| OCR Text |
Show OHI Pepper/Arnowitz 1-14-83 sl:22 About 35 or 36 yeas ago. And we raised over 100,000 dollars . IT took a long time and alot of work. And I was the head of the remodeling .. RA At Montefoire .. SP Anyway, Iwas the head of the remodeling . Andi got an architect company. It was Budd. Wessley Budd . He only died just a few months ago. And his offices were at the top of the Bamberger Building , the one that they tore down. And rebuilt the .... whe ~ e the Salt Palace is, now, Rose. It was a Bamberger Bus Station . The Bus Station. Theyoccupied the whole floor . And I went there and - at seven oclock every single morning and I left late at night. And I used to cook at night , twelve oclock at night , and cook the food. But , we got - theni had to get a variance from the city for the building. RA Tobuild on. SP You see, we sold. Before I came here , the synagogue was absolutey . I 'rn makingi t sound like I paid the IIDney. :i:lon ' t mean it that way. Before Milt and I came here, the synagogue was absolutely broke. And they had quite a littlebit of footage in the back of the synagogue. And they sold it off. Eveyr bit of it . Be-cause they had to pay the mortgae. So when we came here, they only had the front and then the gas station used to keep our cars at the gas station. So, Ihad to get a variance . So I had to go to the city court. And tell them why we didn ' t have any parking place or else we couldn't remodel the synagoue. Because at ~ time, we had to have a certain amoutn of parking space |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s65736tv/902881 |
