| Title |
Samuel Guss, Interviews with Jews in Utah, Accn 998 |
| Alternative Title |
Accn 998, Interviews with Jews in Utah, Samuel Guss |
| Description |
Transcript (61 pages) of interview by Leslie Kelen with Samuel Guss with additional comments from Doris Guss on January 20, 1983 for the Interviews with Jews in Utah Oral History Project. |
| Creator |
Guss, Samuel, 1904-1984 |
| Contributor |
Kelen, Leslie G., 1949-; Oral History Institute |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1983-01-20 |
| 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 ; Poland, http://sws.geonames.org/798544 |
| Subject |
Jews, American--Utah--Interviews; Guss, Samuel, 1904-1984--Interviews; World War, 1914-1918--Poland; Jews--Social life and customs |
| Abstract |
This interview was conducted by Leslie Kelen. Doris Guss is present, and her comments are marked by the initials "DG." Samuel Guss (b. 1904) remembers growing up in Poland, the German occupation after World War I, and emigrating to the United States. He talks about Jordan Meat and Livestock Company, changing times, and troubles with unions. A member of congregation Montefiore, he briefly comments about the differences between that group and congregation B'nai Israel. 61 pages |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
61 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/s6767904 |
| Topic |
Jews, American; Jews--Social life and customs; Eastern Front (World War (1914-1918)) |
| Setname |
uum_iju |
| ID |
904444 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6767904 |
| Title |
Page 40 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_iju |
| ID |
904420 |
| OCR Text |
Show Samuel Guss 1-20-83 Side 2, p 39 they've got a little extra business in the vendor. On account of ski resorts, so some of the companies, big companies. But I'll tell you this inspector that I've got, he went to Colorado on a relief. To relieve some other inspector that maybe got sick or he went on vacation or something. L Whatever. SG Yeah, whatever. So I talked to him yesterday. I said, "What's going on?" He said, "He was a relief inspector over at the Montford's in Colorado." They killed 2200 hundred head of cattle in a day. What they mean day, is probably twenty-four hours' shift. But regardless, just picture yourself. L 2200 hundred? SG Cattle in one day. He called it a day. Here Jordan Meat - we call ourselves Jordan - you know about the Jordan? L Why? SG The Jordan River runs by our business. So we wouldn't take the privilege to have- no, that's a fact, see. (laugh) See, so ... L So you're trying to compete with guys like that. SG Auh, we can't not. And then the big boys, they give us competition and we tried to buy it on the market alive and they've given us hell when they tried to sell the meat because, my God they could kill more cattle in an hour than I could kill in a day. L What was the trouble you had with the union? SG Well, the trouble was, we had some men working for us for thirty or forty years and you think those buggers were loyal. Here, keep this. L I don't know. Were they? SG No, none of them. No. But anyway ••. |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6767904/904420 |
