| Title |
Jack Goodman, Interviews with Jews in Utah, Accn 998 |
| Alternative Title |
Accn 998, Interviews with Jews in Utah, Jack Goodman |
| Description |
Transcript (71 pages) of interview by Leslie Kelen with Jack Goodman on November 16, 1987 for the Interviews with Jews in Utah Oral History Project. |
| Creator |
Goodman, Jack, 1913-2003 |
| Contributor |
Kelen, Leslie G., 1949-; Oral History Institute |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1987-11-16 |
| 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 ; New York City, New York, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5128581 |
| Subject |
Jews, American--Utah--Interviews; Goodman, Jack, 1913-2003--Interviews; Radio broadcasting--United States |
| Abstract |
Jack Goodman (b. 1913) talks about growing up, his schooling, and his career in journalism. He recalls working for the New York Post and the New York City Radio Station during World War II, and coming to Salt Lake City, Utah, to work for KALL Radio after the war. He talks about politics in Utah, the civil rights and socialist movements, and his move from newspaper and radio to television. 71 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
71 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/s6mg9j73 |
| Topic |
Jews, American; Radio broadcasting |
| Setname |
uum_iju |
| ID |
905554 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6mg9j73 |
| Title |
Page 69 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_iju |
| ID |
905550 |
| OCR Text |
Show Which was very ridiculous. Who are you trying to persuade to do what. But they did--had a very funny time and a hard time at that camp in a way. The plays were done in Yiddish. The Arteste Theater, which is a Yiddish Theater, the junior members, as it were, were the stage group, the theater group at that camp and they would do plays or musicals that I never could quite get the hang of. One time the director said to me, now, this next play, we need a prepichick on stage. I said, what's that? He said, well, that's a kind of a stove in a Russian hut that they can sleep on. And he said we got to have a--they've got to unveil a monument. In one of the scenes and he says, it should look like the paintings of Mark Shogal. Well, I knew Shogal's paintings but the notion of doing the scenery I had no reference material. I remember driving over to Poughkeepsee and going to Vassar College library and getting a boo£ of Shogal and bringing it back to camp and painting it up. And in one scene there was some store fronts and they had Yiddish names on them. Yiddish merchandise or something and I had to get the camp carpenter to draw the Yiddish letters out for me on a piece of paper so I could copy them onto the scenery because I could never speak Yiddish. Or read Yiddish. No, that was a left-wing organization without a doubt. I'm sure they were card carrying Communist members which didn't bother me at all. L: Let me put you on the spot sort of a way to finish up. You know you've been writing, you've written in various |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6mg9j73/905550 |
