| Title |
Mr. Abe Guss, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Floyd A. O'Neil and Ed Ogilvie, April 26, 1972 |
| Alternative Title |
Abe Guss |
| Creator |
Guss, Abe, 1904-2000 |
| Contributor |
O'Neil, Floyd A.; Ogilvie, Ed |
| Date |
1972-04-26 |
| Date Digital |
4/29/2016 |
| Spatial Coverage |
Russia; Poland; New York City, New York, United States; Utah, United States |
| Access Rights |
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| Subject |
Guss, Abe, 1904-2000--Interviews; Jews--Utah--Interviews; Jews, Russian; Immigrants--United States; Jews--United States; World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, Jewish |
| Description |
Transcript (36 pages) of an interview by Floyd A. O'Neil and Ed Ogilvie with Abe Guss on April 26, 1972. From tape number H-1 in the Jewish Oral History Project |
| Abstract |
Mr. Guss (b. 1904) discusses his parents, their life in Czarist Russia, and his father's journey to New York in 1912. He describes life under German occcupation in World War I, the journey with his mother and siblings to Philadelphia, and from there to Denver, and his first impressions of America. Also included are comments on the differences in religious rites such the bar mitzvah in America and in Europe. |
| Type |
Text |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
36 pages |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Scanning Technician |
Mazi Rakhsha |
| 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/s6573jnr |
| Topic |
Jews--Interviews; Jews, Russian; World War (1914-1918) |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Setname |
uum_johp |
| ID |
919122 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6573jnr |
