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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	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.
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.
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Extent	36 pages
Language	eng
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ARK	ark:/87278/s6573jnr
Topic	Jews--Interviews; Jews, Russian; World War (1914-1918)
Genre	oral histories (literary works)
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ID	919122
Reference URL	https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6573jnr

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Title	Page 28
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ID	919106
OCR Text	Show ABE GUSS would make fun, but you learn to adjust to these things. FO: Actually then, after you arrived, you went to school for about three years, two and a half years? AG: Two and a half years. I went also to Henager's Business College. As I mentioned earlier, my father had some very difficult financial problems and so I had decided to get an education in commercial work, typing, and he told me to take bookkeeping. Mr. Henager was quite a con man. He said, "If you studied bookkeeping and took three courses, 11--I think they were called one, two, three or a, b, c, or something like that- - "If you finish these three courses, we will get you a job." You were supposed to finish in six months. In a business college you have smaller classes and you are on your own. The teachers advise and counsel you, but it is up to you to do the work. I decided to do it in three months. I worked day and night. I got sick afterward, but I still did it in three months. FO: And that is the extent of the formal education? AG: That is the extent of the formal education. FO: It seems to have served you very well. Insurance business does require a good deal of education. AG: Of course, a lot of it you learn by experience and necessity, and of course you do a lot by reading and studying books. 22
Reference URL	https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6573jnr/919106