Mrs. Claire Steres Bernstein, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Floyd A. O'Neil and Ralph DeRose, August 1, 1972

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Title Mrs. Claire Steres Bernstein, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Floyd A. O'Neil and Ralph DeRose, August 1, 1972
Alternative Title Claire Steres Bernstein
Creator Bernstein, Claire Steres, 1907-1978
Contributor O'Neil, Floyd A.; DeRose, Ralph
Date 1972-08-01
Date Digital 4/29/2016
Spatial Coverage Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States; Vernal, Uintah County, Utah, United States
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Subject Bernstein, Claire Steres, 1907-1979--Interviews; Jews--Utah--Interviews; Judaism--Utah; Utah--Ethnic relations; Immigrants--Utah
Description Transcript (37 pages) of an interview by Floyd A. O'Neil and Ralph DeRose with Claire Steres Bernstein on August 1, 1972. From tape number H-3 in the Jewish Oral History Project
Abstract Mrs. Bernstein (b. 1907), who was born in Vernal, recalls family stories of journeys from Russia and Manchuria, family life in Vernal, orthodox traditions at home, the move to Salt Lake City, and her experiences in the public school system. She also speaks of the family grocery store, living as a minority, politics, the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s, congregation Montefiore and the bar mitzvah of various family members.
Type Text
Format application/pdf
Extent 37 pages
Language eng
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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/s62f9v3q
Topic Jews--Interviews; Judaism; Immigrants; Ethnic relations
Genre oral histories (literary works)
Is Part of Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archive
Setname uum_johp
ID 919208
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s62f9v3q
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