Maurice Warshaw, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Floyd O'Neil and Hynda Rudd, October 23, November 7 and 14, 1972, February 6, 1973

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Title Maurice Warshaw, Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Floyd O'Neil and Hynda Rudd, October 23, November 7 and 14, 1972, February 6, 1973
Alternative Title Maurice Warshaw
Creator Warshaw, Maurice, 1898-1979
Contributor O'Neil, Floyd A.; Rudd, Hynda
Date 1972-10-23; 1972-11-07; 1972-11-14; 1973-02-06
Date Digital 4/29/2016
Spatial Coverage Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States; Clarion, Sanpete County, Utah, United States; Russia; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Subject Warshaw, Maurice, 1898-1979--Interviews; Jews--Utah--Interviews; Jews, Russian; Immigrants--Utah; Jews--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia; Clarion (Utah)--History
Description Transcript (89 pages) of an interview by Floyd O'Neil and Hynda Rudd with Maurice Warshaw on October 23, November 7, and November 14, 1972, and February 6, 1973. From tapes H-13, H-14, H-19, and H-22 in the Jewish Oral History Project
Abstract Mr. Warshaw (b. 1898) recalls his early life in Russia, including a pogrom that took place when he was eight, and gives his impressions of immigrant life just after the turn of the century. He discusses life in Philadelphia, a brief period of residence in Clarion, Utah, and his experiences working in Philadelphia. Warshaw also talks about various family members, including two sisters who espoused communism in the 1930s and on into the McCarthy era. The interview concludes with Warshaw tracing his business ventures from a fruit stand to the Grand Central supermarket chain.
Type Text
Format application/pdf
Extent 89 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/s60g5rqr
Topic Jews--Interviews; Jews, Russian; Immigrants; Utah--Clarion Colony
Genre oral histories (literary works)
Setname uum_johp
ID 919687
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60g5rqr
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