| Title |
Louis Zucker,Salt Lake City, Utah: an interview by Hynda Rudd and Ralph DeRose, September 1 & 4, and October 24, 1972, January 25, 1973 and June 1, 1977 |
| Alternative Title |
Louis Zucker |
| Creator |
Zucker, Louis C., 1895-1982 |
| Contributor |
DeRose, Ralph; Rudd, Hynda |
| Date |
1972-09-01; 1972-09-04; 1972-10-24; 1973-01-25 |
| Date Digital |
4/29/2016 |
| Spatial Coverage |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States |
| Access Rights |
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| Subject |
Zucker, Louis C., 1895-1982--Interviews; University of Utah--Faculty--Biography; Jews--Utah--Interviews; Schiller, Herbert M.--Biography |
| Description |
Transcript (184 pages) of an interview by Hynda Rudd and Ralph DeRose with Louis C. Zucker on September 1 and 4 and October 24, 1972, and January 25, 1973. From tapes H-10, H-17, H-18, H-20, H-21, and H-32 in the Jewish Oral History Project |
| Abstract |
Mr. Zucker (b. 1895) discusses the emigration of his parents from Poland, their life in Philadelphia, and political leanings. He recalls his education in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, his move to Salt Lake City to join the English faculty at the University of Utah, and life in the Jewish community. Also included are stories of various Jewish families, his experiences teaching Sunday school, the Maimonides, Jewish students and faculty at the University in the 1930s and 1940s, Jewish politics and culture, and the life of Judge Herbert Schiller. |
| Type |
Text |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
174 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/s6gj1qmh |
| Topic |
Jews--Interviews; University of Utah |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Setname |
uum_johp |
| ID |
919979 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6gj1qmh |
| Title |
Page 70 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_johp |
| ID |
919867 |
| OCR Text |
Show LOUIS ZUCKER #2 bright boy, and I think he is a very brilliant physician somewhere. No, I always liked Jules, and I liked Sam. I did become annoyed when, if I read some beautiful poetic passages from the liturgy, some kid would display indifference or make faces. This annoyed me, this made me angry. This is blasphemy, and this is hard for me to tolerate. I could not be patient with it. One day, I simply took my marbles and walked out, because for some reason the boys were unruly. I could do nothing with them that morning. · So I simply said, "Boys, I am only wasting my time, and I do not want to do that. I have a lot of work to do at home." You know, I worked at the university. So I walked out and I took my time going home. An hour later I was boiling a little bit. In those days the north hills overlooking the cemetery were naked as God had made them, so I went up to the north hills and I wandered around in the solitary recesses, which I loved to do and of ten did. I can't do it now, but I could do it then; and turned my mind to other things, to more salubrious concerns, and I came home. I lived on Second Avenue at the time. A little while after I came home, the bell rings and I go to the door. Jeremiah Cavorn, here is Elliott Wolfe and two other boys. I will not guess who they were. I do not remember now, but I remember Elliott 64 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6gj1qmh/919867 |
