| 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 81 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_johp |
| ID |
919878 |
| OCR Text |
Show LOUIS ZUCKER #2 er. There was a graduate course in Shakespearean plays, and he read them. It sounded like dishwater. He just went, "Pumpa-pumpa-pumpa-pumpa-pumpa." It did not sound like anything! This is a man who knew Shakespeare, understood Shakespeare, loved Shakespeare, but it just did not ever occur to him that you do not communicate Shakespeare this way. So again I said to myself, "This is the way not to do it." To continue with my odyssey as Jewish educator in Salt Lake City. Several years passed, and I was not doing any Sunday school teaching. When Rabbi Luchs came and asked me, I said, "No." Several years passed. Then one day in about 1945 or 1946, right after the war, and the war is still on. No. The war had ended, but not all the parents of the kids had come home yet from the war. So it was about 1945 or 1946. One of the USO men was still here; I forget his name now. He had a little boy in the Sunday school. A very bright boy, he was then. I do not know his name. So one day a delegation of women came to my door. I was still living on Second Avenue. I remember one of them was Mrs. Monsey, Mable Monsey, and perhaps Claire Bernstein, and some third woman whom I can't remember. They were a delegation from the Sisterhood of Montef iore Congregation to ask me if I would serve as principal of the Sunday school. They had a rabbi 75 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6gj1qmh/919878 |
