Finding aid for the Jewish Immigrant Interviews
Repository: Western Reserve Historical Society
Creator: Jewish Community Center of Cleveland
Title: Jewish Immigrant Interviews
Dates: 1979-1981
Extent: 1.00 linear feet (3 containers)
Abstract: The collection consists of typed transcripts (with hand-written notations) of oral history interviews conducted 1979-1981 by Carole Kantor and Goldie Lake of the Jewish Community Center of Cleveland, relating to the experiences of Jewish immigrants who came to Cleveland, Ohio after 1900. These interviews formed the basis of a play, "Many Small Worlds," which was produced at the Jewish Community Center.
MS Number MS 3895
Location: closed stacks
Language: The records are in English

Scope and Content

The Jewish Immigrant Interviews, 1979-1981, consist of typed transcripts (with hand-written notations) of oral history interviews conducted 1979-1981 by Carole Kantor and Goldie Lake of the Jewish Community Center, relating to the experiences of Jewish immigrants who came to Cleveland, Ohio after 1900. These interviews formed the basis of a play, "Many Small Worlds," which was produced at the Jewish Community Center.

This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of the Jewish community of Cleveland, Ohio, in the twentieth century and the Jewish immigrant experience.

Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged alphabetically by surname with group interviews following individual interviews.

Restrictions on Access

None.

Related Material

The audio tape interviews are available at the Reference Desk of the WRHS Research Library.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Cleveland (Ohio) -- Foreign population -- Biography.
Immigrants -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Interviews.
Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Interviews.
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century -- Sources.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 3895 Jewish Immigrant Interviews, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Acquisition Information

Gift of the Jewish Community Center of Cleveland.

Detailed Description of The Collection

Jewish Immigrant Interviews 1979-1981

Box
1 Harry and Rae Abraham; Max Apple; Valentine Bikerman; Klara Birn; Lewish and Valentine Birnbaum; Marie Blank; Alex Burkat; Philip Chelnick; Frieda Demick; Sadie Dobrin; Batya Efros; Hela Estreicher; Leo Fenster; Marcel Friedman; David M. Gans; Ezra Ghazal; Mildred and Dominic Giansi; Lewis Goldsmith; Bertha Haberkorn; Elizabeth Hoffman; Mario Kamionkowski; and Frank Kaplowitz 1979-1981
Box
2 Joseph Lerner; Ingrid Loebel; Fred H. Mandel; Bessie Milner; Greta Miller; Philip Neshkin; Abe Nisenbaum; Max Ratner; Leon Richman; Rita and Fred Rosenfeld; Marina Rothenberg; Ida Schulman; Gabrielle Senser; Ben Shouse; Frank and Esther Stern; Lia Vainberg; and Naomi Weinstein 1979-1981
Box
3 Group interviews 1979-1981