This audio is part of the Mount Zion Oral History records, which consists of oral histories conducted with members of Mount Zion Temple in Saint Paul, Minnesota as research in preparation for Mount Zion Temple's 150 anniversary in 2006. This oral history is part of the series on Social Justice.
Creator:
Wolff, Benno; Mount Zion Temple
Contributor:
Barrows, Mary Ann
Created:
2003-05-04
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Letter to Erwin Oreck from Helen and Ed Woeber at Arrowhead Lodge in reply to a letter inviting the Woeber's to luncheon on their first trip to Duluth. The Woeber's tell of the stay of Lee, Allen and their wives.
Creator:
Woeber, Helen; Woeber, Ed
Created:
1947-07-08
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
In this interview, Theatrice "T" Williams (1934 - ) gives his personal background and reasons for arriving in Minneapolis in the 1960s as a social worker on the North Side. Williams describes his relationship with the Phyllis Wheatley Center (director from 1965 - 1972) within the context of the American civil rights movement. The race riots on P...
Creator:
Williams, Theatrice, (1934 - )
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2012-06-21
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
In this interview, Arthur Weisberg gives an account of his life as a Jewish Minnesotan and legal practitioner. He recalls grew up on the North Side of Minneapolis and how his father was a dentist who ended up as an investor. Weisberg goes on to describe his time at North High, becoming a journalist in central Minnesota, working in the film indus...
Creator:
Weisberg, Arthur
Contributor:
Schloff, Linda (Interviewer)
Created:
2006-08-07
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
In this interview, Jerry Weinberg gives an account of his life as a Jewish Minnesotan and World War II veteran. He was born in 1921 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Weinberg explains that his father owned a hardware store on West 7th and an appliance store on Rice Street. He recalls his enlistment attempt during World War II with the army to be a teletyp...
Creator:
Weinberg, Gerald, 1921-?
Contributor:
Kaye, Fay (Interviewer)
Created:
2006-06-06
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Letter to Erwin Oreck from Helen Woeber at Arrowhead Lodge in reply to Oreck's reply. Helen and Ed Woeber state they were as mistaken as Oreck was of them and will stop in for luncheon when they are in Duluth.
Creator:
Weber, Helen
Created:
1946-10-18
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Letter to Erwin Oreck from Helen Woeber at Arrowhead Lodge in reply to a letter from October 4th. Arrowhead Lodge discribes how Oreck believes they discriminate based on religion, and how they do not, but simple do not want ""riffraff.""
Creator:
Weber, Helen
Created:
1946-10-07
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Letter written to Harry Goldie, principle developer of the Calhoun Beach Club building. Goldie was a Minnesota native and U of MN graduate. At the time this letter was written, Minneapolis was being referred to in the national press as the "Capitol of American Anti-Semitism." Jews in Minneapolis were denied membership in various associations, ho...
Creator:
Watson, W. O.
Contributor:
American National Insurance Company
Created:
1945-05-14
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
In this interview, Richard Wainio explains how he grew up in Duluth, but his family moved to Minneapolis and lived in a house on Xerxes Avenue. His first job was an elementary school physical education teacher. He eventually became a physical education teacher at St. Louis Park High School. He also coached the swimming team. He explains how new ...
Creator:
Wainio, Richard
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2005-07-03
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
This audio is part of the Mount Zion Oral History records, which consists of oral histories conducted with members of Mount Zion Temple in Saint Paul, Minnesota as research in preparation for Mount Zion Temple's 150 anniversary in 2006. This oral history is part of the series on Holocaust Survivors.
Creator:
Vital, Victor; Mount Zion Temple
Contributor:
Barrows, Mary Ann
Created:
2005-08-23
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Letter to Rosemary Brown from Martha Urbon at Birchwood Resort on Lake Vermilion discribing what accomodations are available and notes "restricted clientele."
Creator:
Urban, Martha
Created:
1947-07-23
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
In this interview, Ken Tilsen gives a brief account of his life as a Jewish Minnesotan and lawyer, touching also on Minnesota politics. He was born in Leipzig, North Dakota, to parents of eastern European heritage. An account is given as to why Jews immigrated to rural North Dakota. He gives family history and early memories of growing up in the...
Creator:
Tilsen, Ken
Contributor:
Rubenstein, Helen (Interviewer)
Created:
2009-06-22
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
In this interview, William Thibault talks about he became the city planning director and the executive director of the housing authority in St. Louis Park. He goes on to talk about how the area of St. Louis Park and the area around it developed from an urban planning point of view. He gives some details about how the streetcar and other transit ...
Creator:
Thibault, William
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2011-07-11
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Alex Tankenoff (1905 - ) grew up poor and Jewish in St. Paul, Minnesota, eventually owning a successful brewery and brewery equipment company. In this interview, the discussion follows Tankenoff's life story, brewery business and involvement in the Bremer Foundation of St. Paul, Minnesota. This interview was conducted by Dr. Linda Mack Schloff, ...
Creator:
Tankenoff, Alex, 1905 -
Contributor:
Schloff, Linda (Interviewer)
Created:
2005-08-29
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Audio file of an interview with Sylvia Peilen conducted by Ann Greenberg. The interview includes: Peilen family history, including growing up on the East side and moving to the West side of St. Paul; Jewish-gentile relations; Sylvia Peilen's schooling and early employment history. Peilen also recalls her work with several different community ser...
Creator:
Sylvia Peilen, 1896-1986
Contributor:
Greenberg, Ann (Interviewer)
Created:
1978
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Address by Mr. Stefen Zweig, at the House of Mrs. Anthony de Rothschild, London, on Thursday, November 30, 1933, to the Committee for the Luncheon at the Savoy Hoetl, December 20, 1933, in aid of German Jewish women and children.
Creator:
Sweig, Stefen
Created:
1933
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
In this interview, Mark Swedlund (1950 - ) discusses his father's building company Ecklund and Swedlund, which constructed homes in the western suburbs of Minneapolis during the period of returning World War II G. I.'s and immigration of Jewish families from North Minneapolis. Development and building are discussed within this historical and geo...
Creator:
Swedlund, Mark, (1950 - )
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2012-06-26
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Scrapbook of event brochures, including those for the symphony orchestra and cultural art events, that took place at the St. Paul Jewish Community Center.
Creator:
St. Paul Jewish Community Center Records
Created:
1983 - 1985
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
In this interview, Debra Stone (1952 - ) begins by giving some family background as it relates to St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota. In doing so, she tells briefly the story of her Communist father in Minnesota and the interesting circumstances which lead to both sides of her family settling in the Twin Cities area. As an African American, she...
Creator:
Stone, Debra, (1952 - )
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2012-06-22
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
In this interview, Alan Stiegler gives an account of his life as a Jewish Minnesotan, World War II veteran and legal practitioner. He was born in 1925 and raised in Minneapolis. His family background in is Russia and he describes some of their stories that involve working in a sweatshop in St. Paul and homesteading in North Dakota. Stiegler desc...
Creator:
Stiegler, Alan, 1925-?
Contributor:
Rubenstein, Helen (Interviewer)
Created:
2009-06-13
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
In this interview, Samuel Stern (1952 - ) gives his personal background which included living in Highland Park, St. Paul, education at Carleton College, UCLA, and law school at Washington University in St. Louis. Stern's family settles in Saint Louis Park, and he discusses that community at length, including people, neighborhoods, synagogues and...
Creator:
Stern, Samuel, (1952 - )
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2012-06-13
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
In this interview, Irving Stern (1928 - ) gives his perspective as mayor of Saint Louis Park and Minnesota state senator on local politics, commercial and residential development, and Jewish issues during his years in public service. The beginning of the interview consists of Stern's journey to politics and family background, including historica...
Creator:
Stern, Irving, (1928 - )
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2012-06-15
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
In this interview, Harold Specktor gives an account of his life as a Jewish Minnesotan and World War II veteran. He was born in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1923. Specktor explains that he joined in the Army as infantry and received training to be a combat engineer. He describes his training and subsequent combat along the Siegfried Line in Europe, gi...
Creator:
Specktor, Harold, 1923-?
Contributor:
Kaye, Fay (Interviewer)
Created:
2006-10-18
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.