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.
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.
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.
In this interview, Sue Ring explains her father's wholesale business and how her family moved from South Dakota to Minneapolis. Her family belonged to Beth El. Sue explains how she was a medical technician and worked with the army in Colorado Springs during the war. Her husband Marty Ring also talks about his personal information such as his gen...
Creator:
Ring, Sue
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2011-07-18
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.