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Interview with Mark Swedlund
Description:
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.
Last Updated:
2017-11-16
Interview with Mark Swedlund
Interview with Maurice Lazarus
Description:
In this interview, Maurice Lazarus gives a history of Brochin's store in North Side, which was a general store that sold Jewish artifacts and food, but it also sold tickets that helped Jewish people bring their families to the United States. He explains how it moved to St. Louis Park. Near the end of the interview, he explains the importance of ...
Creator:
Lazarus, Maurice, (1947 - )
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2012-06-29
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Last Updated:
2017-11-16
Interview with Maurice Lazarus
Interview with Paula Beugen
Description:
In this interview, Paula Beugen discusses personal information about where she grew up and where her family lived. They moved to St. Louis Park in 1957. They belonged to Beth El Synagogue, and she attended Talmud Torah. She attended the University of Minnesota and Bachelor of Arts in Social Welfare and Child Psychology. She also has Senior Manag...
Creator:
Beugen, Paula
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2012-06-29
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Last Updated:
2017-11-16
Interview with Paula Beugen
Interview with Paul Roitenberg
Description:
In this interview, Paul Roitenberg (1931 - ) gives his personal and family background, including information about a family grocery business. He gives reasons for why he moved from the North Side, along with some of his family members.
Creator:
Roitenberg, Paul, (1931 - )
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2012-06-12
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Last Updated:
2017-11-16
Interview with Paul Roitenberg
Interview with Paul Schroeder and Camille Schroeder
Description:
In this interview, Paul and Camille Schroeder give a general overview of how St. Louis Park and the North side developed from a teacher's perspective. The interview begins with Paul talking about how he lived on a farm until he went to college. He goes on to talk about how he moved to St. Louis Park. He became a teacher when he first moved there...
Creator:
Schroeder, Paul; Shroeder, Camille
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2012-02-02
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Last Updated:
2017-11-16
Interview with Paul Schroeder and Camille Schroeder
Interview with Rabbi Kassel Abelson
Description:
In this interview, Rabbi Kassel Abelson (1924 - ) discusses his personal background, the details regarding the move of Beth El synagogue from North Minneapolis to Saint Louis Park, and the social-historical context in which the move took place.
Creator:
Abelson, Kassel, (1924 - )
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2012-06-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Last Updated:
2017-11-16
Interview with Rabbi Kassel Abelson
Interview with Reva Rosenbloom
Description:
In this interview, Reva Rosenbloom explains her parent's businesses, which includes her mother's children store, and her father's car and truck repair shop. Her family belonged to Beth El synagogue. Reva graduated with a Humanities degree from the University of Minnesota, so she became a museum guide at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and the ...
Creator:
Rosenbloom, Reva
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2011-07-21
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Last Updated:
2017-11-16
Interview with Reva Rosenbloom
Interview with Richard Wainio
Description:
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.
Last Updated:
2017-11-16
Interview with Richard Wainio
Interview with R. James "Jim" McNulty Jr.
Description:
In this interview, Jim McNulty (1948 - ) gives an account of personal history along with his family business's role in residential and commercial development in Saint Louis Park, Hopkins and Golden Valley. He describes the history of McNulty Construction Company, which included the development of Westwood Hills Golf Course, Virginia Circle and t...
Creator:
McNulty,R. James, (1948 - )
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2012-02-03
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Last Updated:
2017-11-16
Interview with R. James "Jim" McNulty Jr.
Interview with Robert Held
Description:
In this interview, Robert Held describes his early life including belonging to Beth El. He also, discusses where his parents worked, which changed often. He works in the Department of Human Services for the state of Minnesota. His wife worked in the Human Resources section at the Humphrey School at the University of Minnesota. He goes into detai...
Creator:
Held, Robert
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2011-07-13
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Last Updated:
2017-11-16
Interview with Robert Held
Interview with Robert Levine
Description:
In this interview, Robert Levine (1951 - ) discusses moving to Saint Louis Park, Minnesota in the early 1950s and Jewish life there. The focus of the interview is on class and affluence in Saint Louis Park and the Jewish presence therein, but also touches upon Levine's parents and their role as owners of a supermarket chain, various local countr...
Creator:
Levine, Robert, (1951 - )
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2012-06-14
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Last Updated:
2017-11-16
Interview with Robert Levine
Interview with Roger DeClercq
Description:
In this interview, Roger DeClercq (1922 - ) gives his personal background, which includes World War II military service, an advanced degree from the University of Minnesota and landing a teaching job in Saint Louis Park. The discussion moves to schools and education in Saint Louis Park during the 1950s and 60s, including information about the ne...
Creator:
DeClercq, Roger, (1922 - )
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2012-06-18
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Last Updated:
2017-11-16
Interview with Roger DeClercq
Interview with Ronald and Ken Meshbesher
Description:
In this interview, Ronald and Ken Meshbesher explain their father's bottling company called Meshbesher and Anderson. When that closed, their father owned a liquor store, and after that closed he became a light salesman. Their mother did office work and also made bandages for soldiers. The brothers then explain their personal life, which includes...
Creator:
Meshbesher, Ronald; Meshbesher, Ken
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2011-07-08
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Last Updated:
2017-11-16
Interview with Ronald and Ken Meshbesher
Interview with Ruth Hollischer
Description:
In this interview, Ruth Hollischer discusses the reasons her family moved to the North side of Minneapolis. She talks about the class differences among Jewish families, and the value of growing up in a Jewish community. The quality of public education in St. Louis Park is mentioned. Her father worked in a tailor shop, and her mother worked in a ...
Creator:
Hollischer, Ruth
Contributor:
Norman, Jeff (Interviewer)
Created:
2012-06-18
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Last Updated:
2017-11-16
Interview with Ruth Hollischer
Interview with Samuel Stern
Description:
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.
Last Updated:
2017-11-16
Interview with Samuel Stern
Interview with Sue Ring
Description:
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.
Last Updated:
2017-11-16
Interview with Sue Ring
Interview with Theatrice "T" Williams
Description:
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.
Last Updated:
2017-11-16
Interview with Theatrice "T" Williams
Interview with William Thibault
Description:
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.
Last Updated:
2017-11-16
Interview with William Thibault
Introduction to Punjabi: Lesson 1 Conversation
Created:
1965
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Ames Library of South Asia.
Last Updated:
2017-11-16
Introduction to Punjabi: Lesson 1 Conversation
Introduction to Punjabi Phonetics: Affricates
Created:
1965
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Ames Library of South Asia.
Last Updated:
2017-11-16
Introduction to Punjabi Phonetics: Affricates