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.
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.
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.
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.
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, 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.
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, 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.
Quetta is the capital and largest city of what is now Baluchistan Province of Pakistan. In 1935 it was a major British cantonment city with 12,000 troops and a total population of around 70,000. At 3:03 AM on May 31st, an earthquake struck Quetta, reducing the city to rubble, destroying towns and villages to the south and leaving 30 to 60 thousa...
Created:
1935
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Ames Library of South Asia.
![Iswara and Ravana, Puthoo Muntapam, Madura [Madurai]](https://dkp5i0hinw9br.cloudfront.net/580f52a32abc74b3650d0d7d9378dad0b41987ac.png "Iswara and Ravana, Puthoo Muntapam, Madura [Madurai]")