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Group in front of house at the National Endowment for the Humanities Grant Award Party, Washington State Jewish Historical Society, May 1981
No full textIdentified: bottom row, left to right: Rabbi Mirel, Karyl Winn, Jeanette Schreiber, ?, Adina Russak. 2nd row: ?, Connie, Harold Rosenbaum, Mildred Rosenbaum, Sara Karamer. Top row: Howard Droker, Barbara Droker, Joe Russak, Al Schreiber, Norton Roberts, Fannie Roberts, Meta Buttnick, Eric Offenbacher.
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Policar (Harry) interview
No full textMarmara, TurkeyHarry Policar was born in Marmara in 1902. His father, Marco Policar, traveled to the United States for two years then returned to Marmara. In 1920, Harry immigrated to the United States in 1920 and joined his uncles, David Levy and Jacob Policar, in Seattle. Mr. Policar speaks about his father's time in the United States, the growth of the Sephardic community in Seattle, and the establishment and eventual merging of the Ahavath Achim and Bikur Holim congregations.
Subject timestamps: (0:27) Family bakery business, (1:30) Ethnic makeup of villages in Marmara, (2:25) Greek and Jewish schools, (3:15) Father's reasons for coming to US in 1909, (5:11) Other Jewish men from Marmara in Seattle- Jack Policar, (7:21) Father's work at Mosler Bakery, sawmill, (8:35) Father's return to Marmara, expansion of business, (9:05) Economic hardship during WWI, movement of Sephardic community out of Marmara, (10:35) Immigration to US in 1920, travel from New York to Seattle, (15:00) Uncles in Seattle- Dave Levy, Jacob Policar, (15:55) Work at New York Bakery with Sam Rickles, (17:05) Growth of Sephardic population in Seattle after WWI, (19:20) Flu epidemic in Marmara, death of mother and siblings, (20:00) Siblings' move to Cuba, then US, (21:55) Father's death in 1929, (22:55) Development of Bikur Holim and Ahavath Achim, joining of congregations, (25:50) Names of original members of Ahavath Achim, (28:40) Reasons for merging of congregations, similarities in Sephardic worship
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Darr (Everett) interview
No full textMr. Darr was involved in the first ascent of Bonanza Peak and climbed a new route on Goode Mountain after Bauer made the first ascent. He describes trips into other places in the Lake Chelan area on which first ascents were made. On censored part of tape, Darr mentions finding a deposit of pitchblende in the Lake Chelan/Stehekin region.
Subject timestamps: (1:13) History of Darr starting climbing, Mazamas, (3:00) Dan O'Brian, (3:15) Lake Chelan outings, 1931/32 attempt of Goode, (3:30) Joe Lutho, (5:34) Wolf Bauer, (6:05) Kenneth Henderson, (6:24) Paul Parker, (6:45) climb of Goode with Henderson and Parker ; 2nd ascent of Goode, (8:34) Rafi Beday [?] ; Sierra Club, Colonel Robinson, (9:12) Hermann Ulrichs and Dan O'Brian attempts of Goode (11:08) Castle Peak climb 1940/41, (11:57) Bonanza ascent attempt with Joe on the Agnes trail, (16:25) marriage to Ida and Holden Lake, (17:55) Ida first ascent of Martin's Peak, (18:45) equipment used on glaciers, (19:02) St Peter's Dome first Aascent with Joe Lutho, (19:39) Ida & Darr climb of Company Creek glacier, (20:55) Curtis James, Barry James, Ida, Joe Lutho, Darr attempt to climb Bonanza, (22:40) Darr sickness on ascent, couldn't make first ascent, (23:30) Curtis James, Joe Lutho & Barry James made first ascent of Bonanza without Darr, (24: 30) Wye East [?] Climbers (elite climbing club of Oregon) founded 1929, (26:54) Joe Lutho friendship and background, (28:13) 1940 climb 3 Finger Jack, (28:43) Tupson attempt with Alvin Metzger, Joe Lutho, Ida climbs in, (29:53) named White goat [?], (30:32) named Wye east peak, no names were present in Riddle Creek area late 1930s, (31:17) Ida and Darr attempt Tupson again from Marginal Creek area, (33:34) returned 1 year later with pitons to climb from Devaur Creek, (34:05) Grant McConnell, (36:30) Darr used Stein's pillars to practice which later others claimed as first ascents, (37:20) Ida & Darr climb Cathedral Peak, long hike in with packs, (38:57) Winthrop Peak, (39:45) climbing in Chelan area, (40:00) tape turned off for censored section of deposits information, (40:54) Mazamas, joined in 1930, (41:55) John Scott & Mazamas climbs, (42:30) Darr made first pair of crampons ever made in America; used by Army on Mt McKinley, (43:10) Bester Robinson, (43:50) last trip to Chelan in 1949, (44:50) detail about designing and making crampons, (46:30) Alvin Metzger, (47:00) Dan O'Brian background in Portland as a singer in a nightclub, introduced Darr to Chelan, (48:05) Harts pass, grizzly bear story, (51:00) Climbs of Logan, Buckner, Booker, (51:27) mine shaft on Storm King with powder & cases, (52:00) 3 graves found in Park Creek pass
This accession is part of the North Cascades History Project.To request a high resolution or uncompressed reproduction, or to obtain permission to use any portion of this item, contact the University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections. Email: [email protected]. Please reference the Digital ID Number.1 sound cassette, analog, stere
Ulrichs (Hermann F.) interview
No full textAlameda, California, United StatesMr. Ulrichs, a chemical engineer and pianist, was an early climber who explored the interior of the North Cascades. His interview describes ascents of Bald Eagle, Silver Eagle, Snowking, Buckner, Booker, Cutthroat, Frisco, Hardy, Corteo, Icy, Maude, Fernow, Azurite, Carru and Osceola. He also describes several lakes or peaks he named and his survey for the Cascade Crest Trail between Stevens Pass and Cle Elum, which was never used by the Forest Service.
Subject timestamps: 8:08 Bald Eagle ascent, (9:28) Silver Eagle ascent, (19:50) Silver Tip ascent, (21:05) Snow King first ascent 1938, (28:11) Booker and Buckner ascents, Dan O'Brian, (28:50) Buckner & Goode ascents and discussion, (33:38) Buckner ascent 1934, (38:01) Booker first ascent, (38:32) Norval Grieg, Art Winder and Forrest Farr, (41:16) Cut Throat ascent, Dan O'Brian, (47:28) Black and Frisco ascent, 1934, (55:55) Corteo first ascent, 1935, John Layman and Mountaineers, (1:00:38) 1932 Fernow and Maude ascents, Bob Lanch, (1:07:53) Dick Ault, (1:09:05) Oscar Pennington, (1:11:44) 1932 Seven Finger Jack ascent, Dick Ault, Roy Pinkman,(1:18:01) Azurite ascent, (1:25:24) Sidney Shmerling, (1:25:45) Chet Huntley, (1:27:50) Osceola ascent, (1:28:21) Dick Ault, (1:33:07) North Gardener trip, Abernathy Climb, (1:33:52) Ruth ascent, Icy (second ascent) 1934, Bud Brady, (1:38:14) Naming peaks, Formidable, (1:40:12) Naming lakes, Jade lake, (1:42:07) Survey work with Forrest Service, Cascade Crest Trail, (1:47:55) Jade Lake discovery, (1:49:58) Daniels, (1:58:03) Cub Lake, Bud Lewis, (2:02:53) Naming the Hanging Gardens, (2:06:10) Forrest Farr, Norval Grieg, (2:06:43) Wolf Bauer, (2:07:35) Anderson, (2:07:50) Bill Dagenheart and Herb Steinburg, Pinnacle Peak climb in 1933, (2:10:15) Biographical info, grew up in Alameda, CA, how Ulrichs got into climbing, (2:11:00) Sierra climbing, (2:14:00) Solo attempt of Rainier, (2:16:22) Canadian Rockies, sliding over a crevasse, (2:24:40) Switzerland climbs, 1926, (2:26:11) BC coast range climbing, Don Mundy, Henry Hall, (2:30:57) Cascade Pass 1932, (2:33:50) Dick Ault, Chet Higman, Marshall Duton [sp?], (2:34:40) Dwight ? climb around Lake Dorothy, (2:39:00) Albert Heath The last tape of the interview has not been transcribed, and editing may be incomplete for the transcript corresponding to the second tape.
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Pritchett (Harold) interview
No full textEnglandHarold Pritchett was born in England in1904. He immigrated to Canada and began working in a Port Moody sawmill at age 15. He first became involved in labor unions in 1921. The Shingle Weavers Union was organized in 1925 and he became one of its members. Later he became president of this union, but was expelled as a communist in 1932. He discusses his involvement and subsequent election to president of the International Woodworkers of America, and later affiliation with the CIO (Congress of Industrial organizations), 1930s to early 1940s. He talks about the reasons why the Woodworkers union wanted to leave the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (AFL) and resistance to joining the CIO. He describes conflicts between the union and employers and the attempts to create strife within the union itself and also conflicts with the Longshoreman's Union. He talks about a constitutional amendment to expel all communists and fascists from the union, the strike at Bloedel Donovan in Bellingham, Washington in 1937 and attempts to organize in the "deep South" in 1940.To request a high resolution or uncompressed reproduction, or to obtain permission to use any portion of this item, contact the University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections. Email: [email protected]. Please reference the Digital ID Number.1 sound cassette, analog, stere
But still desire and will. Cambridge, Mass., Lowell-Adams House Printers, 1966.
No full textPoem signed by the author, with a blockprint by Karyl Klopp.; This is no. 27 of an edition limited to sixty-five copies.; On verso: Gift Roger E. Stoddard, July 26, 1967
NOBODY LIED / (When they said that I cried over you.) / Words by / KARYL NORMAN / & HYATT BERRY. / Music by / EDWIN J. WEBER:
No full textBox no. 1This item has been bound together with items gma-doc-00524 and gma-doc-00034.Edwin J. Weber: Nobody Lied; music printItem type: book | Content type: music and text | Writing material: pencil | Counting of pages: page numbersvocal-instrumental score | staff notation; tonic sol-fa | voice; piano"I have wander'd my whole life through [...]
Dreifus (Betty) interview
No full textGermanyThis accession is part of the Washington State Jewish Archives.
Extraneous car sounds as well ambient noise throughout.
Only Side A recorded. Betty Dreifus came to New York with her cousin in 1898. She moved to Baker, Oregon a year later where her uncle, the Stilsheimer family, was living. She married Simon Dreifus in 1910, moved to Colfax, and lived there for 48 years. Simon served on the city council and later became mayor. The Dreifus family would go to temple in Spokane as there wasn’t a strong Jewish community in Colfax. Dreifus describes a flood that occurred in her first year in Colfax, her husband’s business partner history, the mining and lumbering industry in town.To request a high resolution or uncompressed reproduction, or to obtain permission to use any portion of this item, contact the University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections. Email: [email protected]. Please reference the Digital ID Number
Schoenfeld (Max) interview
No full textMandel, GermanyThere is significant static in the introduction that does not continue through the interview.
Schoenfeld along with his brothers Herman, Theodore, and Max owned Schoenfeld Neckwear. They had a factories in New York and Scotland. He had grown up in an Orthodox family and he came to America in 1896. His immigration was preceded by two uncles who settled in Chicago, Illinois. He worked in Chicago for 10 years before he decided to follow his brother, Theodore, to Seattle in 1907 where he began selling neckties. He operated as a traveling salesman, selling in Seattle, eastern Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Minnesota. His neckwear business was the first of its kind in Seattle. Schoenfeld also provided jobs for blind individuals through Lighthouse for the Blind, Inc. In 1971 Schoenfeld traveled back to Europe to see his factory in Scotland as well as his hometown of Mandel, near Frankfurt Germany. This interview describes Schoenfield's neckware manufacturing business from the time that it became a manufacturing business rather than merely a jobbing enterprise.
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