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Tape/Side 1/1 Time 00:00	Introduction
Tape/Side 1/1 Time 00:30	Background Information Scope and Content Note: Place and date of birth.
Tape/Side 1/1 Time 01:15	Lurye Immigrates to America with Mother and Brothers Scope and Content Note: Arrived in Montreal; was a greenhorn. Took a train to Superior.
Tape/Side 1/1 Time 02:15	Why Family Came to Superior Scope and Content Note: Maternal uncles, Edelstein brothers, lived in Superior. Future looked bad in Europe.
Tape/Side 1/1 Time 04:40	Lurye's Education Scope and Content Note: Attended school until the 6th grade; then started working because family was large and needed money. Regrets he did not complete his education; later, took business course in night school. Discusses importance of education.
Tape/Side 1/1 Time 06:05	Lurye Works for Columbia Clothing Company Scope and Content Note: Wrapped bundles for the owners, Nathan and Bill Stein, who were German Jews.
Tape/Side 1/1 Time 07:10	Lurye Works for Railroad in St. Paul Scope and Content Note: Parents wanted him home in Superior, so got a job as a timekeeper.
Tape/Side 1/1 Time 07:50	Lurye Opens Furniture Shop with Father and Older Brother Scope and Content Note: Rented a store for 25 dollars a month. Brother was in transfer business; his father was a blacksmith; Ed was the go-getter. Business expanded until circumstances changed and Lurye got into some trouble.
Tape/Side 1/1 Time 09:30	Opens Builders' Supply Business Scope and Content Note: Began in 1939 with 15 dollars capital. Family did not approve, but now a three generation business.
Tape/Side 1/1 Time 11:05	Lurye Family Speaks Several Languages
Tape/Side 1/1 Time 12:00	First Synagogues in Superior
Tape/Side 1/1 Time 12:50	[Telephone Interruption]
Tape/Side 1/1 Time 13:25	Split between Congregations in Superior Scope and Content Note: Americanization; some saw wisdom in not following the old traditions.
Tape/Side 1/1 Time 15:25	German Jews Go to Synagogue in Duluth Scope and Content Note: Only three or four families of German extraction. Discusses Albert Abraham (actually Arthur Abraham).
Tape/Side 1/1 Time 17:05	Families No Longer Living in Superior
Tape/Side 1/1 Time 18:45	Where Lurye Family Lives in Superior Scope and Content Note: First lived in “Oklahoma” section, above a Jewish bakery. Lurye's father remarried after his wife died; Ed Lurye discusses his stepmother.
Tape/Side 1/1 Time 20:25	Jewish Bakery in Superior Scope and Content Note: Handlovsky family ran bakery business.
Tape/Side 1/1 Time 22:30	Relations with Gentile Community Scope and Content Note: Good relationship maintained, Lurye business required contacts with Gentile community; Lurye was a member of many community organizations.
Tape/Side 1/1 Time 24:35	Lurye's Jewish Education Scope and Content Note: Had a Bar Mitzvah in Superior; had a tutor who lived with the family in Russia.
Tape/Side 1/2 Time 00:00	Introduction
Tape/Side 1/2 Time 00:30	Oklahoma and Connor's Point Neighborhoods Scope and Content Note: Little synagogue started in Oklahoma.
Tape/Side 1/2 Time 01:20	Ed Lurye Discusses Solomon Kaner Neighborhoods Scope and Content Note: Kerner brought many relatives to the United States; Lurye family small compared to Kaner family.
Tape/Side 1/2 Time 02:00	Why Lurye's Uncles Came to Superior Scope and Content Note: Perhaps an arranged marriage.
Tape/Side 1/2 Time 04:00	Why Lurye Family Came to the United States Scope and Content Note: His father had a good business, but no future for a family of seven children. Czar's army a threat; family didn't want their sons drafted.
Tape/Side 1/2 Time 04:50	Father First to Go to U.S. Scope and Content Note: Ed's older brother Morris went with his father. Ed's father worked in flour sheds long hours to make enough money to send for his family.
Tape/Side 1/2 Time 05:35	Ed Lurie Works for Mr. Zelasnic Scope and Content Note: Zelasnic picked up rags with horse and wagon. Lurye helped him because he could speak English.
Tape/Side 1/2 Time 06:50	Morris Lurye's Dray Line Scope and Content Note: Family got government contract for hauling mail from the railway depot.
Tape/Side 1/2 Time 08:25	Lurye Discusses His Father's Religiosity Scope and Content Note: Father angry because Ed rented the store on Saturday; father's wife interfered in family business.
Tape/Side 1/2 Time 09:10	Jewish Organizations in Superior Scope and Content Note: B'nai Brith.
Tape/Side 1/2 Time 10:10	Lurye's Relatives in Superior Scope and Content Note: Edelstein grandparents arrived in Superior one year after Lurye family; B.H. Edelstein (Ed's uncle) lived in Hibbing, Minnesota.
Tape/Side 1/2 Time 14:30	Kaner Family Scope and Content Note: Kaner family peddled rubber and junk.
Tape/Side 1/2 Time 15:00	Lurye as a Speechmaker for Mr. Zelasnic Scope and Content Note: Zelasnic was in cattle business. Many Jews bought and sold cattle.
Tape/Side 1/2 Time 17:15	Lurye Family Not Associated with Peddlers Scope and Content Note: Family wanted to get away from the traditional trade.
Tape/Side 1/2 Time 17:40	Ed Lurye Discusses His Arrival in Superior Scope and Content Note: Arrived on July 4, 1901 and sold balloons at an Independence Day parade.
Tape/Side 1/2 Time 19:05	German Jews in Superior Scope and Content Note: Frank Nathan and wife lived in Hotel Superior; Felix Seligman was manager of Columbia Clothing Company.
Tape/Side 1/2 Time 21:15	Russian Jews in Superior Scope and Content Note: Woolf, Schlosberg, and Bazalan families. Bazalan an associate judge of the court of appeals in Washington, D.C.