Summary Information

Title: Oral History Interview with Louis Witkin
Inclusive Dates: 1977 February 18

Creator:

• Witkin, Louis, b. 1894

Call Number: Audio 143A; Superior Tape 5

Quantity: 1 tape recording

Repository:

Housed at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections and the Area Research Center, Jim Dan Hill Library, University of Wisconsin-Superior; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections.

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

UW-Superior Jim Dan Hill Library / Superior Area Research Ctr. (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Tape-recorded interview conducted February 18, 1977, by Laurie J. Tarlowe with Louis Witkin, concerning his 1912 emigration from Lithuania to New York City, settling in Superior, Wisconsin about 1916, his work as a kosher butcher, and the Jewish community in Superior. Included is information on synagogues, business associations, and community groups, as well as political and social issues between German and Russian Jews within the community. Some comments are in Yiddish.

Note:

Forms part of the Wisconsin Jewish Archives.

Language: English and Yiddish

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-tape00143a

 ↑ Bookmark this ↑

 ↑ Bookmark this ↑