Oral history interview with David Weingard, 1980
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- Name
- Weingard, David (Interviewee)
- Ellis, Helen M (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with David Weingard, 1980
- Other Titles
- Reminiscences of David Weingard, 1980
- Abstract
- On the audio from the first tape, David Weingard discusses his youth in Brownsville; his parents' work in sweatshops; his father's involvement with labor groups such as Workmen's Circle; his parents' Jewish cultural milieu on Lower East Side after immigration; Weingard's training as teacher and dissatisfaction with it; work for accounting firm; and volunteer work in civilian Russian War Relief duri ng World War II. The interview has two additional tapes, which are not yet digitized
- Collection Name
- Individual interviews oral history collection
- Subjects
- Weingard, David
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1980
- Note
- Interviewed by Helen M. Ellis
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 15920341
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/xq5d-5b31
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.