Oral history collection, 1960-1985, 1969-1985 (bulk)

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Oral history collection, 1960-1985, 1969-1985 (bulk)

Oral history collection, 1960-1985, 1969-1985 (bulk)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155466762

Transcripts of interviews primarily concerning American Jewish experience in 20th century. Special collections include material on Holocaust survivors; recent Soviet immigrants to the United States; Jacob Blaustein, president of American Jewish Committee; Jewish women; East European Jewish communities; Jews and the 1972 presidential election; black-Jewish relations and civil rights movement; Jews in broadcasting; and three generation family interviews. Other subjects covered include the American Jewish Committee, Jews and the arts (including theater, literature, music, visual arts), professions, business, labor movement, politics, journalism, sciences, sports, education, and communal and religious activity.

ca. 1,700 items.

New York State Historical Documents Inventory