Oral history interview with Evelyn Torton Beck [sound recording], 1975.

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Oral history interview with Evelyn Torton Beck [sound recording], 1975.

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Tape-recorded interview conducted April 4, 1975, by Lorna Kniaz with Evelyn Torton Beck, a U.W.-Madison German and comparative literature professor, for the Wisconsin Jewish Archives; concerning her childhood in Germany, Italy, and New York City, youthful Zionist activities, her frustration at being an educated housewife and her return to academia, and her career interests and activities including work with Yiddish author I. B. Singer.

1 tape recording (63 min.)

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6926559

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Beck, Evelyn Torton

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University of Wisconsin--Madison

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Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1904-1991

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED Novelist, short story writer. From the guide to the Isaac Bashevis Singer Manuscripts, [ca. 1960]-1971, (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) Novelist, short story writer; came to America in 1935. Born Isaac Singer July 14, 1904, in Radzymin, Poland; son of Pinchos Menachem and Bathsheba (Zylberman) Singer. From the description of Manuscripts collection, [ca. 1960]-1970. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 477256024 ...

Kniaz, Lorna,

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