[T1S1] Respondent provides background information: father, Reuben Fisher born in Greenville, PA, moved to Old Allegheny, notes father owned shoe store on Federal St.; describes father; accomplished swimmer, "tough man." Respondent continues discussion of father; his involvement with produce business in Strip District: Joseph Fisher and Sons, owned by grandfather and uncles, then went into his own produce business: early 1900s; adds additional details about father; notes father among founders of Beth Shalom Congregation. Respondent gives name of mother: Anna Miller, graduated from Central High School; attended business school, worked in produce yards, met father. Respondent describes mother: "best read woman I have ever known"; interested in scholarship, made sure children did not falter in their studies; gives name of maternal grandparents: Pauline Rogoff Miller and Abraham David Miller, grandmother fluent in many languages; paternal grandmother: Sarah Fisher. Respondent notes Confirmation and Bar Mitzvah at Beth Shalom Congregation; describes early years on Sherbrook St.: very few houses on street, reflects on Colfax Elementary School.
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Identifier
pitt:ais196440.134_t1s1
Relation
ais196440.134
"Fisher, Edwin - 1997" Metadata
Metadata Details
Title
Fisher, Edwin - 1997
Creator
National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), Pittsburgh Section
Description
Respondent Pathologist, born 1923.
Contributor
Fisher, Edwin (interviewee), Berns, Barbara;Leyton, Hope (interviewer), University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
1997
Type
oral histories (literary genre), Sound
Identifier
pitt:ais196440.134
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