[T1S1] father's early life in Poland; his immigration to the United States in 1893; the story of his father's name change during immigration; his father's support of William Jennings Bryan in 1896; family's move to Washington, DC; his father's relationship with a Mr. Langley at the Smithsonian Institute, an engineer in flight; his family's move to Pittsburgh, PA; his father's first marriage and divorce; discussion of his father's furniture store on Carson Street; his parents' courtship and marriage in Canonsburg, PA; their "5and10" store; number and names of siblings in family; atmosphere in parents' home; his maternal grandfather's founding of a Lubavitch synagogue in Pittsburgh; his maternal grandparents' immigration; mother's siblings; other family background information; his mother's family roots in a Russian Lubavitcher village called Schedrin; a reunion in 1974 of relatives from the village; his collection of information on the Schedriners; his interest in oral history and collection of tapes from the Schedriners; recollections of the Jewish community of Canonsburg; prominent members of the Jewish community there; some history of the AZA in Pittsburgh; the role of Jews in pest control in Europe.
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Identifier
pitt:ais196440.223_t1s1
Relation
ais196440.223
"Katz, Harry L. - June 18, 1984" Metadata
Metadata Details
Title
Katz, Harry L. - June 18, 1984
Creator
National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), Pittsburgh Section
Description
Harry Katz, a self-taught and widely publicized expert in the field of pest control, is a founder and first president of the Parkway Jewish Center in Pittsburgh; birth year, 1915.
Contributor
Katz, Harry L. (interviewee), Mermelstein, Elinore;Busis, Sylvia (interviewer), University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
1984-06-18
Type
oral histories (literary genre), Sound
Identifier
pitt:ais196440.223
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