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- Type: AudioSimon, Thelma… Born: Lawrence, 1916 Died: December 27, 2004 Ethnic Background: Jewish Interviewer: George M. Goodwin, ALSO DONOR Comments: The narrator talks about her family and the early businesses they had when they came to this country. She talks about the drowning of her father, David Davis, at Welsh's Pond, later named Forest Lake, in Methuen. She became a registered lab technician and worked at Clover Hill Hospital. …Tags: oral history, Jewish, Welsh's Pond, Forest Lake, Lab Technician, Clover Hill HospitalPeople: Simon, Thelma, Thelma Simon
- Type: AudioAndors, Jessica… Address: 3 Jackson Terrace, Lawrence, MA 01840 Phone: (978) 683-7752 Date of Birth: January 31, 1971 Occupation: Non-Profit Director, Co-Executive Director, Lawrence Community Works Ethnic Background: Jewish (Polish, Russian, Hungarian) Interviewer: Joan Kelley Summary: The narrator began to get involved in Lawrence when she was a graduate student at MIT (Departent of Urban Studies and Planning). She is now a resident of Lawrence. She describes Lawrence Community Works projects, reclaiming and redeveloping properties. She describes the many programs going on at their building at the former …Tags: oral history, Jewish, Lawrence Community Works, Non-Profit, MIT, St. Lawrence O'Toole ChurchPeople: Andors, Jessica, Jessica Andors
- Type: AudioIssenberg, Milton WWII Project US Air Corps and P.O.W.… Address: 19 Oriole Drive, Andover, MA 01810 Phone: 475-1829 Died: January 17, 2007 Occupation: Lincoln Foods Ethnic Background: Jewish Interviewer: Mary Armitage Summary: In depth narration about being a Bombardier in WWII - experience as a prisoner of war - stories of sweethearts, friendships, description of duties of plane crew, definitions of terms e.g. "flack". Educational interview. …Tags: oral history, Jewish, Lincoln Foods, Bombardier, veteranPeople: Issenberg, Milton, Milton Issenberg
- Type: AudioSilverstein, Benjamin… Address: Metropolis Fine Confections, P.O. Box 51126, Boston, MA 02205, located at 181 Canal St., Lawrence Phone: (978) 683-2873 Date of Birth: December 17, 1955 Occupation: Manufacturer - Wholesaler - Confectionaries Ethnic Background: Jewish Interviewer: Joan Kelley Summary: The narrator grew up in the family wholesale/retail candy business, Silversweets. His own business, Metropolis Fine Confections, is a wholesale business with a new retail shop. His emphasis is on a quality product with an attractive presentation. …Tags: oral history, Jewish, manufacturer, Wholesaler, Metropolis Fine Confections, SilversweetsPeople: Benjamin, Silverstein, Benjamin Silverstein
- Type: AudioSchwartz, William… TApe # 157 Schwartz, William Occupation: Electrician Ethnic Background: Jewish Interviewer: Ken Skulski Comments: A thoughtful and informative narrative about a man who worked as an electrician in Lawrence Mills and industry. Commentary on union relations including how regulations are negotiated. Also commentary on personal life: growing up in Methuen during Depression years - without a father (who had died), working as delivery boy for .25 cents per week, …Tags: oral history, Jewish, Electrician, Lawrence mills, Newspaper delivery, Great DepressionPeople: William, Schwartz, William Schwartz
- Type: AudioGoldblith, Dr. Samuel… Address: 6 Meadowview Rd. Melrose, MA 02176 Date of Birth: May 9, 1919 Date of Death: December 28, 2001 Occupation: Researcher Ethnic Background: Jewish Interviewer: Ken Skulski Summary: Teaching career at MIT & WWII experiences including being held a prisoner of war (Bataan Death March). NOTE: Side1 narration by Dr. Goldblith to Counter #317 - blank from #317-323 Interview with Ken Skulski picks up at #323 and ends at #625. Side II starts at 00 "those red Cross parcels" and ends at #121. …Tags: oral history, Jewish, Researcher, MITPeople: Samuel, Dr, Goldblith, Samuel Goldblith
- Type: AudioSchorr, Mark… Address: Robert Frost Foundation, 439 South Union St., Lawrence, MA 01843 Date of Birth: December 14, 1944 Occupation: Executive Director, Robert Frost Foundation/Adjunct Professor, Cambridge College Ethnic Background: Jewish Interviewer: Joan Kelley Summary: The Robert Frost Foundation began in 1996, when a group of local people decided that the story of Robert Frost in Lawrence needed to be told. Mark Schorr describes the Frost poetry award, the annual festival, the poetry Hoot, and the bee in local schools. A highlight is the evening with Nobel Prize- winning poet Seamus Heaney. …Tags: oral history, Jewish, Executive Director, Robert Frost Foundation, Adjunct Professor, Cambridge CollegePeople: Mark, Schorr, Mark Schorr
- Type: AudioRussem, Theodore… Born: 1915, Andover, MA Died: May 13, 2002 Occupation: Merchant Ethnic Background: Jewish Interviewer: George M. Goodwin (also donor) Comments: Release: See letter of 3/16/93 from Dr. Goodwin - OH Correspondence file. Family history and the development of Russem's (clothing store). …Tags: oral history, Jewish, Merchant, Russem's Clothing StorePeople: Theodore, Russem, Theodore Russem
- Type: AudioBass, Richard… Address: Cardinal Shoe Corporation, 468 Canal St., Lawrence, MA 01840 Phone: (978) 686-9706 Date of Birth: February 21, 1944 Occupation: C.E.O. Cardinal Shoe Corporation Ethnic Background: Jewish Interviewer: Joan Kelley Summary: Cardinal Shoe Corporation was founded by the narrator's father and brother-in-law. They began in Lawrence when they acquired a bankrupt shoe company in Lawrence. After being in the Everett Mills building, they acquired and rehabilitated a building on Canal St., where they are now located. With the decline in the local shoe industry, as manufacturing …Tags: oral history, Jewish, C.E.O. Cardinal Shoe Corporation, shoe productionPeople: Richard, Bass
- Type: AudioStern, Herta… Born: 1908, Soberheim, Germany Died: August 24, 2001 Ethnic Background: Jewish Interviewer: George M. Goodwin (also donor) Comments: Herta Stern came to the United States with the advancement of the Nazi party in Germany. A smaller version of the hosiery mill in Germany was started in the Everett Mill. The original business was a cottage industry begun by her widowed grandmother. She details the effects of the Holocaust on her family, including four who committed …Tags: oral history, Jewish, Germany, Immigration, Everett Mill, Marum KnittingPeople: Stern, Herta, Herta Stern