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- Type: AudioHogan, Deborah… Management Consultant Ethnic Background: Irish American Summary: Deborah Hogan went to the Bruce School on Tower Hill from kindergarten through eighth grade (CLASS OF 1969). She gives good detail about her classes, her classmates, her clothing, her memory in 3rd grade of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the tracking system used for academics, and her friends, who were primarily Jewish. …Tags: oral history, Irish American, Bruce School, Tower Hill, JFKPeople: Hogan, Deborah, Deborah Hogan
- Type: AudioSandler, Quentin WWII Veteran Project Army (MP's)… Address: 354 North End Blvd., Salisbury Beach, MA 01952 Phone: (508) 465-8904 Date of Birth: June 29, 1920 Occupation: Retired, businessman and manufacturer Ethnic Background: Jewish Interviewer: Mary Armitage Summary: Mr. Sandler's interview tells of the Sandler family coming to this country and settling in Lawrence, developing a business, serving in WWI and WWII, leaving Lawrence and settling in Florida. He talks at length about his WWII service and the development of a business in Miami. He also reminisces about recreation in the Lawrence area, where he went to …People: Veteran, Project, Army, Sandler, Quentin
- Type: AudioDanforth, Jeanne Bernardin… Address: 40 Ferncroft Road, York, ME 03909 Date of Birth: April 17, 1926 Occupation: Retired teacher Ethnic Background: French Canadian Interviewer: Marguerite Murphy Summary: The narrator describes growing up on Tower Hill in the 1930s and 40s, including her schooling and the places where people did business. She was French-Canadian in an area that was predominantly Irish. Eventually Jewish families started to move in. …Tags: oral history, French Canadian, teacher, Tower HillPeople: Danforth, Jeanne, Bernardin, Jeanne Danforth
- Type: AudioSidell, Gary… Address: 206 Olympic Lane, North Andover, MA 01845 Date of Birth: March 3, 1969 Occupation: Commercial Property Developer and Manager Ethnic Background: Jewish Interviewer: Jennifer Pagan and Giovanni Pagan Summary: SOUTHWICK - UNION CROSSING PROJECT …People: Sidell, Gary
- Type: AudioBreen, Charles… Born: April 15, 1914 Occupation: Funeral Director Ethnic Background: Irish/German Interviewer: Jonas Stundza Comments: Funeral customs in Lawrence, funeral homes. Mr. Breen discusses the funeral customs of several ethnic groups; Jewish, Syrian, Irish, Italian and Hispanic. He discusses at-home wakes, embalming, cremation, caskets, and hearses (originally horse-drawn). Breen Funeral Home. NOTE: Flip side of this tape has info. re. East Boston Immigration station. After a line index evaluation consider putting on separate tape. …Tags: oral history, Irish, German, Breen Funeral HomePeople: Charles, Breen, Charles Breen
- Type: AudioTimpson, Anne Burlack… Born: 1911 Died: July 9, 2002 Ethnic Background: Ukrainian Interviewer: Yilderay Erdener Comments: Union activity, union organizer, strikes, "pinch hitting" for Edith Berkman, the "red flame", after she got arrested. Narrator became a Communist. Researcher Dexter Arnold noted that Anne Burlak Timpson is not Jewish. He says that she once referred to proving her birth by showing a Baptismal Record. We should check this. …Tags: oral history, red flame, communismPeople: Anne, Timpson, Burlack, Anne Burlack Timpson
- Type: AudioSchwartz, Stephen… Address: 14 Russell Farm Dr., Methuen, MA 01844 Date of Birth: July 12, 1949 Occupation: Purchasing Manager Ethnic Background: Jewish Interviewer: Kathy Flynn Summary: SOUTHWICK-UNION CROSSING PROJECT …People: Stephen, Schwartz
- Type: AudioSilverstein, Samuel… Address: 8 Avon Ave., Methuen, MA 01844 Phone: (978) 686-3233 Date of Birth: August 20, 1915 Occupation: Candy Manufacturer Ethnic Background: Jewish Interviewer: Joan Kelley Summary: Samuel Silverstein started Silver Sweet Candies after World War II. The company has had a large wholesale business, with a large line of diabetic candy. He tells how he learned to make candy and moved the business as it grew. He sold the building, and business, on Essex St. to Robert Burkinshaw, who opens Ye Olde Pepper Candy Companie, Ltd., the oldest …People: Samuel, Silverstein
- Type: AudioSidell, Chester… Address: 60 Island St., Lawrence, MA 01840 Date of Birth: September 22, 1941 Occupation: Business Person Ethnic Background: Jewish Interviewer: Joan Kelley Summary: Chet Sidell grew up in the garment business. He came to Lawrence and established KGR (after the initials of his three children). He manufactured both KGR label and private label. He bought old mill buildings, including the Cotton Weaving House, the Kunhardt Mill, the Duck Mill, and the Lincoln Foods building. Currently, after the end of his clothing …People: Chester, Sidell
- Type: AudioGoldblith, Dr. Samuel WWII Project Army P.O.W… Born: May 5, 1919 Died: December 28, 2001 Occupation: Professor, researcher, MIT Ethnic Background: Jewish Interviewer: Ken Skulski Comments: This tape also includes Dr. Goldblith's WWII experiences, including being a prisoner of war. He survived the Bataan death march. Also, his teaching career at MIT. See career statistics in file #346, also book in Closet #1. Note: There is a pause at counter No. 317. Tape continues at #323. Also: "Nestle Research News 1976/77" article by Prof. Goldblith …People: Samuel, Dr, Project, Army, Goldblith, POW