Benswanger, Eleanor Dreyfus - September 11, 1974

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Title: Benswanger, Eleanor Dreyfus - 1974 - Tape 1, Side 1
Description: [T1S1] birth to German immigrants in 1898 in Louisville, Kentucky; father, owner of Louisville Colonels; move of Colonels to Pittsburgh and consolidation with team there; parents' love of music and meeting en route to music festival; education, Friendship School, Peabody High School, and University of Pittsburgh; high school friends; marriage to William Benswanger; his insurance business; interest in baseball and music; father, owner of Pittsburgh Pirates and its president, 1900-32; husband's involvement with Pirates until 1946; baseball related activities and friendships; husband active in founding of Pittsburgh Symphony in 1926; his years as program note writer for Symphony.
Contributor: University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Identifier: pitt:ais196440.029_t1s1
Relation: ais196440.029

Title: Benswanger, Eleanor Dreyfus - September 11, 1974
Creator: National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), Pittsburgh Section
Description: Benswanger, Eleanor, daughter of former Pittsburgh Pirates owner, Barney Dreyfus, and supporter of Pittsburgh Concert Society and Pittsburgh Symphony.
Contributor: Benswanger, Eleanor Dreyfus (interviewee), Kabet, Marion;Hoffman, Rose (interviewer), University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date: 1974-09-11
Type: oral histories (literary genre), Sound
Identifier: pitt:ais196440.029
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