[T1S1] Respondent provides background information: paternal grandfather's immigration from Pale of Settlement with family including Respondent's father Louis, 1906; describes circumstances of arrival and reason for coming to Pittsburgh. Respondent notes mother, Martha, born in NY, gives detailed description of her background: born to immigrant parents from Roumania; discusses grandfather's family business and father's opening of Maxine's Dress Shop in 1930s; grandfather active in Beth Hamedrash Hagadol Synagogue, then B'nai Israel Synagogue, chaired building committee; discusses parents courtship and marriage. Respondent reflects on childhood in Squirrel Hill, various residences, religious practices, synagogue affiliations, and early interest in reading and history; describes relationships with friends and attendance at Taylor Allderdice High School, University of Michigan and involvement with"Michigan Daily" newspaper. Respondent comments on interest in Indian culture; notes importance of her Jewish heritage; discusses social life in college: happy experience. Respondent reflects on meeting husband Dr. Seymour Krause: his residency, their marriage after Respondent's graduation from University of Michigan with degree in economics. Respondent gives names and birth dates of 4 children, grandchildren, their careers; difficulty of daughter's mental illness. Respondent notes activity in Ladies Hospital Aid Society; decision to teach kindergarten, 1958; influence of professor at Carnegie Mellon University; reflects on receiving masters degree in history, then Ph.D. at University of Pittsburgh.
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Identifier
pitt:ais196440.247_t1s1
Relation
ais196440.247
"Krause, Corrine Azen - 1997" Metadata
Metadata Details
Title
Krause, Corrine Azen - 1997
Creator
National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), Pittsburgh Section
Description
Respondent Historian, born 1927.
Contributor
Krause, Corrine Azen (interviewee), Saul, Ruth;Schwartz (interviewer), University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
1997
Type
oral histories (literary genre), Sound
Identifier
pitt:ais196440.247
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