[T1S1] birth and early life in New York; family moves to Pittsburgh for father's work in industrial engineering at Blawnox Steel; education, Taylor Allderdice High School, University of Michigan and University of Pittsburgh; confirmation at Rodef Shalom Temple; marriage to Dr. Julian Levinson and birth of son, James; James diagnosis with infantile autism; father's career; family history; her employment with Gimbels Department Store as buyer of children's wear; discussion of son's illness; returns to graduate school while son Jimmy is in special school in Ann Arbor, MI; return to Pittsburgh after three years; son's treatment with Dr. Spock at Western Psychiatric Institute (WPI) for seven years.
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Identifier
pitt:ais196440.270_t1s1
Relation
ais196440.270
"Levinson, Harriet Dorfan - January 21, 1998" Metadata
Metadata Details
Title
Levinson, Harriet Dorfan - January 21, 1998
Creator
National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), Pittsburgh Section
Description
Harriet Levinson, a wife, mother and volunteer, whose personal experience with an autistic child and aging parent led her to work for programs for the aged and victims of Alzheimer's disease; birth year, 1920. [T2S4] the need for long-term care facilities
Contributor
Levinson, Harriet Dorfan (interviewee), Faigen, Ann;Kimball, Harold (interviewer), University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
1998-01-21
Type
oral histories (literary genre), Sound
Identifier
pitt:ais196440.270
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