[T1S1] birth in Pueblo, Colorado, 1915; early life in Pueblo; education at the University of Oklahoma; return to Pueblo in 1936; enlistment in Navy in 1942; his religious education; anti-Semitism in high school; recollections of early life in Colorado; a writer for the Navy until 1945; is hired by the "Pittsburgh Post Gazette" in 1946; settles in Wilkinsburg, then moves to Forest Hills; his work with the "Post Gazette" from 1952 to 1962; begins writing about real estate, equity in housing in 1962 with Florence Reizenstein; publishes a book on Pittsburgh's Urban Renewal with Roy Stryker; improvements in the city; active in GASP and Sierra Club; discussion of racial segregation in Pittsburgh in the 1950s; Jewish cemeteries.
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Identifier
pitt:ais196440.413_t1s1
Relation
ais196440.413
"Seidenberg, Melvin - January 22, 1990" Metadata
Metadata Details
Title
Seidenberg, Melvin - January 22, 1990
Creator
National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), Pittsburgh Section
Description
Melvin Seidenberg, a former reporter for the "Pittsburgh Post Gazette" and freelance writer; co-authored a book about Pittsburgh's urban renewal and worked for Action Housing, Urban Redevelopment Authority and the Chamber of Commerce.
Contributor
Seidenberg, Melvin (interviewee), Kimball, Harold;Braun, Howard (interviewer), University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
1990-01-22
Type
oral histories (literary genre), Sound
Identifier
pitt:ais196440.413
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