[T1S1] Respondent provides family background: born Montefiore Hospital (Center Ave.), gives names of parents and maternal grandparents; parents born in Ostrog, Poland, immigrated to United States, notes maternal grandfather came to avoid draft in Army, comments on his family and his education Respondent gives name of brother; describes family: Orthodox; names synagogue affiliation on Hill District and attendance at Madison Elementary School; sickly child, seldom attended; adds additional schools: Herron Hill Jr. High School and Taylor Allderdice High School. Respondent discusses move from Hill District to Squirrel Hill; affiliated with B'nai Emunah Synagogue and Poale Zedeck Synagogue. Respondent reflects on scholarship to attend University of Pittsburgh; majored in accounting, changed to education in junior year on advice from brother (accountant); reflects on meeting husband Carl, their marriage and 3 children; volunteered 15 years while raising children. Respondent notes education highly valued by parents, set good examples; comments on brother's education and graduation from University of Pittsburgh. Respondent reflects on memories of Pittsburgh: street cars, manners of dress, names restaurants and tea rooms, thriving Jewish businesses in 1930s, notes during depression, families helped each other, not proper for Jewish families to accept Welfare. Respondent describes father's employment: names company; compares present Pittsburgh to Pittsburgh of the past.
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Identifier
pitt:ais196440.439_t1s1
Relation
ais196440.439
"Slomberg, Leah - 1998" Metadata
Metadata Details
Title
Slomberg, Leah - 1998
Creator
National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), Pittsburgh Section
Description
Respondent educator, administrator, negotiator, born 1923.
Contributor
Slomberg, Leah (interviewee), Berns, Barbara;Leib, Cindy Goodman (interviewer), University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
1998
Type
oral histories (literary genre), Sound
Identifier
pitt:ais196440.439
Rights
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