[T1S1] grandparents' background and emigration from Poland; maternal grandfather's settlement in Pittsburgh, PA; his grandfather's employment as the first Jewish policeman and politician in Pittsburgh, Maurice Rosenthal; his father's employment as a peddler in Pittsburgh; his grandfather's service as the first president of Washington Street Synagogue; his interview with the University of Pittsburgh concerning Pittsburgh's renaissance; his birth in the Hill District of the city; his father's wholesale clothing store in downtown Pittsburgh on Fifth Avenue; effects of the depression on his family; education, Columbia University and the University of Pittsburgh law school; beginning his law practice in 1915; his service in the Navy; recollections of Pittsburgh before the renaissance; fundraising for Montefiore Hospital and Children's Hospital; his work with Dr. K. I. Sanes to prevent the association of Montefiore Hospital with the University of Pittsburgh; his entrance into politics in 1932; marriage in 1928; campaigning for Franklin D. Roosevelt locally; 1937, his election to city council; his involvement with the Carnegie Library; 1943, beginning of first period of renaissance in Pittsburgh; some of the issues facing the city council during his term.
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Identifier
pitt:ais196440.503_t1s1
Relation
ais196440.503
"Wolk, Abraham L. (Abe) - February, 1982" Metadata
Metadata Details
Title
Wolk, Abraham L. (Abe) - February, 1982
Creator
National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), Pittsburgh Section
Description
Judge Abe L. Wolk served on the Pittsburgh city council during the city's Renaissance period.
Contributor
Wolk, Abraham L. (Abe) (interviewee), Rosen, Ellaine (interviewer), University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
1982-02
Type
oral histories (literary genre), Sound
Identifier
pitt:ais196440.503
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