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Dave Esther Ruth Fox Betty Pollock Golden and Stan Golden Miriam Kell Ginger Grand Lerner Milton Lurey Harry and Mary Lee Mamlin Trudy Schwarzberg Packard Marilyn Blomberg Patton George Roberts, Rabbi Robinson Leon Rocamora Frank Rosen Arthur Sandman Mary Schochet Bobbie Siegal Eva Rae Lipinsky Solomon Phyllis Sultan Alan Thorp Dennis and Robert Winner Dorothy and Joanne Zageir
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Oral History Register forJewish Businesses in Western North CarolinaOH-JBWNC |
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| Title | Jewish Businesses in Western North Carolina Oral History Collection | |
| Creator | Sharon Fahrer and Jan Schochet [from the non-profit History @ Hand] | |
| Subject | LCSH: Jews -- North Carolina -- Asheville -- History Jews -- North Carolina --Asheville -- Identity Business enterprises -- North Carolina -- Asheville Metropolitan Area Asheville (N.C.) -- History |
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| Subject | Keyword: Asheville businesses ; Downtown Asheville ; Hyman Dave ; Esther Ruth Fox ; Betty Pollock Golden ; Stan Golden ; Miriam Kell ; Ginger Grand Lerner ; Milton Lurey ; Harry Mamlin ; Mary Lee Mamlin ; Trudy Packard ; Marilyn Blomberg Patton ; George Roberts ; Rabbi Robinson ; Leon Roccamora ; Frank Rosen ; Arthur Sandman ; Mary Schochet ; Bobbie Siegal ; Eva Rae Lipinsky Solomon ; Phyllis Sultan ; Alan Thorp ; Dennis and Robert Winner ; Dorothy and Joanne Zagier ; Zagier family ; Schandler's ; Pollock's Shoes ; Dave Steel ; Fielos Men's Store ; Vogue Furrier ; Vanderbilt Shirt Factory ; Mamlins ; The Gem Store ; Harry Blomberg ; Asheville Showcase ; Cancellation Shoes ; A Dancer's Place ; Bon Marche ; Gallenbooks ; Starr Store ; Winners | |
| Description | Jewish Businesses in Western North
Carolina was a project derived from the ingenuity of the organization
History @ Hand, whose research into the history of Jewish families in
western North Carolina has enriched the cultural awareness of Jewish life
across the region and a deeper understanding into the history of Asheville.
The collection includes interviews with various Jewish business owners,
former business owners, and their families who owned or still own businesses
in downtown Asheville. A significant portion of the collection was compiled
by History @ Hand for an outdoor exhibit in downtown Asheville entitled "The
Family Store: A History of Jewish Businesses in Downtown Asheville,
1880-1990.
The following information is taken from the brochure of the exhibit: "The Family Store: A History of Jewish Businesses in Downtown Asheville, 1880-1990 is a twelve-station exhibit located at sites around downtown where former Jewish businesses used to thrive. It showcases a time when all downtowns were destinations of purpose, providing the items necessary for daily life, from groceries to clothing to restaurants. During the majority of this period, downtown Asheville was the shopping hub of Western North Carolina. The Family Store acknowledges 110 years of undocumented history by revealing the presence, the abundance (more than 400) and the importance of downtown Asheville's Jewish businesses. These merchants laid the groundwork, both physical and commercial, for downtown Asheville, to be the arts and tourism destination it is today." The collection includes: Twenty-two interviews, available in DVD or VHS format, and their transcripts. |
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| Publisher | D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville, NC, 28804 | |
| Contributor | City Seeds, Inc. | |
| Date | Electronic Record Issued: 2006-11-01 | |
| Type | Sound ; Text | |
| Format | One 15"L x 10"H x 7"D manuscript box containing twenty-two folders, each containing a DVD copy of the original interview, along with its transcript in digital form. Original DVD's were returned to History @ Hand, while the digital copies remain with Special Collections. | |
| Identifier | http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/oralhistory/JBWNC/jewish_businesses_revised.htm | |
| Source | Jewish Businesses in Western North Carolina Oral History Collection, D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804 | |
| Language | English | |
| Relation | Leo Finkelstein oral history in Voices of Asheville Oral History Collection, Special Collections, D.H. Ramsey Library, University of North Carolina at Asheville ; Hyman Dave oral history in Voices of Asheville Oral History Collection, Special Collections, D.H. Ramsey Library, University of North Carolina at Asheville ; Digital copies of personal photographs and microfilm copies of Leo Finkelstein's scrapbooks and manuscripts at Appalachian State University, W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection Archives, Boone, NC. Sol Schulman Collection, a small collection of material related to Jewish businesses in the western part of the state. Includes material on Sol Schulman, a businessman in Waynesville, NC.. The Ada and Lou Pollock Collection contains rich material on many of the individuals and businesses mentioned in the Beth-Ha-Tephila collection and also contains supplementary material related to the Congregation Beth-Ha-Tephila. "Jewish Roots in the Carolinas: A Pattern of American Philo-Semition," Charlotte, M.C.: The Charlotte Israelite, 1955, in the D.Hiden Ramsey Collection, Folio #4, Correspondence, 1955 (miscellaneous) ; Louis Blomberg Family Papers ; Schandler Family Papers ; Choosing to Remember - From the Shoa to the Mountains ; Carolina Center for Jewish Studies, UNC Chapel Hill ; American Jewish Historical Society ; Schochet Family Papers | |
| Coverage | 1880 - 2005 ; Asheville, NC ; Sylva, NC ; Western North Carolina | |
| Rights | Some interviews are restricted. See table below. For the rest: no restrictions ; Any display, publication, or public use must credit the D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville. Copyright retained by the authors of certain items in the collection, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law. | |
| Acquisition | Donor number: 183 ; Date of acquisition: 2005-08 | |
| Processed By | Special Collections staff , Jamie Patterson 2006-10 | |
| Interview Date | 2003 - 2005 | |
| List of Names | see table below | |
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