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Title: Edwin Black oral history interview, 2004 March 26
Creator: Black, Edwin, 1924-
Date Created: 2004-03-26
Subjects--Topical: War, Warships, Warships--Accidents, Military hospitals, Popular music radio stations, Veterans, Veterans--Medical care, Radio, Radio, Military
Description: Edwin Black discusses his time on the USS Rich during the invasion of Normandy and his life after World War II. Mr. Black joined the U.S. Navy in 1942 when he was eighteen as a radio technician with his cousin. The USS Rich was a convoy ship that ...

Title: Gladys Lavitan oral history interview 1, 1990 April 22
Creator: Lavitan, Gladys, 1916-2014
Date Created: 1990-04-22
Subjects--Topical: Judaism--Customs and practices, Jews--Social life and customs, Jewish way of life, Seder, Jewish religious education of young people, Antisemitism
Description: A longtime resident of Charlotte, North Carolina, Gladys Lavitan discusses the Jewish experience in the 1930s and 1940s as well as changes to the Charlotte Jewish community during and after World War II. She describes the challenges that life in C...

Title: Gladys Lavitan oral history interview 2, 1993 July 1
Creator: Lavitan, Gladys, 1916-2014
Date Created: 1993-07-01
Subjects--Topical: Acting, Community theater, Depressions, Radio broadcasting, Radio Talk Shows, Reform Judaism, Theater and society, Jews--Social conditions
Description: Gladys Lavitan recounts her life and her sixty-three year acting career in Charlotte, North Carolina. She describes growing up in Charlotte during the Depression, the city's reaction to the surprise attack at Pearl Harbor in 1941, and how the...