Jews in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Gladys Jacobs Field

Titles: Jews in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Gladys Jacobs Field (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Gladys Jacobs was born in 1903 and raised in Minneapolis. Her father operated Jacobs Jewelry in Minneapolis, and her mother's family was involved in the G. Pflaum and Sons cigar factory in St. Anthony. Jacobs married Harold Finkelstein (of the Finkelstein and Rubin theater chain) of St. Paul in 1926. In 1936 they changed their last name to Field. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Growing up in a large German-Jewish family; her close relationships with her grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins; incidences of anti-Semitism that she experienced; her involvement with the Minneapolis Art Institute, the Walker Art Center, and community and Jewish organizations; and her feelings about being Jewish.

Dates

• 01/29/1978 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Field, Gladys Jacobs
• interviewer: Lewin, Rhoda G.

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 131.7
• Accession Number: AV1986.76.2

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Jews in Minnesota Oral History Project' <OH 131>

Quantity: 2 hours sound cassette 32 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 01:42:52 running time

Subjects

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