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Jews in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Edward P. Schwartz

Titles: Jews in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Edward P. Schwartz (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Edward P. Schwartz was born in Minneapolis in 1903. He was a newspaper reporter, weekly newspaper publisher and publicist, particularly for show business. He inherited and expanded his father's business (Schwartz Printing and Ad Art Advertising). Schwartz played a leadership role in the Variety Club of the Northwest and the Variety Club Heart Hospital. He was also involved with the fund drive for building Mount Sinai Hospital, with Temple Israel and with Democratic Farmer Labor politics. He was also a founder of the Henry Miller Society. Schwartz and his wife, Mae, were married in 1928, and they have one daughter. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Family background; his working career; intermarriage; anti-Semitism in local business and city affairs; the 1930s Depression; Temple Israel; the Variety Club of the Northwest and the founding of the Variety Club Hospital; Mount Sinai Hospital; the 620 Club and other Minneapolis restaurants; DFL politics, Hubert Humphrey's early career; and the Henry Miller Society. COMMENTS ON INTERVIEW: Schwartz bar mitzvahed with Ernie Fliegel, who was also interviewed for this oral history project.

Dates

  • 02/25/1976 (Creation)

Creation

Identifiers

  • Library Call Number: OH 131.23
  • Accession Number: AV1979.142.15

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

Quantity: 1 hour sound cassette 15 pages transcript

Format

  • Content Category: sound recordings
  • Content Category: text

Measurements

  • 00:59:56 running time

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