Interview
Mr. Witkin was interviewed in his apartment in Superior. One of the qualities of this particular interview was Mr. Witkin's accent which captures the flavor of his native Yiddish and adds to the value of this tape.
This interview was part of a research study on the early history of the Jewish community of Superior.
Abstract to the Interview
The tapes for this interview have two tracks: a voice track containing the discussion and a time track containing time announcements at intervals of approximately five seconds. The abstract below lists, in order of discussion, the topics covered on each tape, and indicates the time-marking at which point the beginning of the particular discussion appears.
Thus, the researcher by using a tape recorder's fast forward button may find expeditiously and listen to discrete segments without listening to all of the taped discussion. For instance, the user who wishes to listen to the topic on “First Impressions of Superior” should locate the place on the second track of tape one, side one, where the voice announces the 10:20 time-marking ( voice says at this point, "ten minutes, twenty seconds"), and at this point switch to the first track to hear the discussion. The discussion on “First Impressions of Superior” continues until approximately 11:05 at which point discussion of the next topic (“Louis Witkin's Butcher Business”) begins.
The abstract is designed to provide only a brief outline of the content of the tapes and cannot serve as a substitute for listening to them. However, the abstract will help the researcher easily locate distinct topics and discussions among the many minutes of commentary.
