Interview
Rose Alice Vogel Schneider was chosen by Laurie Tarlowe to participate in an oral history interview as part of Tarlowe's research study on the early history of the Jewish community of Superior. In addition, it was hoped that Mrs. Schneider might shed some light on the role of women in her community. Before her marriage to Barnet David Schneider, who was interviewed on an earlier occasion, Mrs. Schneider served as a teacher in the Superior schools and outlying rural districts. Her professional experiences expose the attitudes of members of the Jewish community concerning her advanced education as well as the impact of a Jewish woman entering a largely Gentile occupation.
Mrs. Schneider was interviewed on February 19, 1977 at her home on Hammond Avenue in Superior, Wisconsin.
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 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 “Father in Plumbing and Hardware Business” should locate the place on the second track of tape one, side one, where the voice announces the 15:45 time-marking (the voice says at this point, “fifteen minutes, forty-five seconds”), and at this point switch to the first track to hear the discussion. The discussion on “Father in Plumbing and Hardware Business” continues until approximately 16:15 at which point discussion of the next topic (“Father's Participation in Jewish Religious Activities”) 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.
