Oral History Interview with Alex and Bernice Hyatt and Photographs, 1977

Contents List

Container Title
Tape/Side   1/1
Time   00:00
Introduction
Tape/Side   1/1
Time   00:40
Background of Rabbi Hyatt's life in Europe
Tape/Side   1/1
Time   01:55
Reasons for immigration to Superior
Tape/Side   1/1
Time   02:30
Family name changes
Tape/Side   1/1
Time   04:05
Reason's for family's immigration to Superior
Tape/Side   1/1
Time   05:00
Background of his Uncle Zalman Yehuda Leib Weinstein, first member of the family to settle in Superior
Tape/Side   1/1
Time   08:20
Grandfather's occupation
Tape/Side   1/1
Time   08:55
Background of Rabbi Hyatt's mother (maiden name Weinstein)
Tape/Side   1/1
Time   09:30
Background of Rabbi Hyatt's father and family
Tape/Side   1/1
Time   12:35
Knowledge of Synagogue in the 1920s while he studied in New York
Tape/Side   1/1
Time   13:05
Jewish population of Superior and Jewish leadership in the synagogue structure
Tape/Side   1/1
Time   14:00
Grandparents' home
Scope and Content Note: How it looked; recalls they had a cow and sold milk products.
Tape/Side   1/1
Time   15:20
Father's sister, Bluma, who married a man from New Jersey
Tape/Side   1/1
Time   18:40
Father taught Talmud classes
Tape/Side   1/1
Time   20:00
How observant the community was of religious practices
Tape/Side   1/1
Time   21:05
First religious services in Superior and the construction of synagogues
Tape/Side   1/1
Time   23:40
Attendance at the synagogue, women participation and “minyan”.
Tape/Side   1/1
Time   24:40
Types of Jewish businesses in Superior
Tape/Side   1/2
Time   00:00
Introduction
Tape/Side   1/2
Time   00:30
Background of other synagogue in Superior (Superior Hebrew Congregation)
Tape/Side   1/2
Time   02:00
Synagogue school and teachers
Tape/Side   1/2
Time   03:15
Arnovich Family (father's family)
Tape/Side   1/2
Time   04:05
Jewish organizations in Superior, Zionist organization and participation of Jews from Mesabi Range communities
Tape/Side   1/2
Time   05:20
Superior Gentile community and Jewish community's relationships with Gentiles
Tape/Side   1/2
Time   07:30
Wealthy Jews in Superior and their businesses
Tape/Side   1/2
Time   08:05
The Mikveh (Jewish ritual bath)
Tape/Side   1/2
Time   10:40
Early impressions of Superior