Evelyn Torton Beck Oral History Interview, 1975
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Title: Evelyn Torton Beck Oral History Interview
Inclusive Dates: 1975

Creator:
  • Beck, Evelyn Torton
Call Number: Audio 683A

Quantity: 1 tape recording (63 minutes)

Repository:
Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:
Tape-recorded interview conducted April 4, 1975, by Lorna Kniaz with Evelyn Torton Beck, a University of Wisconsin-Madison German and comparative literature professor, for the Wisconsin Jewish Archives. Discussion concerns her childhood in Germany, Italy, and New York City, youthful Zionist activities, her frustration at being an educated housewife and her return to academia, and her career interests and activities including work with Yiddish author I. B. Singer.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-audi00683a
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