Interview
Because of his extensive residency in Superior and his commitment to his fellow Jews, Mr. Schneider was chosen to participate in an oral history project utilized in a study of the history of the Jewish community of Superior.
The strength of this interview lies in Mr. Schneider's candor and humor on a variety of subjects. The interview took place February 17, 1977, at the Schneider home in Superior and includes remarks by Rose Vogel Schneider, who was later taped independently of her husband.
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 container list notes, 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 “Comparison of Superior and New York” should locate the place on the second track of tape one, side one, where the voice announces the 03:25 time-marking (the voice says at this point, “three minutes, twenty five seconds”), and at this point switch to the first track to hear the discussion. The discussion on “Comparison of Superior and New York” continues until approximately 06:40 at which point discussion of the next topic (“Discussion of Barney Schneider's Mother's Family”) begins.
Notice that in most cases sentences beneath each headline explain more about the contents of the topic. For example, the sentences underneath “Comparison of Superior and New York” give further details on what appears on the tape between 03:25 and 06:40.
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, it will help the researcher easily locate distinct topics and discussions among the many minutes of commentary.
