Accn 998, Interviews with Jews in Utah, Harry J. Doctorman

Transcript (96 pages) of interview by Leslie Kelen with Harry Doctorman on March 6, 1986 for the Interviews with Jews in Utah Oral History Project.Interviewed by Leslie Kelen, Harry Doctorman (b. 1919) recalls his childhood in Salt Lake City and the congregation Shaary Tzedick. He talks about the meat-packing business he inherited from his father (including comments on unions, kosher butchering, and modernization). He also talks generally about his Jewish upbringing and more specifically about his bar mitzvah, meeting his wife, getting married, and relationships with Mormons. 96 pages