Interview with Merian Lillian (Sedalnick) Rosenthal and William "Burt" Rosenthal

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Merian Rosenthal talks about Jewish life in Grand Junction, Colorado during the 1930’s, 40’s and 50’s. Her husband Burt Rosenthal and brother Hershel Sedalnick also chime in. They reminisce about several people from Grand Junction’s Jewish community, including those with the surnames Spector, Liff, Leff, Harris, Loeffler, Sampliner, Minowitz, Rigg, Waldoffel, and Schneider. They discuss the first established religious services for Jews in Grand Junction. They talk about L Cook Jewelry and Sporting Goods, the store they owned and operated for many years, and about changes to the businesses and people of Main Street over the years. They discuss the lives of Merian’s parents, Sam and Bessie Sedalnick. They talk about antisemitism in Mesa County and about the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in Colorado and Grand Junction in the 1930’s. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado. *Photograph from the 1938 Grand Junction High School yearbook.

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Title: Interview with Merian Lillian (Sedalnick) Rosenthal and William "Burt" Rosenthal
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Subject: Jews -- United States, Jews -- Commerce, Merchants, Jewish merchants, Grand Junction (Colo.) -- History, Jews, Russian, Mesa County (Colo.) -- History, Skis and skiing, Sports, Sporting goods, Jewelers, Youth -- Social life and customs, Religious life and customs, Seder, Antisemitism, Ku Klux Klan (1915-), Hunting -- Colorado
Description: Merian Rosenthal talks about Jewish life in Grand Junction, Colorado during the 1930’s, 40’s and 50’s. Her husband Burt Rosenthal and brother Hershel Sedalnick also chime in. They reminisce about several people from Grand Junction’s Jewish community, including those with the surnames Spector, Liff, Leff, Harris, Loeffler, Sampliner, Minowitz, Rigg, Waldoffel, and Schneider. They discuss the first established religious services for Jews in Grand Junction. They talk about L Cook Jewelry and Sporting Goods, the store they owned and operated for many years, and about changes to the businesses and people of Main Street over the years. They discuss the lives of Merian’s parents, Sam and Bessie Sedalnick. They talk about antisemitism in Mesa County and about the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in Colorado and Grand Junction in the 1930’s. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado. *Photograph from the 1938 Grand Junction High School yearbook.
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Date: March 23, 1981-, November 2, 2021
Type: Voice Recording
Format: 1 MP3 audio file (46:56) digitized from source material (Interview 488: Audiocassette 1); No transcript.
Identifier: mesa:1516, : OH 488 Rosenthal, Merian and William (Burt)
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Language: English
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Interview with Merian Lillian (Sedalnick) Rosenthal and William "Burt" Rosenthal

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