Levinson, Harriet Dorfan - January 21, 1998

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Title
Levinson, Harriet Dorfan - 1988 - Tape 1, Side 1
Description
[T1S1] birth and early life in New York; family moves to Pittsburgh for father's work in industrial engineering at Blawnox Steel; education, Taylor Allderdice High School, University of Michigan and University of Pittsburgh; confirmation at Rodef Shalom Temple; marriage to Dr. Julian Levinson and birth of son, James; James diagnosis with infantile autism; father's career; family history; her employment with Gimbels Department Store as buyer of children's wear; discussion of son's illness; returns to graduate school while son Jimmy is in special school in Ann Arbor, MI; return to Pittsburgh after three years; son's treatment with Dr. Spock at Western Psychiatric Institute (WPI) for seven years.
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Identifier
pitt:ais196440.270_t1s1
Relation
ais196440.270

"Levinson, Harriet Dorfan - January 21, 1998" Metadata

  • Order Reproduction
  • Title
  • Levinson, Harriet Dorfan - January 21, 1998
  • Creator
  • National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), Pittsburgh Section
  • Contributor
  • Levinson, Harriet Dorfan (interviewee)
    Faigen, Ann;Kimball, Harold (interviewer)
    University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
  • Date
  • 2017-1998
  • Identifier
  • ais196440.270
  • Description
  • Harriet Levinson, a wife, mother and volunteer, whose personal experience with an autistic child and aging parent led her to work for programs for the aged and victims of Alzheimer's disease; birth year, 1920. [T2S4] the need for long-term care facilities
  • Type
  • sound recording-nonmusical
  • Genre
  • oral histories (literary genre)
  • Collection
  • National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), Pittsburgh Section, Records
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Rights Information
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  • Rights Holder
  • University of Pittsburgh