[T1S1] grandparents' background and emigration from Poland; maternal grandfather's settlement in Pittsburgh, PA; his grandfather's employment as the first Jewish policeman and politician in Pittsburgh, Maurice Rosenthal; his father's employment as a peddler in Pittsburgh; his grandfather's service as the first president of Washington Street Synagogue; his interview with the University of Pittsburgh concerning Pittsburgh's renaissance; his birth in the Hill District of the city; his father's wholesale clothing store in downtown Pittsburgh on Fifth Avenue; effects of the depression on his family; education, Columbia University and the University of Pittsburgh law school; beginning his law practice in 1915; his service in the Navy; recollections of Pittsburgh before the renaissance; fundraising for Montefiore Hospital and Children's Hospital; his work with Dr. K. I. Sanes to prevent the association of Montefiore Hospital with the University of Pittsburgh; his entrance into politics in 1932; marriage in 1928; campaigning for Franklin D. Roosevelt locally; 1937, his election to city council; his involvement with the Carnegie Library; 1943, beginning of first period of renaissance in Pittsburgh; some of the issues facing the city council during his term.
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Identifier
pitt:ais196440.503_t1s1
Relation
ais196440.503
"Wolk, Abraham L. (Abe) - February, 1982" Metadata
