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Oral History Interview with Bertha Rosenzweig, November 15, 1979
Interview with Bertha Rosenzweig, co-founder of Tex-Glass, Inc. in Decatur, Texas. The interview includes Rosenzweig's personal experiences about her education in New York, and having a teaching career. Rosenzweig talks about her family background, her knowledge of her husband's family background and his life in Europe during the Hitler era, his technical training, work in glass factories, starting his own glass factory in Vienna, fleeing Nazis and migrating to Greece, the Jewish underground in Central Europe, fleeing to Egypt, Palestine, and his migration to the U.S. Additionally, Rosenzweig talks about their meeting and marriage, work in Canada and Mexico, opening a glass factory in Athens, Texas, moving to Decatur, employee relations, products and the production process, the distribution system, financing methods, her managing the business, sale of the business, and reparations from the Austrian government.
Date:
November 15, 1979
Creator:
Jenkins, Floyd & Rosenzweig, Bertha
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Invoice for C. B. Moore]
Washburn, Brown and Grier send an invoice to C. B. Moore for $323.00. Another invoice to A. S. Moore for the amount of $54.00.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[City of Alvord Ordinances]
Record of town ordinances for Alvord, Texas
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Alvord (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Bertha Rosenzweig, November 15, 1979
Interview with Bertha (Mrs. Herman) Rosenzweig concerning her experiences as co-founder (with her husband, Herman, deceased) of Tex Glass, Inc. in Decatur, Texas. Rosenzweig discusses her family background, her education in Brooklyn, N.Y., and her teaching career. She also speaks of her husband's family background and his life in Europe during the Hitler era, her husband's technical training and his work in glass factories, starting his own glass factory in Vienna, fleeing the Nazis and migrating to Greece, working for the underground getting Jews out of Central Europe, fleeing to Egypt and Palestine, and migrating to the United States. Rosenzweig also talks of meeting her husband and their marriage, working in Canada and Mexico, opening a glass factory in Athens, Texas, their move to Decatur, as well as their employee relations, products and the production process, the distribution system, financing methods, her managing the business, the sale of the business, and reparations from the Austrian government.
Date:
November 15, 1979
Creator:
Jenkins, Floyd Harold & Rosenzweig, Bertha
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Urschel Kidnapping Composite Photograph]
Photograph of mug shots and photographs collected from the Urschel Kidnapping case.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Front Room of Armon Shannon Home]
Photograph of the front room of the Armon Shannon home, containing a chest and a pump organ with a stool.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Room in Armon Shannon Home]
Photograph of a room of the Armon Shannon home. There is a table with several pots on top, a bench and coats hung on the wall.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Garage at Armon Shannon Home]
Photograph of the garage at the Armon Shannon home with a car parked outside.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Inventory of county records, Wise County Courthouse, Decatur, Texas
Inventory of records of Wise County housed in the Wise County Courthouse in Decatur, Texas. Begins with an introduction and explanation of the roles of various county government offices. Describes the records of the County Clerk, County Attorney, District Clerk, District Attorney, Justice of the Peace, Tax Assessor-Collector, Sheriff, Treasurer, Auditor, and School Superintendent. Also provides an index.
Date:
1975
Creator:
Riney, James E. & Pearson, Mary
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Farmers' Alliance in Wise County, Texas, 1880-1897
The Farmers' Alliance in Wise County, from its introduction in 1880 to its demise in 1897, endeavored to improve the mental, moral, social, and financial conditions of small agrarians in the north central Texas county. This paper details the Alliance's efforts, in cooperative ventures and political activism and third-party politics, to place farmers in a better economic position. Additionally, the paper focuses on the Alliance's attempts to provide educational and social opportunities and moral guidance to the membership. Source materials include government documents and publications, contemporary accounts, the county Alliance's official newspaper, area newspapers, and the original minutes of the county Alliance from 1893 to 1897.
Date:
December 1979
Creator:
Riney, James E.
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Yellowed Pages [Volumes 1-5]
Newsletter-styled compilation of portraits and stories about Audubon, Texas and its people in the early 20th century.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Howard, Mary
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, May 19, 1899
Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 19, 1899
Creator:
Halcomb, N. W. & Dale, John W.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, March 23, 1917
Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 23, 1917
Creator:
Collins, Dick & Smith, Marvin B.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
T for Texas: a State Full of Folklore
Collection of popular folklore of Texas, including information about crafts, stories about vampires, stories about peyote ceremonies, prison folklore, folk songs, and other miscellaneous folk tales.
Date:
1982
Creator:
Abernethy, Francis Edward
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Decatur News (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 9, 1934
Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
August 9, 1934
Creator:
Tyler, L. W.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 793, Ed. 1 Friday, June 19, 1896
Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
June 19, 1896
Creator:
Halcomb, N. W.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, December 16, 1898
Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 16, 1898
Creator:
Halcomb, N. W. & Dale, John W.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, May 14, 1909
Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 14, 1909
Creator:
Collins, Dick & Smith, Marvin B.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), No. 115, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 2, 1887
Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
April 2, 1887
Creator:
Forster, William
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Decatur News. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, October 31, 1902
Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 31, 1902
Creator:
Tyler, L. W.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wise County Messenger (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 30, 1939
Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 30, 1939
Creator:
Collins, Myrtle
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, February 5, 1904
Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
February 5, 1904
Creator:
Halcomb, N. W.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wise County Messenger (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 11, 1930
Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 11, 1930
Creator:
Collins, Dick
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wise County Messenger. (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, October 21, 1898
Weekly newspaper from Decatur, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 21, 1898
Creator:
Halcomb, N. W. & Dale, John W.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History