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Oral History Interview with Bertha Rosenzweig, November 15, 1979 (open access)

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
[Barbara Jordan Remarks before the Democratic National Convention, July 12, 1976] (open access)

[Barbara Jordan Remarks before the Democratic National Convention, July 12, 1976]

Text of Barbara Jordan remarks before the Democratic National Convention. She discusses Democratic party ideals.
Date: July 12, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan, University of Missouri magazine Awards for Public Service, New York City, New York, November 2, 1977 (open access)

Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan, University of Missouri magazine Awards for Public Service, New York City, New York, November 2, 1977

Text of remarks by Barbara Jordan regarding the public perception of Congressional ethics.
Date: November 2, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Eric Roper to Barbara Jordan, October 13, 1976 (open access)

[Letter from Eric Roper to Barbara Jordan, October 13, 1976

Letter from Eric Roper to Barbara Jordan confirming a speech at Rochedale Village. The letter describes the audience, including members of the local and federal government.
Date: October 13, 1976
Creator: Roper, Eric R.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan, University of Missouri magazine Awards for Public Service, New York City, New York, November 2, 1977 (open access)

Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan, University of Missouri magazine Awards for Public Service, New York City, New York, November 2, 1977

Text of remarks by Barbara Jordan regarding the public perception of Congressional ethics. Handwritten edits have been made throughout the paper.
Date: November 2, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan - University of Missouri Magazine Awards for Public Service (open access)

Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan - University of Missouri Magazine Awards for Public Service

Text for a speech by Barbara C. Jordan at the University of Missouri Magazine Awards for Public Service in New York City, New York, about the relationship between politicians and journalists.
Date: November 2, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
American Pharmaceutical Association - New York City, May 15, 1977 (open access)

American Pharmaceutical Association - New York City, May 15, 1977

Speech given by Barbara C. Jordan for the American Pharmaceutical Association in New York City, about America's health delivery system as viewed from different perspectives.
Date: May 15, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
American Pharmaceutical Association - New York City, May 15, 1977 (open access)

American Pharmaceutical Association - New York City, May 15, 1977

Speech given by Barbara C. Jordan for the American Pharmaceutical Association in New York City, about America's health delivery system as viewed from different perspectives.
Date: May 15, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
American Pharmaceutical Association - New York City, May 15, 1977 (open access)

American Pharmaceutical Association - New York City, May 15, 1977

Speech given by Barbara C. Jordan for the American Pharmaceutical Association in New York City, about America's health delivery system as viewed from different perspectives.
Date: May 15, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Civil Liberties: Inoperative? In Audible? Unintelligible? Expletive Deleted? (open access)

Civil Liberties: Inoperative? In Audible? Unintelligible? Expletive Deleted?

Text of speech by Barbara Jordan given as the commencement address for Keuka College, regarding the erosion of civil liberties in the face of an expanding government. She calls for her audience to not abandon the government.
Date: May 26, 1974
Creator: Jorda, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Barbara Jordan's Keynote Address before the Democratic National Convention, July 12, 1976] (open access)

[Barbara Jordan's Keynote Address before the Democratic National Convention, July 12, 1976]

Text of keynote speech delivered by Barbara Jordan at the 1976 Democratic National Convention in New York City. She discusses the values of the Democratic Party and the formation of a national community.
Date: July 12, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Barbara C. Jordan Democratic National Convention Speech] (open access)

[Barbara C. Jordan Democratic National Convention Speech]

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan as the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in Madison Square Garden.
Date: July 12, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Barbara C. Jordan Democratic National Convention Speech] (open access)

[Barbara C. Jordan Democratic National Convention Speech]

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan as the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in Madison Square Garden.
Date: July 12, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Keynote Address (open access)

Keynote Address

Text for a keynote address given by Barbara C. Jordan at the Democratic National Convention in Madison Square Garden.
Date: July 12, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Representative Barbara Jordan, Democratic National Convention: Madison Square Garden: New York, New York: July 12, 1976 (open access)

Representative Barbara Jordan, Democratic National Convention: Madison Square Garden: New York, New York: July 12, 1976

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan at the Democratic National Convention in Madison Square Garden.
Date: July 12, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Bertha Rosenzweig, November 15, 1979 (open access)

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

[Barbara Jordan Gives a Speech]

Photograph of Barbara Jordan giving an address at the Democratic National Convention in New York City, New York. She is wearing a white dress and is visible from the chest up. There is a man sitting behind her.
Date: July 12, 1976
Creator: O'Neill, Dev
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Barbara Jordan at the Keuka College Graduation Ceremony]

Photograph of Barbara Jordan receiving graduation hood from Keuka College. She is wearing dark-colored graduation robes, and standing near two men, both also wearing dark-colored graduation robes.
Date: May 26, 1974
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Barbara Jordan and an Unidentified Gentleman]

Photograph of Barbara Jordan standing with a faculty of Keuka College at the Keuka College commencement ceremony. Both are wearing dark-colored graduation robes, and visible from the chest up.
Date: May 26, 1974
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Barbara Jordan at the Keuka College Graduation Ceremony]

Photograph of Barbara Jordan standing with a graduate at the Keuka College commencement ceremony. The graduate is wearing a light-colored patterned dress and Jordan is wearing dark-colored graduation robes. There is a man standing near them in a dark-colored graduation robe and cap.
Date: May 26, 1974
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Chester Higgins, Jr. to Marian Ricks, September 14, 1973] (open access)

[Letter from Chester Higgins, Jr. to Marian Ricks, September 14, 1973]

Letter from Chester Higgins, Jr. to Marian Ricks, or Barbara Jordan's office, saying that he hopes "the Congresswoman will be pleased with these photos of her."
Date: September 14, 1973
Creator: Higgins, Chester, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Houston Chronicle Section 1, Page 4, July 19, 1976] (open access)

[Houston Chronicle Section 1, Page 4, July 19, 1976]

Newspaper clipping with two photos of Barbara Jordan, one before her weight loss and the other one after. The photo on the right shows her in September 1975 and the one on the left shows her in 1976 at the Democratic National Convention.
Date: July 19, 1976
Creator: Houston Chronicle
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
A History of Public Education in the Town of Islip, New York (open access)

A History of Public Education in the Town of Islip, New York

The purposes of this study were, 1. To develop a documented history of the founding of the town of Islip. 2. To trace the development of public education within the town and to parallel this development with state-wide developments in the field.
Date: December 1971
Creator: Curran, Patrick J. T., 1931-
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conducting interviews during or immediately after important historical events transcript

Conducting interviews during or immediately after important historical events

Sound recording of Stephen Ward, Irene Cortinovis, and Joseph Cash speaking at the Eighth Annual National Colloquium of the Oral History Association at West Point.
Date: November 3, 1973
Creator: Oral History Association
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library