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Lewis Rudolph interview

 Collection
Identifier: OH-2304

Content Description

Lewis Rudolph interview conducted by Ellie Arguimbau. Mr. Rudolph discusses his parents' emigration from Russia and settling in Butte; Kalman Rudolph's found of the furniture business; Lew's work after school at the store driving a delivery truck; his service as a gunner on a B-17 bomber in Europe during World War II; his return to Butte; his membership in the Baron de Hirsch Lodge of the B'nai B'rith and in Congregation B'nai Israel; and the Jewish community in Butte. (OH 2304)

Dates

  • Creation: 2011 September 14

Creator

Biographical / Historical

Lewis Rudolph was born in Butte, Montana, in 1922, the son of Russian Jewis immigrants Kalman and Rose Rudolph. He is the owner of Rudolph's Standard Furniture Store in Butte.

Extent

2 digital audio files (2 .wav files) : OH2304_1.wav; OH2304_2.wav

Language of Materials

English

Related Archival Materials

Custodian--Records of Baron de Hirsch Lodge #420 B'nai B'rith are in MHS Archives (MC 368). Photographs of Baron De Hirsch Lodge members are in MHS Photo Archives.

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Montana Historical Society, Research Center Archives Repository

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