Songs, Stories and Philosophies of a Jewish Grandmother [sound recording]
name: label: producer
content: Roth, Kevin
notes: label: Notes
content: CDR copy FW-ASCH-7RR-0773 is both interview and soliloquey of Kevin Roth's 91 year-old grandmother, Regina. Kevin has included a letter to Moe along with the tape, in which he refers to the recording as "a very special new documentary tape i.. "Songs, Stories, and Philosophies of an Orthodox Jewish Grandmother." She presents, in rambling manner, in thick dialect with occasional lapses into Yiddish, her views of life, religion, being Jewish, being a good person, etc. along with descriptions of her youth, husband, sister, their early days, etc. Also, she sings fragments of various songs in Yiddish, Romanian and Hungarian. The tape was recorded by Kevin in July, 1983. As singer, composer and dulcimer player, Kevin Roth recorded a variety of albums for Folkways See other sheets for track list and durations.
label: Repository Loc.
content: Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington, D.C. 20024. Call 202-633-7322 for appointment. Fax: 202-633-7019. Email: rinzlerarchives@si.edu
place: label: Place
content: Pennsylvania
label: Place
content: United States
topic: label: Topic
content: Jewish
label: Topic
content: Oral history
label: Topic
content: Aging
culture: label: Culture
content: Americans
label: Culture
content: Jews
setName: label: See more items in
content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection, 1939-1986 228428
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Local number
content: FW-ASCH-7RR-0773
objectType: label: Type
content: Musical sound recordings
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only
physicalDescription: label: Physical description
content: 1 sound-tape reel : analog ; 7 in