Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with David Weingard, 1980Scope and ContentsOn the first tape, David Weingard discusses his youth in Brownsville; his parents' work in sweatshops; his father's involvement with labor groups such as Workmen's Circle; his parents' Jewish cultural milieu on Lower East Side after immigration; Weingard's training as teacher and dissatisfaction with it; work for accounting firm; and volunteer work in civilian Russian War Relief during World War II. Additional topics are discussed on the other tapes
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