Interview with Howard Meyers, March 16, 2007

Project: Voices From Behind the Counter Oral History Project

Interview Summary

In this interview, Howard Meyers talks about his family?s immigration from Russia, and his father opening Arnold?s Store in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. He describes his encounters with antisemitism in Hopkinsville, the town?s Jewish population, and his family?s Jewish identity. He also talks about his aunts Sarah and Frances Meyers and their involvement in the family store.

Interview Accession

2009oh226_vfbc005

Interviewee Name

Howard Meyers

Interviewer Name

Rosie Moosnick

Interview Date

2007-03-16

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Meyers, Howard Interview by Rosie Moosnick. 16 Mar. 2007. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Meyers, H. (2007, March 16). Interview by R. Moosnick. Voices From Behind the Counter Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Meyers, Howard, interview by Rosie Moosnick. March 16, 2007, Voices From Behind the Counter Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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