Mary Dolores Beales Steers travel journals (1900-1901)
1 reel of microfilm (35 mm). Detailed and literate journals of Steers' travels with her husband, J. Richard Steers, throughout Europe and Egypt during 1900 and 1901. Included are descriptions of paintings, music, and living conditions in the countries visited (including Norway and Russia), as well as meditations on cultural differences. Although both Steers and her husband were apparently from New York at the time the journals were written, the couple is reported later to have lived in Oconto County, Wisconsin.
Oral history interview with Iman Sigman (1975)
1 tape recording (ca. 40 min.) Tape-recorded interview conducted for the Wisconsin Jewish Archives with Manitowoc, Wis., businessman Iman Sigman; concerning his youth in Russia, his family and its 1907 immigration to Two Rivers, Wisconsin, his schooling and employment, the Jewish community in Manitowoc, Zionism, reactions to the events of World War II, and work with the Manitowoc Coordinating Committee resettling refugees. Recorded by State Historical Society of Wisconsin staff member Peter Gordy. Finding aid available: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-audi00557a
