NASATIRTRANSCRIPT1981

Interview with Abraham Nasatir, partial transcript, 1981

 

1981-10-28

 

Interviewer:

Abraham Nasatir was born in 1906 in Santa Ana, California. He entered UC Berkeley at the age of 14, and received his PhD in history at age 21. While studying at Berkeley he met his future wife, Ida Hirsch, an English student also attending the school.

After marrying in 1929, the couple moved to San Diego where Nasatir began a 50-year teaching career at San Diego State College. Focusing on his fields of Spanish border and Mississippi valley history, and Gold Rush history, Nasatir published 14 books and and numerous articles, establishing himself as a national expert on these subjects. He also served as vice-consul for Paraguay and Ecuador.

As an Orthodox Jew, he was a leader and educator of the Jewish community. Nasatir Hall on the SDSU campus is named for him. Doctor Nasatir retired in 1974 and died in 1991.

This transcript, covering only the beginning October session, ends with a "Session Guide" that ties all the transcripts and tapes together with summaries of what is on them.

Interviews; Oral Histories; Alexa Luberski; Morris Nasatir; Sarah Ester Hurwitz; Orange Free State; Ida Hirsch Nasatir; Julius Nasatir; Frances Nasatir; George Nasatir; Amputations; Custer Junior High; Vierling C. Kersey; Los Angeles High School; Streetcars in Los Angeles; University of California, Berkeley; Herbert Eugene Bolton; William C Binkley; Karl C. Leebrick; Hawaiian Historical Society; University High School (Oakland); Mary Ross; Strawberry Creek; L. J. Paetow; Edward M. Sait; Native Sons' Traveling History Fellowship; Lewis Lesley; RMS Aquitania; Yiddish; Leslie Brown; William Spence Robertson

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NASATIR1-1981

This transcript covers around the first hour and a quarter of the audio file at NASATIR1-1981 and ends with a "Session Guide" summarizing all the material in all the tapes and transcripts.

 

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