Born: approximately 1897 (Russia) lived in Lawrence since 1911
Occupation: Painter, glazer
Ethnic Background: Jewish
Interviewer: Ms. Clarisse Poirier, PhD. & Eartha Dengler
Mr. Axelrod mentions the Strike of 1919 in tapes 17B & 17C.
Subject: Lawrence's Jewish Community. Discussions of Ayer Mill (#130); Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (#256); Jewish community attitudes; his work at the Berger Paper Co.; 1943; The Workmen's Circle, 1892; the Yiddish language (#236); discussion of Emma Goldman (#466); and Zionists (#507)
Tape OH 17B: Discussion of the Red Scare (#324); police hunting radicals (#130), fear of bolshevism in the US (#193).
Tape OH 17C: Topics discussed: (#015) Mr. Axelrod was an active member of the Painters and Wallpaper Hangers Union. (#265) A discussion of the Workman's Circle, benefits of: (#287) the Yiddish School; (#310) Synagogue School; (#024) Irish contributions to the community; (#069) banks starting in Lawrence; (#259) Strike of 1919; (#383) the Palmer raids, 1919.
ICA accession# 79.65.17 is written on the index card.
Also see notes on continuity of line index in relation to the tapes.
Collection
Lawrence History Center Oral History Collection
https://lawrencehistorycenter.org/files/audio/oh/2007.500.030-haxelrod…
Date (created)
1979-06-15