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Bachrach, Henry b. 1916: Interview and memoir

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-B125

Scope and Contents

Henry Bachrach discusses his family's clothing store in Decatur, Illinois: its founding, merchandise, sales, credit system, effect of the Depression, departments, finances, employees, advertising, and branch stores. He also discusses his family history and life in Decatur: childhood and school, WWII Army service, anti-Semitism, and travels to Africa and Asia.

11 tapes, 665 mins., 280 pp. Interview by Cullom Davis, 1986 RESTRICTED: No legal release. See collateral file: interviewer's notes

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RESTRICTED: No legal release.

Extent

13.00 items

Language of Materials

English

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Repository Details

Part of the UIS Archives/Special Collections Repository

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