Interview with Eva Rickles
Scope and Contents
This interview with Eva Rickles was conducted by Paul Fardig and Judith Fardig in 2018. The interview was recorded for The Immigrant Story, an organization that documents and archives the stories of immigrants and refugees in the United States. This interview was conducted informally during a photo shoot. In this interview, Rickles discusses her childhood dog, Wippi, whom she had to leave behind when her family fled Nazi Germany in 1937. She also talks about some of the items her family brought with them to the United States, particularly family photographs and a grandfather clock. She speaks about the family background of her husband, Norman H. Rickles; the Enlightenment as it applied to the European Jewish community (known as Haskalah); and several of the artworks in her home. She and the interviewers make small talk away from the recording device for several minutes. Rickles closes the interview by reading from her father’s diary; discussing her early education at a synagogue in Berlin, Germany; and describing the differences in English dialects. She and the interviewers make small talk for the remainder of the audio recording.
Dates
- 2018
Creator
- Rickles, Eva S. (Eva Simons), 1927- (Interviewee, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Joint copyright for this interview is held by the Oregon Historical Society and The Immigrant Story. Use is allowed according to the following statement: In Copyright – Educational Use Permitted, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/.
Biographical note
Eva Simons Rickles, nee Evamarie Simons, was born in Berlin, Germany, in 1927. Her family fled Nazi Germany in 1937 and sought refuge in England. They immigrated to the United States later that year and settled in Seattle, Washington. She attended Reed College for two years and then transferred to the University of Washington, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology. She then attended the New York School of Social Work for one year. In 1950, she and Norman H. Rickles were married; they later had two children. She co-founded the Native American Arts Council.
Extent
147 Megabytes (1 online resource (1 audio file (1 hr., 47 min., 7 sec.))) : MP3
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Interview with Eva Rickles conducted by Paul Fardig in 2018 for The Immigrant Story. Rickles' family fled Nazi Germany in 1937 and eventually immigrated to the United States.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of The Immigrant Story, July 2020 (Lib. Acc. RL2020-018).
Publication note
Creator
- Rickles, Eva S. (Eva Simons), 1927- (Interviewee, Person)
- Fardig, Judith (Interviewer, Person)
- Fardig, Paul (Interviewer, Person)
- Title
- Guide to interview with Eva Rickles
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Sarah Stroman
- Date
- 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
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