Community Voices: The Postville Oral History Project Recording with Aaron Goldsmith
Aaron Goldsmith moved his family and his business, Transfer Master Products, Inc., to Postville in 1997. He enjoyed the safety and pace of rural America. In the interview Goldsmith discusses the way Postville has changed over time including the expansion of the kosher meatpacking plant, Agriprocesso...
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UNI ScholarWorks
2014
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| Online Access: | https://scholarworks.uni.edu/postville_oralhistory/6 https://scholarworks.uni.edu/context/postville_oralhistory/article/1005/type/native/viewcontent/Goldsmith_A_11192014.mp3 https://scholarworks.uni.edu/context/postville_oralhistory/article/1005/filename/0/type/additional/viewcontent/Transcript.pdf |
| Summary: | Aaron Goldsmith moved his family and his business, Transfer Master Products, Inc., to Postville in 1997. He enjoyed the safety and pace of rural America. In the interview Goldsmith discusses the way Postville has changed over time including the expansion of the kosher meatpacking plant, Agriprocessors, and the multiethnic population of Postville. Goldsmith shares his experience working on the city council, his thoughts on the media’s portrayal of Postville, and some insights into the growth of the Jewish community in Postville. The interview also includes his experience around the time of the raid, how Postville has rebuilt since then, and his work as coauthor of the book Postville U.S.A: Surviving Diversity in Small-Town America alongside Mark Gray and Michelle Devlin. https://scholarworks.uni.edu/postville_oralhistory/1005/thumbnail.jpg |
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