Loussac (Ada) interview, audio

• Main Authors: Loussac, Ada, Kaplan, Meta; Meta, Katz;
• Format: Audio
• Language: English
• Published: 1974
• Subjects: Koselowsky; Sarah; Loussac; Zachary; Schlestors; Miriam; Makarlovich; Maria; Rabenowitz; Dora; Garfinkle; Stein; Carol; Balis; Ike; Dorothy; Edith; Sobe; Martin; Koslowsky; Buddy; Kaslowsky; Wise; Billy; Simpson; Bess; Rotman; Louie; Sidenberg; Ethel; Godstein; Barny; Gross; Paula; Charles; Shoushana; Kahn; Lola; Lewis; Harry; Buckner; Simon; Muir; John; Bloom; Robert; Gordon; Peggy; Lawrence; Sid; Lambert; Ted; Ziegler; Ellen; Wortzheimer; Joseph; Adams; John Quincy; Saul; Samuel; Jefferson; Thomas; University of Alaska; The Loussac Foundation; Hadassah; the Women's Zionist Organization of America. Seattle Chapter; Anchorage; Nome; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/ohc/id/3009

Oregon, United States In this oral history interview, Mrs. Loussac discusses her husband, Mr. Zachary Loussac, who was born in Moscow, Russia, in 1882. He studied pharmacy at the New York College of Pharmacy, and in 1907 moved to Alaska, Mrs. Loussac discusses her husband's family life in Moscow; his career as a pharmacist in Iditarod, Juneau, and Anchorage, Alaska; and Loussac Foundation - an organization established by Mr. Loussac to found a public library for Anchorage. The interview also includes an account of Mr. Loussac's U.S.O. work during W.W.II, especially for Jewish soldiers; and activities of other Jewish families in Anchorage; and a description of the construction of the Alaska railroad. This accession is part of the Washington State Jewish Archives.