The Yiddish Book Center's

Wexler Oral History Project

A growing collection of in-depth interviews with people of all ages and backgrounds, whose stories about the legacy and changing nature of Yiddish language and culture offer a rich and complex chronicle of Jewish identity.

Catherine Madsen's Oral History

Catherine Madsen, former bibliographer at the Yiddish Book Center, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on September 18, 2017 at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts.

This interview was conducted in English.

Catherine Madsen was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1952.

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Artifacts related to this oral history

Photo of Catherine, Aaron, and Hector Crespo and his Daughter During the Yiddish Book Center Move from the Holyoke Warehouse to the Amherst Book Vault

Catherine, Hector, and temps During Move from Holyoke Warehouse to Amherst Book Vault

Catherine with zamler couple Allen and Ellen Rosenfeld July 2014

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