Zemek, Arthur J. (Arthur Joseph), 1902-1980

Causby, Anna

Charlotte, North Carolina

J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections & University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

1979-05-23

1 audio file (21:10) : digital, MP3 + 1 transcript (9 pages : PDF)

Audio

spoken word

eng

Arthur J. Zemek was a 77-year-old man at the time of interview, which took place in Charlotte, North Carolina. He was born in Illinois in 1902. He completed grammar school and was employed as a bank cashier.

Arthur J. Zemek recounts his experience as a bank cashier in Chicago, Illinois after the stock market crash of 1929. He discusses the actions of the bank's chairman, former U.S. Vice President Charles G. Dawes, to prevent a run on the bank. He also discusses his experiences as a teenager working in the Chicago stockyards during World War I, including the constant harassment from military recruiters.

MP3 access copy created on ingest from WAV preservation master. Interview originally recorded on reel to reel, duplicate audio analog cassette digitized using a Digidesign 003 rack.

Zemek, Arthur J. (Arthur Joseph), 1902-1980
Dawes, Charles Gates, 1865-1951

City National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago

World War (1914-1918)

Bank employees
Depressions
Banks and banking
Financial crises
Recruiting and enlistment

Illinois--Chicago

Interviews
Oral histories

1910-1980

Ed Perzel WSOC project on twentieth century Charlotte

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Esther Zemek oral history interview, May 23, 1979, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (https://library.uncc.edu/islandora/object/uncc%3A1777)

OH-ZE0187

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13093/uncc:1530