Program

Research Programs: State and Local and Regional Studies

Period of Performance

1/1/1979 - 9/30/1980

Funding Totals

$37,740.00 (approved)
$37,740.00 (awarded)


Covenant on the Urban Frontier: Portland Jewry Over Four Generations, 1858-1950

FAIN: RS-*1529-78

William Toll
Unaffiliated independent scholar

To study the evolution of the Portland Jewish community over 4 generations and 100 years. Study will combine techniques of social mobility analysis, institutional history and oral history and will result in a book, a slide-tape show, and a scholarly monograph.