The Jewish Encyclopedia
of Western Pennsylvania
A project of the Rauh Jewish Archives at the Heinz History Center
“Memoirs of Crombie Street, Part Two…The War Years,” by Dr. Henry J. Mankin. Describes childhood in Squirrel Hill in late 1930s and 1940s. Details accommodations made for Great Depression and World War II, bar mitzvah preparations, teenage culture, and inspiring teachers at Taylor Allderdice High School. 20-pages (missing one page), typescript with handwritten signature.