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Harold/Harry OSTER 1923 - 2001
| aka | Harold Oster, Harry Oster, H. Oster |
| nationality | |
| occupation | folklorist/author |
| birth | 12 April 1923, Cambridge, MA |
| baptism | |
| death | 19 Jan 2001, Mercy Hospital, Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa |
| burial |
PARENTS
| father | Jacob OSTER b. 12 July 1886, POLAND |
| mother | Sarah ...... b. 26 Jan 1891, POLAND |
| marriage | married ca. 1911 |
| children |
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LIFE
1930 CENSUS (3 April 1930, Cambridge, Middlesex, MA):
Jacob OSTER (44y) (b. POLAND) teamster
Sarah (38y) (b. POLAND)
- Harry (7y) (b. MA)
- Edward (4y3m) (b. MA)
folklorist, author, founder of FOLK-LYRIC RECORDS
jewish-russian immigrants
PhD from Cornell University (1953)
visited England in 1954
SS "EMPRESS OF FRANCE"
27 Aug 1954 Liverpool
3 Sept 1954, Quebec, CANADA
1969 Living Country Blues
retired in 1993 from University of Iowa (from 1964)
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NOTES
- Living Country Blues by Harry Oster (1969)
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