{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/3/context.json","id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/iiif/5m6251g729/manifest","type":"Manifest","label":{"en":["Heyman, Joseph"]},"logo":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/organizations/logo_images/000/000/082/original/TheBreman_SecondaryMark_Horizontal_Blue_Black.png?1713640889","metadata":[{"label":{"en":["Date"]},"value":{"en":["1992-02-11 (creation)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Format"]},"value":{"en":["Audio"]}},{"label":{"en":["Source"]},"value":{"en":["Esther and Herbert Taylor Oral History Collection","Ida Pearle and Joseph Cuba Archives for Southern Jewish History","William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum"]}},{"label":{"en":["Description"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eJoseph K. Heyman interviewed by Ray Ann Kremer on February 11 and 20, 1992 in Atlanta, Georgia.\u003c/p\u003e (general)","\u003cp\u003eJoseph Kohn Heyman was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1908, the son of Minna Simon Heyman and Arthur Heyman. He attended R. L. Hope Elementary School, and Fulton High School. He graduated from University of Georgia and received his Masters of Business Administration from Harvard Business School. He was an economist for Tri-Continental Corporation, a New York investment company, and served with the War Production Board in Atlanta during World War II. He operated his own investment firm before joining the Trust Company of Georgia. Notwithstanding two years during which he served as financial vice president of Rich’s Inc., he remained at the Trust Company of Georgia until his retirement in 1973. He was on the Board of Directors of Rich’s Inc. and a life trustee of the Rich Foundation. He volunteered primarily with civic organizations, including the Atlanta Parking Commission, Community Chest, Family Service Society, Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, Atlanta-Fulton County Joint City-County Advisory Commission, Atlanta Arts Alliance, Inc., and the Atlanta Economics Club. He was also a member of The Temple and the Standard Club. He and his wife Bertha “Bert” Schwabacher Heyman were the parents of three daughters: Leslie Heyman Zinman, Barbara Jo “BJ’ Heyman Yudelson, and Margaret Heyman Cohen.\u003c/p\u003e (bioghist)","\u003cp\u003eJoseph talks about his early childhood years from 1908 to 1913, when he lived in the Washington-Rawson neighborhood of Atlanta. He recalls nearby friends and neighbors: Dorothy Selig Joel, Oscar Strauss, and Rabbi David Marx. He mentions Jewish landmarks in the surrounding area: The Temple, the Standard Club, Ahavath Achim Synagogue, Congregation Shearith Israel. He says the Washington Avenue area was occupied almost entirely by Jewish families, primarily German Jews, and later, Eastern European Jews.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoseph talks about his parents marrying in1996. He says his dad Arthur Heyman was an Atlanta attorney who grew up in West Point, Georgia. He tells about his father’s partnership with Hugh Dorsey who was the prosecuting attorney in the Leo Frank murder trial. He shares his memories of that time.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoseph says his family moved away from Washington Street in 1913 to a home in what is now the Buckhead area of Atlanta, where there were few, if any, other Jewish families. He recalls attending the R. L. Hope School. He discusses continuing to attend The Temple on the Sabbath with his mother Minna Simon Heyman. He talks about attending Sunday School and his confirmation at The Temple. He mentions his Sunday School friends Oscar Strauss, David Greenfield, George Kohn, Sidney Goldin, and Bill Breman. He recalls forming the YAA club with his friends and playing against teams from the Hebrew Orphan’s Home and another Jewish team, the South Side Tigers.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe recalls attending Fulton County High School and attending Camp Dixie, a Christian camp, for three summers. He remembers his sister Dora Heyman Sterne attending Accomac, a Jewish camp in Maine.\u003c/p\u003e (scope content)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Source Metadata URI"]},"value":{"en":["https://archivesspace.thebreman.org/repositories/2/archival_objects/28509"]}},{"label":{"en":["Rights Statement"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, recorded by any information storage and retrieval system, without the express written consent of the William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum.\u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Subject"]},"value":{"en":["Heyman, Joseph K (personal name)","Atlanta, Ga (geographic)","The Temple (corporate name)","University of Georgia (corporate name)","Leo Frank case (named event)","War Production Board (corporate name)","anti-Semitism (topical term)","Rich's Department Store (corporate name)","Civil Rights Movement (chronological term)","Jewish businessmen (topical term)"]}}],"summary":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eJoseph K. Heyman interviewed by Ray Ann Kremer on February 11 and 20, 1992 in Atlanta, Georgia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJoseph Kohn Heyman was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1908, the son of Minna Simon Heyman and Arthur Heyman. He attended R. L. Hope Elementary School, and Fulton High School. He graduated from University of Georgia and received his Masters of Business Administration from Harvard Business School. He was an economist for Tri-Continental Corporation, a New York investment company, and served with the War Production Board in Atlanta during World War II. He operated his own investment firm before joining the Trust Company of Georgia. Notwithstanding two years during which he served as financial vice president of Rich’s Inc., he remained at the Trust Company of Georgia until his retirement in 1973. He was on the Board of Directors of Rich’s Inc. and a life trustee of the Rich Foundation. He volunteered primarily with civic organizations, including the Atlanta Parking Commission, Community Chest, Family Service Society, Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, Atlanta-Fulton County Joint City-County Advisory Commission, Atlanta Arts Alliance, Inc., and the Atlanta Economics Club. He was also a member of The Temple and the Standard Club. He and his wife Bertha “Bert” Schwabacher Heyman were the parents of three daughters: Leslie Heyman Zinman, Barbara Jo “BJ’ Heyman Yudelson, and Margaret Heyman Cohen.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJoseph talks about his early childhood years from 1908 to 1913, when he lived in the Washington-Rawson neighborhood of Atlanta. He recalls nearby friends and neighbors: Dorothy Selig Joel, Oscar Strauss, and Rabbi David Marx. He mentions Jewish landmarks in the surrounding area: The Temple, the Standard Club, Ahavath Achim Synagogue, Congregation Shearith Israel. He says the Washington Avenue area was occupied almost entirely by Jewish families, primarily German Jews, and later, Eastern European Jews.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoseph talks about his parents marrying in1996. He says his dad Arthur Heyman was an Atlanta attorney who grew up in West Point, Georgia. He tells about his father’s partnership with Hugh Dorsey who was the prosecuting attorney in the Leo Frank murder trial. He shares his memories of that time.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoseph says his family moved away from Washington Street in 1913 to a home in what is now the Buckhead area of Atlanta, where there were few, if any, other Jewish families. He recalls attending the R. L. Hope School. He discusses continuing to attend The Temple on the Sabbath with his mother Minna Simon Heyman. He talks about attending Sunday School and his confirmation at The Temple. He mentions his Sunday School friends Oscar Strauss, David Greenfield, George Kohn, Sidney Goldin, and Bill Breman. He recalls forming the YAA club with his friends and playing against teams from the Hebrew Orphan’s Home and another Jewish team, the South Side Tigers.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe recalls attending Fulton County High School and attending Camp Dixie, a Christian camp, for three summers. He remembers his sister Dora Heyman Sterne attending Accomac, a Jewish camp in Maine.\u003c/p\u003e"]},"requiredStatement":{"label":{"en":["Attribution"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eAll rights reserved. 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