Cohen, Emma Perlstein (Hartford, CT)
Person
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Handler, Morris [Maurice]_1990, Oral History
Digital Record
Identifier: handler, morris [maurice]_1990
Handler, Morris [Maurice]_1990, Oral History, March 14, 1990
File — Flat_file_folder 3
Scope and Contents
Interview covers prohibition/prostitution in Jewish Hartford, discussion of various businesses including I. Finklestein's (Cheap John) clothing store, and a walking tour with reflections of what used to be in the area/his childhood.
Dates:
March 14, 1990
Hyman, Louis, October, 1968
File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents
This interview covers Hyman's life as a weaver in Shisluwitz(?) and Bialystock, his immigration to join his parents in North Daktota, and his move to Hartford to join his wife's family who settled there. He also discusses his involvement in peddling and wholesaling, as well as his participation in the Jewish community at the Garden Street Synogogue and through oxies. His parents made Aliyah sometime before 1914, fulfilling the dream they had when Hyman's father initially left Europe....
Dates:
October, 1968
Hyman, Louis_1968, Oral History, October, 1968
Item — Box OHC-1, Box: 12, Box: 1-2
Identifier: 19
Scope and Contents
This interview covers Hyman's life as a weaver in Shisluwitz(?) and Bialystock, his immigration to join his parents in North Daktota, and his move to Hartford to join his wife's family who settled there. He also discusses his involvement in peddling and wholesaling, as well as his participation in the Jewish community at the Garden Street Synogogue and through oxies. His parents made Aliyah sometime before 1914, fulfilling the dream they had when Hyman's father initially left Europe....
Dates:
October, 1968
Kurnitsky, Hyman, undated
File — Flat_file_folder 4
Subjects
Subjects of interview include: early life in Springfield MA; father's settling on being a Peddler; religious observance; work for a newspaper; Springfield Boy's Club; Springfield Chassidim; brother's experience as a military morgue supervisor in Wold War II and as a glazier; Family involvement with zionism; Orthodox burials; funeral services; courtship and marriage; work in sales; membership in Agudas Achim; journey to Israel; Oxies; banking; Emanual Minyanaires; Meals on Wheels; Chevra...
Dates:
undated
Kurnitsky, Hyman_1980/10/29, Oral History, October 29, 1980
Item — Box 13, Box: 227
Identifier: 227
Scope and Contents note
Subjects covered during interview include: Parents, Synagogue, youth organizations, William Savitt, siblings, Zionism, burials, children, grandchildren, retirement, Sarah Dubrow, Oxia, work in banking, Agudas Achim, Emanuel Synagogue, Harold Benson, Howard Singer, Family, discussing Yiddish words
Dates:
October 29, 1980
Neiditz, Max
File — Flat_file_folder 5
Scope and Contents
Subjects of interview include: early life in Palestine; immigration to the United States; life in Hartford; work at a clothing store; strict observance of the Sabbath; learning English; ability to speak a little French and Arabic; zionism; the Achuza; migration to Israel; marriage.
Dates:
1960s-2020s
Spodick, Esther (Mrs. Frank), 1973
File — Flat_file_folder 7
Scope and Content Note
From the File:
Vertical reference files for individuals.
Dates:
1973
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- Subject: Credit Unions and Oxies X
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- Agudas Achim (Rumanishe Shul) 7
- Immigration 7
- Hartford, CT 6
- Immigrant(s) 6
- Market Street, Hartford, CT 6
- Peddlers 6
- Orthodox Judaism 5
- Ados Israel (Market St. Shul, moved to Pearl St.) 4
- Aliyah 4
- Businesses -- Clothing/Tailors 4
- Education 4
- Family History 4
- Front Street, Hartford, CT 4
- Israel 4
- Jewish Community 4
- Main Street, Hartford, CT 4
- Marriage 4
- Palestine 4
- Weaver High School 4
- oral histories (literary works) 4
- Barnard-Brown Schools 3
- Businesses -- Grocery 3
- Children 3
- Jewish Theater and Arts 3
- Newspapers 3
- Pleasant Street, Hartford, CT 3
- Religious Life 3
- Synagogues 3
- Windsor Street, Hartford, CT 3
- Agriculture & Farming 2
- Albany Avenue, Hartford, CT 2
- American Jewish History 2
- B'nai Jacob Synagogue 2
- Bar Mitzvah 2
- Bellevue Street, Hartford, CT 2
- Beth David 2
- Beth El Temple 2
- Beth Hamedrash Hagodol (Garden Street Synagogue) 2
- Blacks -- Relations with Jews 2
- Bulkeley High School 2
- Businesses & Professions -- Baker 2
- Businesses & Professions -- Butcher 2
- Businesses & Professions -- Craftsman 2
- Businesses & Professions -- Dentistry 2
- Businesses & Professions -- Funeral Directors and Embalmers 2
- Businesses & Professions -- Restauranteur 2
- Businesses & Professions -- Textiles 2
- Businesses -- Automobiles/Cars 2
- Businesses -- Bakeries 2
- Businesses -- Coal 2
- Businesses -- Dairy 2
- Businesses -- Delicatessen 2
- Businesses -- Department Stores 2
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- CT Police/State Troopers 2
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- Coleco 2
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- Death 2
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- Hartford Courant 2
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- Hebrew Peddler’s Protective Association 2
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- Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford 2
- Jewish Life in Hartford 2
- Jewish life in Europe 2
- Kosher Products 2
- Morgan Street 2
- Music 2
- New York, New York 2
- North End -- Hartford, CT 2
- Politics 2
- Prohibition 2
- Prostitution 2
- State Street, Hartford, CT 2
- Sweatshop 2
- Talmud Torah 2
- Tel Aviv, Israel 2
- Trains 2
- United States -- History 2
- United Synagogues of Greater Hartford 2
- West Hartford, CT 2
- World War, 1914-1918 2