Cohen, Emma Perlstein (Hartford, CT)
Person
Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:
Brand, Louis_1972/05/01, Oral History, May 1, 1972
Item — Box OHC-1, Box: 20, Box: 1-2
Identifier: 28
Abstract
GREATER HARTFORD JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY
ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONTape No.: 28
No. of Tapes:1
Name of Interviewee: Louis Brand
Date of Interview: May 1, 1972
Occupation: Bakery Deliveryman
Date of Birth: (Circa) 1894
Place of Birth: Purin, (Suburb of Getoma), Ukraine
Transcript (yes/no): yes
No. of Pages: 38Abstract:
Louis Brand came to the U.S. in 1913 at age 18. Mr. Brand related his affiliation with the Poale Zion in his early years, then the Farbund in 1922. ...
Dates:
May 1, 1972
Dambrov, Judy_1973; Kellin, Sophie_1973, Oral History, May 13, 1973
Item — Box OHC-3, Box: 6, Box: 1
Identifier: 62a
Scope and Contents
Subjects of interview include: Family life in Hartford, teaching at a Hebrew school
Dates:
May 13, 1973
History of the Jewish Historical Society_1974/9/22, Oral Event History
Digital Record
Identifier: history of jhsgh_1974
History of the Jewish Historical Society_1974/9/22, Oral Event History, 1974 - 1974
Item — Box 5, Box: 89
Identifier: 89
Scope and Contents
Subjects:History of the Jewish Historical Society (condensed)
History of the Hartford Jewish Community (condensed)
Recorded before showing of Hartford Jews 1900-1925
Speakers: Emma Cohen, Laurel Vlock and Zelda Gersten
Dates:
1974 - 1974
Hurwit, Doris Schwartz (also Sklarinsky)
Digital Record
Identifier: hurwit, doris schwartz (also sklarinsky)_1974
Hurwit, Doris Schwartz (also Sklarinsky), 1927 - 2001
File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents
Subjects of interview include: Mother's family/parents history in Europe/Connecticut, particularly their involvement in Yiddish Theater and socialism. Father worked as a Tailor/Furrier. She also discusses her childhood growing up in Hartford.
Husbands, married twice, Children
File contains various poems and short stories written by Doris Hurwitz, as well as a Yiddish poem by her mother. Also are several newspaper articles, including on where Doris models chicken soup, as well as...
Dates:
1927 - 2001
Hurwit, Doris_1974, Oral History, October 29, 1974
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 80
Abstract
GREATER HARTFORD JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY
ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONTape No.: 80
No. of Tapes:
Name of Interviewee: Doris Hurwitz (Mrs. James)
Date of Interview: Oct. 29,1974
Occupation:
Date of Birth: Dec. 13,1902
Place of Birth: Hartford, Ct.
Transcript (yes/no): yes
No. of Pages: 38Abstract:
A native of Hartford, Mrs. Hurwitz has written books about her childhood life in Hartford and is presently writing a book about her parents. Her father, whose original name was...
Dates:
October 29, 1974
Hurwitz, Joseph, 1955 - 2008
File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents
The 2004 interview focuses on Hurwitz's time in the Korean War as well as his involvement in the Hartford Jewish community and the Federation. The additional materials in the file speak to these topics and well.The topics covered in the 2006 interview include: Family history/his children. His childhood growing up Jewish in Hartford. His grandfather Rabbi Isaac Hurwitz (Hurewitz). his Bar Mitzvah at the Emanuel in Hartford. Zionism in Connecticut. Emanuel renting out space in...
Dates:
1955 - 2008
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
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