Cohen, Emma Perlstein (Hartford, CT)
Person
Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:
Handler, Morris / Maurice, 1990 - 2002
File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents
This file contained a biographical info sheet from a 1997 oral history interview, a packet from the JHSGH 30 years celebration with a summary of Handler's accomplishments, as well as the transcript of an Oral History interview conducted in 1990.1990 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...
Dates:
1990 - 2002
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
Heilpern, George_1979, Oral History, March 21, 1979
Item — Box 11, Box: unknown container
Identifier: 199
Abstract
GREATER HARTFORD JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY
ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONTape No.: 199
No. of Tapes:
Name of Interviewee: George S. Heilpern
Date of Interview: March 21, 1979
Occupation: Photographer, businessman
Date of Birth: July 4, 1913
Place of Birth: Hartford, CT
Transcript (yes/no): Yes
No. of Pages: 32Abstract: Mr. Heilpern’s father, Joseph S., came to the United States in 1890 from Brody, which was part of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire on the...
Dates:
March 21, 1979
History of Ados Israel - Holtz, Herman - 1987-04-23, Oral History, April 23, 1987
Item
Identifier: 405
Scope and Contents
Herman Holtz discusses his involvement in Ados Israel, detailing the history of that as well as various other shuls in Hartford. Some anecdotes are the dedication of the synogogue (as well as the death of the Rabbi Kram two days later), the floods of 1936 and 1938, and the schnudder book made my Herman's uncle Louis Price.
Dates:
April 23, 1987
Holtz, Herman, 1899 - 1987
File — Folder 3
Scope and Content Note
From the File:
Vertical reference files for individuals.
Dates:
1899 - 1987
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
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