Cohen, Emma Perlstein (Hartford, CT)
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Found in 47 Collections and/or Records:
Brand, Louis oral history transcript, 1972
Item — Folder Brand
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Clipping from newspaper is brief about a tribute from Labor Zionist Alliance to BRand Other documents are full copies of transcript from Oral History interview in 1972
Dates:
1972
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
Factor, Max_1974/7/10, Oral History, July 10, 1974
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 74
Scope and Contents
Subjects of interview include: Jewish Family Life in Russia, Getting to America, Living/Working in Hartford, Jewish Family Life
Dates:
July 10, 1974
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
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, Joe_2004, Oral History, September 22, 2004
File — Box 36, Box: 915
Identifier: 0014 001 001915
Scope and Contents
This interview focuses on Hurwitz's time in the Korean War as well as his involvementin the Hartford Jewish community and the Federation.
Dates:
September 22, 2004
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