Cohen, Emma Perlstein (Hartford, CT)
Person
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Kantrowitz, Samuel, October, 1968
File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents
Sam Kantrowitz discusses his immigration from Russia first to New York then to Hartford to join his sister. He left because of violence and pogroms. He became a furrier, which had been his family's trade in Russia and was the owner of Connecticut Furriers into the 1960s. He met his wife Gussie in 1910 and they married in 1912.
Dates:
October, 1968
Kantrowitz, Samuel_1968/10, Oral History, October, 1968
Item — Box OHC-1, Box: 3, Box: 2
Identifier: 6
Abstract
GREATER HARTFORD JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY
ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONTape No.: 6
No. of Tapes:
Name of Interviewee: Samuel Kantrowitz
Date of Interview: October 1968
Occupation: Furrier
Date of Birth: Circa 1897
Place of Birth: Pinsk, Lithuania
Transcript (yes/no): yes
No. of Pages: 8Abstract:
Mr. Kantrowitz has been in the furrier business known as Connecticut Furriers for 50 years in partnership with Israel Neiditch. He came to America in 1906 at age 17...
Dates:
October, 1968
Klau, Sadie (Mrs. Joseph E.), 1976 - 2002
File — Flat_file_folder 4
Scope and Contents
Sadie Klau reflects on her childhood and young adult years growing up in Hartford. She talks about her parents and family’s life in Russia before they immigrated to Hartford when she was an infant. She also speaks about the roll of Yiddish in the immigration/assimilation process, how her grandmother was much more observant than the rest of her family, shared memories with Emma Cohen about their school days, meeting her husband Judge Joseph Klau, her time at Connecticut State Agricultural...
Dates:
1976 - 2002
Klau, Sadie_1976/5-7, Oral History, May 12, 2016, July 6, 1976
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 129
Abstract
GREATER HARTFORD JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY
ORAL HISTORY COLLECTIONTape No.: #129
No. of Tapes:
Name of Interviewee: Sadie Klau (Mrs. Joseph E. Klau)
Date of Interview: 05/12/76, 07/6/76
Occupation:
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth: Minsk, Russia
Transcript (yes/no):
No. of Pages: Abstract: Sadie Klau (mee Palten), who is the wife of Judge Joseph E. Klau, has been a participant in many Jewish organizations including the founding of the Jewish Historical...
Dates:
May 12, 2016, July 6, 1976
Meetings and Programs/1976 May 12/Sadie Klau interview
Digital Record
Identifier: sadie klau interview
Meetings and Programs/1976 May 12/Sadie Klau interview, May 12, 1976
File — Box 20
Scope and Contents
Sadie Klau reflects on her childhood and young adult years growing up in Hartford. She talks about her parents and family’s life in Russia before they immigrated to Hartford when she was an infant. She also speaks about the roll of Yiddish in the immigration/assimilation process, how her grandmother was much more observant than the rest of her family, shared memories with Emma Cohen about their school days, meeting her husband Judge Joseph Klau, her time at Connecticut State Agricultural...
Dates:
May 12, 1976
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