Cohen, Emma Perlstein (Hartford, CT)
Person
Found in 171 Collections and/or Records:
Raphael Family, see also Kleinman, undated
File — Flat_file_folder 6
Scope and Contents
Minnie discusses with Emma Cohen Growing up in Jewish Hartford, her family, education, Jewish Community Members, Jewish Organizations, her husband, work, and Hartford culture.
Dates:
undated
Schatz, Elizabeth_1976
Digital Record
Identifier: V:\Oral Histories\Oral History Transcripts\Schatz, Elizabeth_1976
Silversmith Myer Myers_1976/5/20, Oral Event History, May 20, 1976
Item — Box 10, Box: 190
Identifier: 190
Scope and Contents
Subjects: Philip Hammerslough silver collection. Report on Myer Myers, a Jewish Revolutionary period silversmith.
Speaker: Emma Cohen
Dates:
May 20, 1976
Sixty Years of Zionism_1978/10/29, Oral Event History, October 29, 1978
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 188
Scope and Contents
Subjects: 60 Years of Zionism, Exhibit Opening, Letter from Israel, Conversation about building exhibit
Various Speakers: Emma Cohen, Berthold Gaster, Sarah Buchstane, Jack Spiegal, Joseph Klau, Jennie Silver, Joseph Soifer, Rabbi William Cohen, Irving Rachlin
Dates:
October 29, 1978
Slides of Israel taken by Emma Cohen, 1951
File — Box
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection focuses primarily on Cohen's legislative work. It includes some speeches, some of the background information that Cohen used to support his stances, and some correspondence.Emma and Morris Cohen Artifacts: One Box:Cohen, Morris/Artifacts/5 Combs shaped like rulers with legend: “Measure a Man By His Record: Re-elect Dr. Cohen”Cohen, Morris/Artifacts/Paperweight award from United Cerebral PalsyCohen,...
Dates:
1951
Spiro, Yechiel_1981/08/06, Oral History, August 6, 1981
Item — Box 15, Box: 266
Identifier: 266
Index Card
Tape #266 2t, 3s, 90mins
Subject: Spiro, Yechiel (Chiloh Shapiro)
Recorder: Emma Cohen
Date: 8/6/1981 Place: Spiro home, 90 Dover Rd. WH
Birthplace: Mukachevo, Shech Date: 1921
Came to US, 1949, Hartford in 1951
Personal Background: Hasidic town, pop. 35,000; 16,000 Jews. Family lived there for centuries. Grandfather, father, brothers had smicha; father kept grocery store; Hasidic courts- thousands came to town for holydays.
Education: General (non-Jewish school; Heder everyday; Yeshivot...
Dates:
August 6, 1981
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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- Hartford Public Schools 31
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- Politics 30
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