Harris, Lillian Avseev
Person
Obituary
See https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-2003-03-28-0303272846-story.html
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Garber, Beatrice_1980/11/4,Oral History, November 4, 1980
Item — Box 17, Box: 300
Identifier: 300
Dates:
November 4, 1980
Goldman, Robert, 1944 - 2013
File — Flat_file_folder 2
Interview
Family history in Europe and in New York/CT (father from Brest-Litovsk in Poland and mother from Baranovitch, Lithuania)
Father’s family had farm in Hebron from 1910-17, father moved to NY after there was a fire, though Robert’s Grandfather and uncle remained. In the late 1920s, his father (along with him and his mother) returned to the Hebron farm and later moved to Woodstock.
Life on the farm.
Dealing with anti-Semitism/KKK/living in a town with a small Jewish population in...
Dates:
1944 - 2013
Goldman, Robert_1985,Oral History, December 4, 1985
Item — Box 21, Box: 378
Identifier: 378
Interview
Family history in Europe and in New York/CT (father from Brest-Litovsk in Poland and mother from Baranovitch, Lithuania)
Father’s family had farm in Hebron from 1910-17, father moved to NY after there was a fire, though Robert’s Grandfather and uncle remained. In the late 1920s, his father (along with him and his mother) returned to the Hebron farm and later moved to Woodstock.
Life on the farm.
Dealing with anti-Semitism/KKK/living in a town with a small Jewish population in...
Dates:
December 4, 1985
Harris, Jonathan, 2000 - 2009
File — Folder 3
Scope and Contents
Folder documents Harris' political career, from his failed State House of Representatives campaign to Mayor of West Hartford, to State Senate.
Folder also contains a partial oral history transcript. Unable to locate audio file at this time; if found, full transcript is needed.
8x10 color photograph of sign for House of Representatives campaign, 2000. Photo taken by Emma Cohen.
Dates:
2000 - 2009
Harris, Jonathan_2007, Oral History, February 20, 2007
File
Scope and Contents
The interview covers Jonathan Harris' family history in Hartford, his life growing up in the West Hartford Area, political career, and the impact of Jewishness on his life.
Dates:
February 20, 2007
Harris, Lillian, March 1995
File — Box 6
Scope and Contents
4x6 black and white portrait of Lillian Harris. Two copies.
Dates:
March 1995
Harris, Lillian_1980, Oral History, October-December, 1980
Item — Box 16, Box: 291
Identifier: 291
Scope and Contents
Audio files. Needs transcript.
Dates:
October-December, 1980
Harris, Victor and Lillian, 1963 - 1995
File
Scope and Contents
This folder documents the civic life of Lillian and Victor Harris. Additionaly, there are many articles discussing their daughter-in-law Merle Harris's career in higher education, as well as some information on various other family members. A main feature of Victor's life was the Greater Hartford/World Bible Society.Victor Harris served as the state secretary of the Socialist Party in Connecticut in the 1930s.Article of note: Jonathan Harris's bar mitzvah was held at...
Dates:
1963 - 1995
Hillman, Lillian, undated
File — Box 6
Scope and Contents
5x7 black and white photo of Lillian Hillman on the telephone, n.d..
Dates:
undated
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- Anti-Semitism 5
- Hartford, CT 5
- Religious Life 5
- oral histories (literary works) 5
- Blue Hills Avenue, Hartford, CT 3
- Brandeis University 3
- Businesses & Professions -- Lawyer 3
- Education 3
- Elizabeth Park, Hartford, CT 3
- Emanuel Synagogue 3
- Family History 3
- Hall High School 3
- Israel 3
- Jewish Community 3
- Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford 3
- Law 3
- Mount Sinai Hospital 3
- Politics 3
- Socialism 3
- Solomon Schechter Day School 3
- Weaver High School 3
- West Hartford, CT 3
- Agriculture & Farming 2
- Baron De Hirsch 2
- Beth Hillel 2
- Bloomfield, CT 2
- Bridgeport, CT 2
- Businesses & Professions -- Teaching 2
- Businesses -- Dairy 2
- Businesses -- Manufacturing 2
- Businesses -- Tobacco 2
- Colchester, CT 2
- Connecticut State Agricultural College 2
- Depression Era 2
- Displaced Persons (DP Camps) 2
- Eastern European Jews 2
- Ellington, CT 2
- Farming 2
- Farming: Livestock-Chicken 2
- German refugees 2
- Great Depression 2
- Growing up Jewish 2
- Growing up Jewish in Lithuania 2
- Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society 2
- Hebron, CT 2
- Immigrant(s) 2
- Immigration 2
- Jeweler 2
- Jewish Agricultural Society 2
- Jewish Community Center 2
- Jewish Education 2
- Jewish War Veterans 2
- Keeping Kosher/Kashrut 2
- Ku Klux Klan 2
- New York, New York 2
- Newington, CT 2
- North End -- Hartford, CT 2
- Palestine 2
- Poland 2
- Religious Celebration 2
- Religious Education 2
- Social Justice 2
- War Veterans 2
- Willamantic, CT 2
- Woodstock, CT 2
- World War, 1939-1945 2
- Yiddish 2
- Zionism 2
- photographs 2
- Bar Mitzvah 1
- Businesses -- Farming 1
- Congregation Tikvoh Chadoshoh 1
- Diaspora 1
- Hartford Bible Society 1
- Historical Highlights 1
- Jerusalem, Israel 1
- Jewish Federation 1
- United Jewish Appeal 1
- World History 1