Kellin, Samuel, March 21, 1973
Scope and Contents
Topics covered in this interview include: B'nai Brith, Ararat Lodge, Jewish community (relations with German vs. Russian Jews, Jewish education, Jewish students at UCONN and Trinity (Hillel), family history, Great Depression, World War II, Hartford Circus Fire & death of his daughter Shirley and a nephew in it, adoption, politics, flood of 1955, antisemitism, McCarthy Era and it's effects on local Jews, Jewish women, Jewish humor/entertaining.
Dates
- Creation: March 21, 1973
Access Restrictions
Open for research use.
Interview
Samuel Kellin was interviewed by William Singer at a meeting of the Jewish Historical Society on March 21, 1973.
Full Extent
From the File: 16 Linear Feet (2 filing cabinets)
Language of Materials
From the Series: English
Container Summary
Oral History Transcript.
Subject
- Savitt, William, Jeweler (Springfield, MA) (Person)
- Hurewitz, Isaac S. , 1868-1935 (Rabbi) (Person)
- Chase, David Theodore, 1927-2016 (Person)
Genre / Form
- Anti-Semitism
- Arts & Entertainment
- Comedy
- Family History
- Great Depression
- Immigration
- Jewish Education
- Politics
- Rabbinate
- Red Cross
- Yiddish
- oral histories (literary works)
Geographic
Occupation
Topical
- Adoption
- Agudas Achim (Rumanishe Shul)
- Anti-Defamation League
- Ararat Lodge
- B'nai B'rith
- Businesses -- Clothing/Tailors
- Communism
- Depression Era
- Emanuel Synagogue
- Family
- Family Life
- Family Life in Hartford
- Flood of 1955
- Floods
- German Jews
- Great Hartford Circus Fire
- Growing up in Hartford
- Habonim Club
- Hadassah
- Immigrant(s)
- Israel Bonds
- Jewish Community
- Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford
- Jewish Life in Hartford
- Jewish Life in New York
- Jewish Women
- Jews, Russian
- Mount Sinai Hospital
- Peddlers
- Pleasant Street, Hartford, CT
- Religious Celebration
- Religious Life
- Talmud Torah
- Trinity College
- Trinity Hillel
- World War, 1939-1945
- Zionism
Repository Details
Part of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Repository