Leibert, Manny, undated

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Folder 1 contains: News clippngs relating to Leibert's boxing career; news clippings relating to Hartford naming street after Leibert; photocopies of news clippings; photocopies of news clippings relating Leibert's volunteer work; Typed news release from the Connecticut Department of Mental Retardation relating events of Volunteer Recognistion Evening; photocopy of typed bulletted biography of Leibert; photocopy of cardboard-mounted clipping from The Sporting Vista; aforesaid clipping; news clippings of long interview with Sammy Waltz; photocopies of aforesaid clippings; News clipping of Leibert's grandaughter's theater career; photocopirs of sheets of news clippings relating work of B'nai B'rith; obituary for Marjorie Leibert, Jan 29 1966; 2-sided photocopy of "Historical sketch of the police service of hartford from 1636 to 1901".

Folder 2 contains: Web page obituary of Manny Leibert; news clipping of obituary; news clippings of Leibert's sports career; skeletal notes for oral history transcript.

Scope and Contents

Subjects of interview include: immigration from Montreal; moving to New York City and then to Hartford; father's butcher business; zionism; kosher meat market on Bellevue st.; attendance of hebrew school; Hartford Kosher Mutchers Association; Father's reading and speaking in Yiddish; relationship with governors Bowles, Grasso, Ribicoff, and O'Neill; mental impairment of Leibert's son (who?); Law practice of other son; Loss of accreditation for Whethersfield law school; Uncle Julius was a Rabbi; Kaplana Synagogue on Bellevue Street in Hartford in the 1920s; Attendance of Arsenal School; boxing career and boxing management career; Served in Army Air Corps in World War II; tried to join FBI but they rejected him for being red-green colorblind; scrap iron business; road named after Leibert in 1990; Demolition Expert business; supplying kosher meat to Hebrew Home.

Dates

Creation: undated

Access Restrictions

Open for research use.

Biographical / Historical

Gloria Bein interviewed Manuel Leibert at his home in West Hartford on May 11, 1995.

Full Extent

From the File: 16 Linear Feet (2 filing cabinets)

Language of Materials

From the Series: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

Folder 1: Photocopies of news clippings photocopies of photographs News clippings photocopies of pages from history book Photocopies and original materials relating Leibert boxing career Folder 2: News clippings Photocopy of news clipping Oral history inerview transcript