Malley, Solomon and Dora, undated
Scope and Contents
Folder 1 contains: 2 copies of Oral History Transcript for Dora Malley; scanned information checklist; summary. Folder 2 contains: 2 copies of oral history transcript for Solomon Malley; scanned information checklist; summary.
Subjects of Dora's interview include: early life in hartford; school attendance; friendships and party-throwing in young adulthood; immigration of parents from Poland; keeping Kosher as part of Orthodox Judaism; family vacations to Rocky Hill and Ocean Beach; zionism among clubs of young women.
Subjects of Solomon's interview include: early work at Sage Allen Department Store; meeting famous persons such as Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mrs. Clemens, Kathryn Hepburn's mother, and the Goodwin family; founding a political study club to determine issues facing Hartford; founding of Ados Israel; uniting jews across ethnic lines; the Malley Manufacturing Company.
Dates
- Creation: undated
Access Restrictions
Open for research use.
Biographical / Historical
Irma Malley Gross interviewed both of her parents in november 1975.
Full Extent
From the File: 16 Linear Feet (2 filing cabinets)
Language of Materials
From the Series: English
Container Summary
Folder 1: 2 copies of oral history transcript scanned information check list Folder 2: oral history transcript scanned information check list
Genre / Form
Geographic
Occupation
Topical
- Ados Israel (Market St. Shul, moved to Pearl St.)
- Businesses -- Manufacturing
- Businesses -- Paint & Wallpaper
- Family Life
- Hartford Public High School
- Hebrew Institute of Hartford
- Immigrant(s)
- Jewish Theological Seminary
- Keeping Kosher/Kashrut
- Military Service
- Passover
- Pleasant Street, Hartford, CT
- Sage Allen Department Store
- Trinity College
- Vacation
- Women's Suffrage
- Young Men's Hebrew Association (YMHA)
- Zionism
Repository Details
Part of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Repository