Pregozen, Marcia and Harry, undated

File — Flat_File_Folder: 5

Scope and Contents

Subjects of 1972 interview include: early life in Russia; Jewish experience of Russian revloution; pogroms; immigration to America; Work as floor-cleaner in Hartford; work of Pioneer Women.

Subjects of 1975 interview include all that and: Ethnic relations in Hartford; early education; languages spoken at home; languages learned to survive World War i; Israel; experience of immigration; family life; marriage; intermarriage; New Deal programs.

Scope and Contents

Contents of folder 1 include: correspondence; newspaper clippings; photocopy of 8x10 black and white photograph "Marcia Pregozen 7/28/1960"; copy of 1972 interview; outline of 1987 interview; first two pages of transcript for 1987 interview; certificates of appreciation; photocopy of photograph of younger Marcia Pregozen "Taken in Russia 1919"; photocopies of pages written in Hebrew cursive; tattered pages of poems and songs written in Hebrew, Yiddish, and English; photocopies of newspaper clippings

Contents of folder 2 include: 2 copies of 1972 interview; 2 copies of 1975 interview

Dates

Creation: undated

Creator

Cohen, Emma Perlstein (Hartford, CT) (Person)

Access Restrictions

Open for research use.

Biographical / Historical

Marcia Pregozen was interviewed by Emma Cohen on March 13th, 1972, and by Matthew Magda on april 25, 1975.

Full Extent

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

Language of Materials

From the Series: English

Additional Description

Separated Materials

"Scrapbook folder in family and individuals row, accession number 2010.11"

Container Summary

Folder 1: handwritten note from Herbert Pregozen newspaper clippings correspondence photocopies of photographs copy of oral history transcript from 1975 interview first two pages of oral history transcript from 1987 interview outline of interview certificates of appreciation photocopies of notes written in Hebrew cursive handwritten songs and poems in Hebrew, German, and Yiddish photocopies of certificates of appreciation

Folder 2: oral history transcript for 1972 interview (2 copies) oral history transcript for 1975 interview (2 copies)