Towns/Colchester/Oral History/Himmelstein, Rachel, 1986, 1986-1986
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Scope and Contents
This oral history details Rachel Himmelstein's experience growing up on a farm in Lebanon, CT, as well as teaching in a one room schoolhouse in that town and in Colchester.
This file also contains a color photograph labled "Opening night Colchester play, Marsha (Lotstein), Susan (Wasserman), and Chris (Bailey), "Mrs. Meil and the Chicken Hawk."
Dates
- Creation: 1986-1986
Interview
Rachel Himmelstein was interviewed by John Sutherland on February 14, 1986.
Full Extent
From the Collection: 4 Linear Feet (4 document boxes and 1 document box of photographs)
Language of Materials
English
Container Summary
Oral history transcript. Obituaries. Abstract. 3x4 color photograph.
Genre / Form
- Agriculture & Farming
- Anti-Semitism
- Education
- Family History
- Great Depression
- Immigration
- Yiddish
- oral histories (literary works)
- Photographs
Geographic
Occupation
- Businesses & Professions -- Butcher
- Businesses & Professions -- Dry Goods
- Businesses & Professions -- Teaching
- Farming
- Farming: Livestock
- Farming: Livestock-Chicken
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Repository