Towns/Eastern Connecticut/Research Papers/Gordon, Morton L. The History of the Jewish farmer in Eastern Connecticut. Yeshiva University, 1975. Includes Ellington, Rockville, Willimantic, Colombia, Chestnut Hill, Hebron, Lebanon, Amston, Colchester, Moodus, chesterfield, Woodstock, Putnam, Pomfret, Abington, Killingly, Danielson, Brooklyn, Moosup, Plainfield, Jewett City, Norwich, New London, Madison, Guildford, New Haven, and Hartford. 2 copies., 1975-1975
Scope and Contents
Most of the material in this collection was generated as a result of a survey of Jewish farms in Connecticut jointly undertaken in 1995-1998 by the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford and the Connecticut Historical Commission. Other material related to Jewish farms in Connecticut has been added since that time. The collection includes photographs of individual farms, farmers, and farm buildings, oral histories, and newspaper articles regarding local farm families and businesses. See also: "A Life of the Land: Connecticut's Jewish Farmers", a journal published by the Society.
Dates
- Creation: 1975-1975
Biographical / Historical
Written by Morton L. Gordon towards the degree of Doctor of Hebrew Literature in the Bernard Revel Graduate School, Yeshiva University, New York.
Full Extent
From the Collection: 4 Linear Feet (4 document boxes and 1 document box of photographs)
Language of Materials
English
Container Summary
Bound copy of "The History of the Jewish farmer in Eastern Connecticut" by Morton Gordon
Genre / Form
- Agriculture & Farming
- American Jewish History
- Connecticut Jewish History
- Great Depression
- Holocaust
- Immigration
- Jewish War Veterans
Geographic
- Colchester, CT
- Columbia, CT
- Connecticut, USA
- Danielson, CT
- Hebron, CT
- Lebanon, CT
- New York
- Plainfield, CT
- Russia
Occupation
Topical
- Business History
- Businesses -- Farming
- Connecticut State Agricultural College
- Depression Era
- Farband Labor Zionist Order
- Federation of Jewish Farmers in America
- Jewish Agricultural Society
- Jews, Russian
- Life in Russia
- Living in America post-WWII
- United Jewish Appeal
- World History
- World War, 1914-1918
- World War, 1939-1945
Repository Details
Part of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Repository