Katz, Louis_1977, Oral History, February 14, 1977
Scope and Contents
Subjects covered during interview include: Family history in Lituania, Work, Marriage (Ethel), theater (some topics not found in incomplete transcript).
Family history in Hartford/Mass area, Sophie Tucker, his time as an entertainer at various society functions in CT and up and down te eastern seaboard.
Katz family all related-at times unclear how. See Katz Family Tree for more information.
Dates
- Creation: February 14, 1977
Interview
Louis Y. Katz was interviewed by Morris Cohen on February 14, 1977 at 24 Terry Plains Road, Bloomfield, CT.
Partial Extent
From the Collection: 21 Linear Feet (43 boxes) : Compact cassette tapes, VHS, CD-Rs, Microcassette tapes
Language of Materials
English
Container Summary
Box 8: cassette tape #148, side one, two
Missing Part of Transcript
First half of transcription missing (perhaps from an error on the cassette tapes). Full audio is attached to this file.
Subject
- Tucker, Sophie, 1884-1966 (Person)
- Katz, Louis Y., Entertainer, Cafeteria Manager (Louis "Yankel" Katz) (Vilna Gubernia, Lithuania) (Interviewee, Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Occupation
Topical
- Ados Israel (Market St. Shul, moved to Pearl St.)
- B'nai B'rith
- Bond Hotel
- Emanuel Synagogue
- Fraternal Organizations
- Fraternal Organizations/Masons/Knights of Pythias
- Greater Hartford Jewish Community Center
- Growing up Jewish
- Growing up Jewish in Lithuania
- Immigrant(s)
- Jewish Community
- Jewish Community Center
- Jewish Theater and Arts
- Knights of Pythias
- Pleasant Street, Hartford, CT
- Tucker, Sophie
- Tumblebrook Country Club
- World War, 1914-1918
Repository Details
Part of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Repository